Model comparison

Gemma 2 2b IT vs GPT-4

Gemma 2 2b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.5 to 28.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 2 2b IT Google

32.5

Rank #244 Confirmed

GPT-4 OpenAI

28.9

Rank #308 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 2b IT scores higher in 5 categories and GPT-4 in 3 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Gemma 2 2b IT leads 30.1 to 10.1.
  • Gemma 2 2b IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemma 2 2b IT and GPT-4 specifications
Gemma 2 2b ITGPT-4
ProviderGoogleOpenAI
Noometry Index32.528.9
Released—2023-03-14
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—8K
Max output—8K
Input $ / M tokens—$30
Output $ / M tokens—$60
Results tracked1738

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Category by category

Coding Too close to call

Gemma 2 2b IT: 31.8 (#268), GPT-4: 31.2 (#277)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGPT-4
LMArena Coding11121254
WeirdML—12.4%
BigCodeBench Instruct—46%
BigCodeBench Complete—57.2%
HumanEval+—79.3%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 2 2b IT: —, GPT-4: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGPT-4
METR Time Horizons—36.1%

Reasoning Gemma 2 2b IT leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 20.5 (#219), GPT-4: 17.3 (#285)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGPT-4
LMArena Hard Prompts11131241
Chess Puzzles—4%
Mystery Game Puzzles—12%
DTBench—62.7%
LMCA—17.1%
BIG-Bench Hard—75.1%
Epoch Capabilities Index—125.88
ForecastBench—57.8
HellaSwag—95.3%
WinoGrande—87.5%

Math Gemma 2 2b IT leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 30.1 (#212), GPT-4: 10.1 (#304)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGPT-4
LMArena Math11351269
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—1.1%
MATH Level 5—23%
GSM8K—92%

Knowledge Gemma 2 2b IT leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 29.3 (#229), GPT-4: 18.4 (#277)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGPT-4
LMArena Expert10961211
GPQA Diamond—35.7%
MMLU—86.4%
TriviaQA—84.8%

Multilingual GPT-4 leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.5 (#252), GPT-4: 40.8 (#210)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGPT-4
LMArena Non-English11211246
LMArena Chinese11321242
LMArena French11561282
LMArena German11141251
LMArena Japanese10831209
LMArena Korean10551184
LMArena Russian11181251
LMArena Spanish11401261

Instruction Following GPT-4 leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 58.1 (#258), GPT-4: 65.5 (#217)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGPT-4
LMArena Instruction Following11181241

Long Context GPT-4 leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 34.2 (#245), GPT-4: 37.7 (#207)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGPT-4
LMArena Longer Query11301244

Writing & Preference Gemma 2 2b IT leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 36.6 (#258), GPT-4: 35.0 (#263)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGPT-4
LMArena Text11561263
LMArena Creative Writing11471244
LMArena Multi-Turn11181257
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—752

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 2 2b IT better than GPT-4?

Gemma 2 2b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.5 to 28.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 2 2b IT or GPT-4 better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (31.8 vs 31.2); test both on your own repository before choosing.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 2b IT and GPT-4 share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 2b IT has 17 scored results on Noometry and GPT-4 has 38.

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