Model comparison
Gemma 2 2b IT vs Mercury 2
Mercury 2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 33.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 2b IT scores higher in 0 categories and Mercury 2 in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mercury 2 leads 53.8 to 36.5.
- Gemma 2 2b IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemma 2 2b IT | Mercury 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Inception | |
| Noometry Index | 33.1 | 39.1 |
| Released | — | 2026-02-20 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 128K |
| Max output | — | 50K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.75 |
| Results tracked | 17 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Mercury 2 leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.3 (#273), Mercury 2: 33.5 (#255)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Mercury 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1112 | 1391 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1171 |
| SciCode | — | 38.7% |
| WeirdML | — | 43.2% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 785.58 |
Reasoning Mercury 2 leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 21.4 (#224), Mercury 2: 23.8 (#170)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Mercury 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1113 | 1362 |
| CritPt | — | 0.8% |
Math Not comparable
Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.6 (#212), Mercury 2: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Mercury 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1135 | — |
Knowledge Mercury 2 leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 29.9 (#231), Mercury 2: 36.2 (#172)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Mercury 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1096 | 1358 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 12.3% |
Multilingual Mercury 2 leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.3 (#257), Mercury 2: 46.6 (#157)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Mercury 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1121 | 1331 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1132 | 1417 |
| LMArena Russian | 1118 | 1304 |
| LMArena French | 1157 | — |
| LMArena German | 1114 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1083 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1055 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1140 | — |
Instruction Following Mercury 2 leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 57.8 (#263), Mercury 2: 70.2 (#165)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Mercury 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1118 | 1329 |
Long Context Mercury 2 leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 34.3 (#250), Mercury 2: 40.5 (#154)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Mercury 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1130 | 1330 |
Writing & Preference Mercury 2 leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 36.5 (#263), Mercury 2: 53.8 (#155)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Mercury 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1156 | 1355 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1147 | 1289 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1118 | 1358 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 2 2b IT better than Mercury 2?
Mercury 2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 33.1 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 2 2b IT or Mercury 2 better for coding?
Mercury 2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.5 versus 32.3 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 2b IT and Mercury 2 share?
11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 2b IT has 17 scored results on Noometry and Mercury 2 has 17.