Model comparison

Gemma 2 2b IT vs GPT-6 Sol

GPT-6 Sol is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 33.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 2 2b IT Google

33.1

Rank #248 Confirmed

GPT-6 Sol OpenAI

61.8

Rank #12 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 2b IT scores higher in 0 categories and GPT-6 Sol in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GPT-6 Sol leads 87.2 to 32.6.
  • Gemma 2 2b IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemma 2 2b IT and GPT-6 Sol specifications
Gemma 2 2b ITGPT-6 Sol
ProviderGoogleOpenAI
Noometry Index33.161.8
Released—2026-09-22
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—1.05M
Max output—128K
Input $ / M tokens—$2
Output $ / M tokens—$10
Results tracked1745

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Category by category

Coding GPT-6 Sol leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.3 (#273), GPT-6 Sol: 60.1 (#11)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGPT-6 Sol
LMArena Coding11121447
DeepSWE—68.8%
FrontierCode—49.3%
LMArena WebDev—1688
SciCode—57.6%
ALE-Bench—2,462

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 2 2b IT: —, GPT-6 Sol: 37.2 (#36)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGPT-6 Sol
APEX-Agents—54.3%
GDP.pdf—26.4%
Vending-Bench 2—14,428

Reasoning GPT-6 Sol leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 21.4 (#224), GPT-6 Sol: 74.0 (#9)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGPT-6 Sol
LMArena Hard Prompts11131418
ARC-AGI-2—89.6%
NYT Connections (extended)—90.1%
ARC-AGI-1—95.5%
CritPt—30.9%
EBR-Bench—53.3%
Mystery Game Puzzles—56%
DTBench—97.3%
LMCA—59.1%
Epoch Capabilities Index—162.72

Math GPT-6 Sol leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.6 (#212), GPT-6 Sol: 87.2 (#7)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGPT-6 Sol
LMArena Math11351402
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—89.8%
FrontierMath Tier 4—90%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—100%
ProofBench—83%

Knowledge GPT-6 Sol leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 29.9 (#231), GPT-6 Sol: 64.8 (#15)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGPT-6 Sol
LMArena Expert10961439
GPQA Diamond—94.3%
SimpleQA Verified—60.7%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—6.5%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 2 2b IT: —, GPT-6 Sol: 47.6 (#10)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGPT-6 Sol
LMArena Vision—1245
Blueprint-Bench 2—36.9%
Furniture Assembly—58.3%

Multilingual GPT-6 Sol leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.3 (#257), GPT-6 Sol: 50.5 (#118)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGPT-6 Sol
LMArena Non-English11211385
LMArena Chinese11321405
LMArena French11571410
LMArena German11141390
LMArena Japanese10831385
LMArena Korean10551341
LMArena Russian11181401
LMArena Spanish11401384

Instruction Following GPT-6 Sol leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 57.8 (#263), GPT-6 Sol: 74.5 (#94)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGPT-6 Sol
LMArena Instruction Following11181412

Long Context GPT-6 Sol leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 34.3 (#250), GPT-6 Sol: 43.1 (#108)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGPT-6 Sol
LMArena Longer Query11301411

Writing & Preference GPT-6 Sol leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 36.5 (#263), GPT-6 Sol: 71.9 (#18)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGPT-6 Sol
LMArena Text11561395
LMArena Creative Writing11471378
LMArena Multi-Turn11181412
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—2125

Frequently asked questions

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

GPT-6 Sol is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 33.1 on the Noometry Index.

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

GPT-6 Sol scores higher on coding benchmarks: 60.1 versus 32.3 in the Noometry coding category.

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

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 2b IT has 17 scored results on Noometry and GPT-6 Sol has 45.

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