Model comparison
Gemma 2 2b IT vs Llama 3-70B
Gemma 2 2b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.1 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
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MetaSummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 2b IT scores higher in 3 categories and Llama 3-70B in 5 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Gemma 2 2b IT leads 32.6 to 12.8.
Side by side
| Gemma 2 2b IT | Llama 3-70B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | |
| Noometry Index | 33.1 | 28.8 |
| Released | — | 2024-04-18 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 17 | 31 |
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Category by category
Coding Llama 3-70B leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.3 (#273), Llama 3-70B: 35.8 (#218)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Llama 3-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1112 | 1206 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 43.6% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 54.5% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 72% |
| MBPP+ | — | 69% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemma 2 2b IT: —, Llama 3-70B: 21.1 (#139)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Llama 3-70B |
|---|---|---|
| Cybench | — | 5% |
Reasoning Gemma 2 2b IT leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 21.4 (#224), Llama 3-70B: 18.0 (#288)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Llama 3-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1113 | 1195 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 35.1% |
| DTBench | — | 54.2% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 122.93 |
| ForecastBench | — | 57.1 |
| WinoGrande | — | 83.5% |
Math Gemma 2 2b IT leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.6 (#212), Llama 3-70B: 12.8 (#305)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Llama 3-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1135 | 1218 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 4.3% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 22.6% |
Knowledge Gemma 2 2b IT leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 29.9 (#231), Llama 3-70B: 20.8 (#277)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Llama 3-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1096 | 1149 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 40.6% |
| MMLU | — | 79.3% |
Multilingual Llama 3-70B leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.3 (#257), Llama 3-70B: 33.6 (#251)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Llama 3-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1121 | 1142 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1132 | 1114 |
| LMArena French | 1157 | 1232 |
| LMArena German | 1114 | 1169 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1083 | 1017 |
| LMArena Korean | 1055 | 1017 |
| LMArena Russian | 1118 | 1159 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1140 | 1241 |
Instruction Following Llama 3-70B leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 57.8 (#263), Llama 3-70B: 62.5 (#238)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Llama 3-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1118 | 1194 |
Long Context Llama 3-70B leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 34.3 (#250), Llama 3-70B: 35.6 (#240)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Llama 3-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1130 | 1174 |
Writing & Preference Llama 3-70B leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 36.5 (#263), Llama 3-70B: 42.8 (#231)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Llama 3-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1156 | 1221 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1147 | 1210 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1118 | 1223 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 2 2b IT better than Llama 3-70B?
Gemma 2 2b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.1 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 2 2b IT or Llama 3-70B better for coding?
Llama 3-70B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.8 versus 32.3 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 2b IT and Llama 3-70B share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 2b IT has 17 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3-70B has 31.