Model comparison
Gemma 2 2b IT vs Mixtral 8x22B
Gemma 2 2b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.1 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 2b IT scores higher in 5 categories and Mixtral 8x22B in 3 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Gemma 2 2b IT leads 29.9 to 15.1.
Side by side
| Gemma 2 2b IT | Mixtral 8x22B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | |
| Noometry Index | 33.1 | 27.1 |
| Released | — | 2024-04-17 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 64K |
| Max output | — | 64K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $2 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $6 |
| Results tracked | 17 | 34 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemma 2 2b IT leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.3 (#273), Mixtral 8x22B: 24.2 (#329)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1112 | 1166 |
| WeirdML | — | 3.2% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 40.6% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 50.2% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 72% |
| MBPP+ | — | 64.3% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemma 2 2b IT: —, Mixtral 8x22B: 23.1 (#127)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| Cybench | — | 7.5% |
Reasoning Gemma 2 2b IT leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 21.4 (#224), Mixtral 8x22B: 19.9 (#248)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1113 | 1150 |
| DTBench | — | 55.1% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 122.03 |
| ForecastBench | — | 56.3 |
Math Gemma 2 2b IT leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.6 (#212), Mixtral 8x22B: 22.9 (#275)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1135 | 1184 |
| Omni-MATH | — | 16.3% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 24.2% |
Knowledge Gemma 2 2b IT leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 29.9 (#231), Mixtral 8x22B: 15.1 (#293)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1096 | 1113 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 34.1% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 46% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 33.4% |
| MMLU | — | 77.8% |
Multilingual Too close to call
Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.3 (#257), Mixtral 8x22B: 32.8 (#255)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1121 | 1128 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1132 | 1116 |
| LMArena French | 1157 | 1166 |
| LMArena German | 1114 | 1141 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1083 | 1037 |
| LMArena Korean | 1055 | 1057 |
| LMArena Russian | 1118 | 1158 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1140 | 1151 |
Instruction Following Too close to call
Gemma 2 2b IT: 57.8 (#263), Mixtral 8x22B: 57.7 (#266)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1118 | 1147 |
| IFEval | — | 72.4% |
Long Context Too close to call
Gemma 2 2b IT: 34.3 (#250), Mixtral 8x22B: 34.7 (#247)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1130 | 1144 |
Writing & Preference Too close to call
Gemma 2 2b IT: 36.5 (#263), Mixtral 8x22B: 36.9 (#262)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1156 | 1162 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1147 | 1141 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1118 | 1130 |
| WildBench | — | 71.1% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 2 2b IT better than Mixtral 8x22B?
Gemma 2 2b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.1 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 2 2b IT or Mixtral 8x22B better for coding?
Gemma 2 2b IT scores higher on coding benchmarks: 32.3 versus 24.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 2b IT and Mixtral 8x22B share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 2b IT has 17 scored results on Noometry and Mixtral 8x22B has 34.