Model comparison
Gemma 2 2b IT vs Llama 2-7B
Gemma 2 2b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.1 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.
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MetaSummary
- They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 2b IT scores higher in 8 categories and Llama 2-7B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in multilingual, where Gemma 2 2b IT leads 32.3 to 23.8.
Side by side
| Gemma 2 2b IT | Llama 2-7B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | |
| Noometry Index | 33.1 | 29.1 |
| Released | — | 2023-07-18 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 17 | 29 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemma 2 2b IT leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.3 (#273), Llama 2-7B: 29.2 (#307)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1112 | 1002 |
Reasoning Gemma 2 2b IT leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 21.4 (#224), Llama 2-7B: 15.7 (#312)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1113 | 1009 |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 39.2% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 99.06 |
| HellaSwag | — | 77.2% |
| LAMBADA | — | 73.3% |
| PIQA | — | 78.8% |
| WinoGrande | — | 69.2% |
Math Gemma 2 2b IT leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.6 (#212), Llama 2-7B: 30.7 (#233)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1135 | 1042 |
| GSM8K | — | 16.7% |
Knowledge Gemma 2 2b IT leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 29.9 (#231), Llama 2-7B: 28.2 (#248)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1096 | 1036 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 45.9% |
| BoolQ | — | 77.9% |
| MMLU | — | 45.8% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 58.6% |
| TriviaQA | — | 73.7% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemma 2 2b IT: —, Llama 2-7B: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| ScienceQA | — | 43.1% |
Multilingual Gemma 2 2b IT leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.3 (#257), Llama 2-7B: 23.8 (#293)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1121 | 973 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1132 | 973 |
| LMArena French | 1157 | 970 |
| LMArena German | 1114 | 978 |
| LMArena Russian | 1118 | 995 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1140 | 1007 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1083 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1055 | — |
Instruction Following Gemma 2 2b IT leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 57.8 (#263), Llama 2-7B: 50.8 (#298)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1118 | 1006 |
Long Context Gemma 2 2b IT leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 34.3 (#250), Llama 2-7B: 30.4 (#287)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1130 | 999 |
Writing & Preference Gemma 2 2b IT leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 36.5 (#263), Llama 2-7B: 28.0 (#298)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1156 | 1053 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1147 | 1033 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1118 | 1029 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 2 2b IT better than Llama 2-7B?
Gemma 2 2b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.1 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 2 2b IT or Llama 2-7B better for coding?
Gemma 2 2b IT scores higher on coding benchmarks: 32.3 versus 29.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 2b IT and Llama 2-7B share?
15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 2b IT has 17 scored results on Noometry and Llama 2-7B has 29.