Model comparison

Gemma 2 2b IT vs Llama 3.2 90B

Gemma 2 2b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.1 to 27.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 2 2b IT Google

33.1

Rank #248 Confirmed

Llama 3.2 90B Meta

27.5

Rank #331 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in math, where Gemma 2 2b IT leads 32.6 to 11.1.

Side by side

Gemma 2 2b IT and Llama 3.2 90B specifications
Gemma 2 2b ITLlama 3.2 90B
ProviderGoogleMeta
Noometry Index33.127.5
Released—2024-09-24
WeightsOpenOpen
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Results tracked179

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.3 (#273), Llama 3.2 90B: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITLlama 3.2 90B
LMArena Coding1112—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 2 2b IT: —, Llama 3.2 90B: 30.0 (#80)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITLlama 3.2 90B
BALROG—27.3%

Reasoning Too close to call

Gemma 2 2b IT: 21.4 (#224), Llama 3.2 90B: 21.7 (#217)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITLlama 3.2 90B
EnigmaEval—0.4%
LMArena Hard Prompts1113—
Epoch Capabilities Index—125.5

Math Gemma 2 2b IT leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.6 (#212), Llama 3.2 90B: 11.1 (#308)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITLlama 3.2 90B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—2.6%
LMArena Math1135—
MATH Level 5—39.4%

Knowledge Gemma 2 2b IT leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 29.9 (#231), Llama 3.2 90B: 21.7 (#274)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITLlama 3.2 90B
GPQA Diamond—41%
LMArena Expert1096—
MMLU—80.3%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 2 2b IT: —, Llama 3.2 90B: 25.4 (#124)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITLlama 3.2 90B
LMArena Vision—1000
GeoBench—52%

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.3 (#257), Llama 3.2 90B: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITLlama 3.2 90B
LMArena Non-English1121—
LMArena Chinese1132—
LMArena French1157—
LMArena German1114—
LMArena Japanese1083—
LMArena Korean1055—
LMArena Russian1118—
LMArena Spanish1140—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemma 2 2b IT: 57.8 (#263), Llama 3.2 90B: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITLlama 3.2 90B
LMArena Instruction Following1118—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemma 2 2b IT: 34.3 (#250), Llama 3.2 90B: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITLlama 3.2 90B
LMArena Longer Query1130—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemma 2 2b IT: 36.5 (#263), Llama 3.2 90B: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITLlama 3.2 90B
LMArena Text1156—
LMArena Creative Writing1147—
LMArena Multi-Turn1118—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 2 2b IT better than Llama 3.2 90B?

Gemma 2 2b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.1 to 27.5 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 2b IT and Llama 3.2 90B share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 2b IT has 17 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.2 90B has 9.

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