Model comparison

Gemma 2 2b IT vs Llama 13b

Gemma 2 2b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.1 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 8 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 2 2b IT Google

33.1

Rank #248 Confirmed

Llama 13b Meta

24.4

Rank #348 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 8 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 2b IT scores higher in 6 categories and Llama 13b in 0 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemma 2 2b IT leads 36.5 to 13.8.

Side by side

Gemma 2 2b IT and Llama 13b specifications
Gemma 2 2b ITLlama 13b
ProviderGoogleMeta
Noometry Index33.124.4
Released—2023-02-24
WeightsOpenOpen
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Max output——
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Results tracked1721

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Category by category

Coding Gemma 2 2b IT leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.3 (#273), Llama 13b: 21.4 (#337)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITLlama 13b
LMArena Coding1112683

Reasoning Gemma 2 2b IT leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 21.4 (#224), Llama 13b: 14.0 (#329)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITLlama 13b
LMArena Hard Prompts1113728
BIG-Bench Hard—37.9%
Epoch Capabilities Index—100.58
HellaSwag—79.2%
LAMBADA—75.2%
PIQA—80.1%
WinoGrande—73%

Math Gemma 2 2b IT leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.6 (#212), Llama 13b: 26.7 (#256)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITLlama 13b
LMArena Math1135838
GSM8K—20.6%

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemma 2 2b IT: 29.9 (#231), Llama 13b: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITLlama 13b
LMArena Expert1096—
ARC (AI2) Challenge—52.7%
BoolQ—78.7%
MMLU—47.7%
OpenBookQA—56.4%
TriviaQA—77.9%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 2 2b IT: —, Llama 13b: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITLlama 13b
ScienceQA—43.3%

Multilingual Gemma 2 2b IT leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.3 (#257), Llama 13b: 16.6 (#297)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITLlama 13b
LMArena Non-English1121819
LMArena Chinese1132—
LMArena French1157—
LMArena German1114—
LMArena Japanese1083—
LMArena Korean1055—
LMArena Russian1118—
LMArena Spanish1140—

Instruction Following Gemma 2 2b IT leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 57.8 (#263), Llama 13b: 36.7 (#305)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITLlama 13b
LMArena Instruction Following1118781

Long Context Not comparable

Gemma 2 2b IT: 34.3 (#250), Llama 13b: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITLlama 13b
LMArena Longer Query1130—

Writing & Preference Gemma 2 2b IT leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 36.5 (#263), Llama 13b: 13.8 (#312)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITLlama 13b
LMArena Text1156834
LMArena Creative Writing1147794
LMArena Multi-Turn1118753

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 2 2b IT better than Llama 13b?

Gemma 2 2b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.1 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 2 2b IT or Llama 13b better for coding?

Gemma 2 2b IT scores higher on coding benchmarks: 32.3 versus 21.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 2b IT and Llama 13b share?

8 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 2b IT has 17 scored results on Noometry and Llama 13b has 21.

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