Model comparison
Gemma 2 2b IT vs Mercury
Mercury is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.6 to 33.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 8 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 8 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 2b IT scores higher in 1 category and Mercury in 5 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mercury leads 46.2 to 36.5.
- Gemma 2 2b IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemma 2 2b IT | Mercury | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Inception | |
| Noometry Index | 33.1 | 37.6 |
| Released | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 17 | 9 |
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Category by category
Coding Mercury leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.3 (#273), Mercury: 38.7 (#170)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Mercury |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1112 | 1322 |
Reasoning Gemma 2 2b IT leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 21.4 (#224), Mercury: 17.5 (#293)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Mercury |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1113 | 1285 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 21.6% |
Math Not comparable
Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.6 (#212), Mercury: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Mercury |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1135 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Gemma 2 2b IT: 29.9 (#231), Mercury: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Mercury |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1096 | — |
Multilingual Mercury leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.3 (#257), Mercury: 41.6 (#206)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Mercury |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1121 | 1260 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1132 | — |
| LMArena French | 1157 | — |
| LMArena German | 1114 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1083 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1055 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1118 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1140 | — |
Instruction Following Mercury leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 57.8 (#263), Mercury: 65.2 (#224)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Mercury |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1118 | 1239 |
Long Context Mercury leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 34.3 (#250), Mercury: 38.4 (#198)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Mercury |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1130 | 1266 |
Writing & Preference Mercury leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 36.5 (#263), Mercury: 46.2 (#221)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Mercury |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1156 | 1282 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1147 | 1191 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1118 | 1282 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 2 2b IT better than Mercury?
Mercury is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.6 to 33.1 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 2 2b IT or Mercury better for coding?
Mercury scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.7 versus 32.3 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 2b IT and Mercury share?
8 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 2b IT has 17 scored results on Noometry and Mercury has 9.