Model comparison

Gemma 2 2b IT vs Llama 2-13B

Gemma 2 2b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.1 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 2 2b IT Google

33.1

Rank #248 Confirmed

Llama 2-13B Meta

29.6

Rank #309 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 2b IT scores higher in 8 categories and Llama 2-13B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemma 2 2b IT leads 21.4 to 12.8.

Side by side

Gemma 2 2b IT and Llama 2-13B specifications
Gemma 2 2b ITLlama 2-13B
ProviderGoogleMeta
Noometry Index33.129.6
Released—2023-07-18
WeightsOpenOpen
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Results tracked1732

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Category by category

Coding Gemma 2 2b IT leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.3 (#273), Llama 2-13B: 30.9 (#291)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITLlama 2-13B
LMArena Coding11121062

Reasoning Gemma 2 2b IT leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 21.4 (#224), Llama 2-13B: 12.8 (#337)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITLlama 2-13B
LMArena Hard Prompts11131051
Chess Puzzles—0%
DTBench—42.2%
BIG-Bench Hard—58.2%
Epoch Capabilities Index—106.17
HellaSwag—80.7%
LAMBADA—76.5%
PIQA—80.8%
WinoGrande—72.8%

Math Gemma 2 2b IT leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.6 (#212), Llama 2-13B: 31.1 (#229)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITLlama 2-13B
LMArena Math11351065
GSM8K—36.9%

Knowledge Gemma 2 2b IT leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 29.9 (#231), Llama 2-13B: 28.1 (#249)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITLlama 2-13B
LMArena Expert10961030
ARC (AI2) Challenge—60.3%
BoolQ—82.4%
MMLU—55.6%
OpenBookQA—57%
TriviaQA—79.6%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 2 2b IT: —, Llama 2-13B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITLlama 2-13B
ScienceQA—55.8%

Multilingual Gemma 2 2b IT leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.3 (#257), Llama 2-13B: 26.5 (#279)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITLlama 2-13B
LMArena Non-English11211024
LMArena Chinese11321001
LMArena French11571044
LMArena German11141009
LMArena Japanese1083894
LMArena Korean1055953
LMArena Russian11181055
LMArena Spanish11401087

Instruction Following Gemma 2 2b IT leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 57.8 (#263), Llama 2-13B: 53.3 (#287)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITLlama 2-13B
LMArena Instruction Following11181045

Long Context Gemma 2 2b IT leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 34.3 (#250), Llama 2-13B: 32.3 (#269)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITLlama 2-13B
LMArena Longer Query11301064

Writing & Preference Gemma 2 2b IT leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 36.5 (#263), Llama 2-13B: 29.8 (#289)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITLlama 2-13B
LMArena Text11561084
LMArena Creative Writing11471047
LMArena Multi-Turn11181050

Frequently asked questions

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

Gemma 2 2b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.1 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.

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

Gemma 2 2b IT scores higher on coding benchmarks: 32.3 versus 30.9 in the Noometry coding category.

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

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 2b IT has 17 scored results on Noometry and Llama 2-13B has 32.

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