Model comparison
Gemma 2 2b IT vs Mixtral 8x7B
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 7 categories and Mixtral 8x7B in 1 category; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Gemma 2 2b IT leads 29.9 to 11.0.
Side by side
| Gemma 2 2b IT | Mixtral 8x7B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | |
| Noometry Index | 33.1 | 27.1 |
| Released | — | 2023-12-11 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 32K |
| Max output | — | 32K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.70 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.70 |
| Results tracked | 17 | 38 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.3 (#273), Mixtral 8x7B: 32.8 (#269)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Mixtral 8x7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1112 | 1126 |
| HumanEval+ | — | 39.6% |
| MBPP+ | — | 49.7% |
Reasoning Gemma 2 2b IT leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 21.4 (#224), Mixtral 8x7B: 18.2 (#285)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Mixtral 8x7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1113 | 1115 |
| DTBench | — | 49.6% |
| Adversarial NLI | — | 55.2% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 118.47 |
| ForecastBench | — | 56.3 |
| HellaSwag | — | 86.7% |
| PIQA | — | 83.6% |
| WinoGrande | — | 77.2% |
Math Gemma 2 2b IT leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.6 (#212), Mixtral 8x7B: 18.8 (#289)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Mixtral 8x7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1135 | 1147 |
| Omni-MATH | — | 10.5% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 10% |
| GSM8K | — | 74.4% |
Knowledge Gemma 2 2b IT leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 29.9 (#231), Mixtral 8x7B: 11.0 (#301)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Mixtral 8x7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1096 | 1088 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 30.6% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 33.5% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 29.6% |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 87.3% |
| MMLU | — | 70.6% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 85.8% |
| TriviaQA | — | 82.2% |
Multilingual Gemma 2 2b IT leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.3 (#257), Mixtral 8x7B: 29.6 (#266)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Mixtral 8x7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1121 | 1077 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1132 | 1055 |
| LMArena French | 1157 | 1166 |
| LMArena German | 1114 | 1114 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1083 | 931 |
| LMArena Korean | 1055 | 968 |
| LMArena Russian | 1118 | 1090 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1140 | 1111 |
Instruction Following Gemma 2 2b IT leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 57.8 (#263), Mixtral 8x7B: 51.0 (#297)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Mixtral 8x7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1118 | 1109 |
| IFEval | — | 57.5% |
Long Context Too close to call
Gemma 2 2b IT: 34.3 (#250), Mixtral 8x7B: 33.4 (#260)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Mixtral 8x7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1130 | 1103 |
Writing & Preference Gemma 2 2b IT leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 36.5 (#263), Mixtral 8x7B: 34.2 (#270)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Mixtral 8x7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1156 | 1132 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1147 | 1109 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1118 | 1115 |
| WildBench | — | 67.3% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 2 2b IT better than Mixtral 8x7B?
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 8x7B better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (32.3 vs 32.8); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 2b IT and Mixtral 8x7B share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 2b IT has 17 scored results on Noometry and Mixtral 8x7B has 38.