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Model comparison

Gemma 2 2b IT vs GPT-6 Astra

GPT-6 Astra is the stronger model overall, scoring 70.3 to 32.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 2 2b IT Google

32.5

Rank #244 Confirmed

GPT-6 Astra OpenAI

70.3

Rank #1 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 2b IT scores higher in 0 categories and GPT-6 Astra in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-6 Astra leads 85.1 to 20.5.
  • Gemma 2 2b IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemma 2 2b ITGPT-6 Astra
ProviderGoogleOpenAI
Noometry Index32.570.3
Released—2026-09-03
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—1.05M
Max output—128K
Input $ / M tokens—$10
Output $ / M tokens—$50
Results tracked1751

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Category by category

Coding GPT-6 Astra leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 31.8 (#268), GPT-6 Astra: 70.5 (#3)

BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGPT-6 Astra
LMArena Coding11121488
DeepSWE—74.1%
FrontierCode—53.3%
LMArena WebDev—1792
FrontierSWE—65.5%
SciCode—56.5%
WeirdML—93.6%
MirrorCode—46.7%
ALE-Bench—2,951

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 2 2b IT: —, GPT-6 Astra: 52.3 (#3)

BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGPT-6 Astra
APEX-Agents—64.7%
Remote Labor Index—20.8%
BALROG—68.3%
Vending-Bench 2—15,515

Reasoning GPT-6 Astra leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 20.5 (#219), GPT-6 Astra: 85.1 (#1)

BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGPT-6 Astra
LMArena Hard Prompts11131464
ARC-AGI-2—95%
NYT Connections (extended)—98.1%
ARC-AGI-1—98.5%
CritPt—31.7%
Chess Puzzles—72%
EBR-Bench—76.2%
Mystery Game Puzzles—84%
DTBench—97.3%
LMCA—64.4%
Bench to the Future 3—0.14
Epoch Capabilities Index—166.6

Math GPT-6 Astra leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 30.1 (#212), GPT-6 Astra: 93.4 (#1)

BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGPT-6 Astra
LMArena Math11351463
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—93.7%
FrontierMath Tier 4—97.6%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—100%
ProofBench—99%
FrontierMath Erdős—2.9%

Knowledge GPT-6 Astra leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 29.3 (#229), GPT-6 Astra: 75.3 (#1)

BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGPT-6 Astra
LMArena Expert10961486
GPQA Diamond—95.8%
Humanity's Last Exam—54.8%
SimpleQA Verified—75.6%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—8.7%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 2 2b IT: —, GPT-6 Astra: 55.1 (#3)

BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGPT-6 Astra
LMArena Vision—1280
Blueprint-Bench 2—49.7%
Furniture Assembly—80%
LMArena Document—1468

Multilingual GPT-6 Astra leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.5 (#252), GPT-6 Astra: 54.0 (#53)

BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGPT-6 Astra
LMArena Non-English11211431
LMArena Chinese11321495
LMArena French11561467
LMArena Russian11181434
LMArena Spanish11401412
LMArena German1114—
LMArena Japanese1083—
LMArena Korean1055—

Instruction Following GPT-6 Astra leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 58.1 (#258), GPT-6 Astra: 76.6 (#37)

BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGPT-6 Astra
LMArena Instruction Following11181454

Long Context GPT-6 Astra leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 34.2 (#245), GPT-6 Astra: 44.7 (#57)

BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGPT-6 Astra
LMArena Longer Query11301460

Writing & Preference GPT-6 Astra leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 36.6 (#258), GPT-6 Astra: 75.7 (#7)

BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGPT-6 Astra
LMArena Text11561443
LMArena Creative Writing11471423
LMArena Multi-Turn11181457
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—2173

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 2 2b IT better than GPT-6 Astra?

GPT-6 Astra is the stronger model overall, scoring 70.3 to 32.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 2 2b IT or GPT-6 Astra better for coding?

GPT-6 Astra scores higher on coding benchmarks: 70.5 versus 31.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 2b IT and GPT-6 Astra share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 2b IT has 17 scored results on Noometry and GPT-6 Astra has 51.

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