Model comparison

Gemma 2 2b IT vs o1

o1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.6 to 32.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 2 2b IT Google

32.5

Rank #244 Confirmed

o1 OpenAI

40.6

Rank #140 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 2b IT scores higher in 0 categories and o1 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where o1 leads 55.8 to 36.6.
  • Gemma 2 2b IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemma 2 2b IT and o1 specifications
Gemma 2 2b ITo1
ProviderGoogleOpenAI
Noometry Index32.540.6
Released—2024-09-12
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—200K
Max output—100K
Input $ / M tokens—$15
Output $ / M tokens—$60
Results tracked1752

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Category by category

Coding o1 leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 31.8 (#268), o1: 45.7 (#64)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITo1
LMArena Coding11121367
Aider Polyglot—61.7%
WeirdML—47.6%
LiveBench Coding—69.7%
CadEval—56%
HumanEval+—89%
MBPP+—80.2%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 2 2b IT: —, o1: 24.3 (#111)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITo1
Cybench—10%
METR Time Horizons—51.1%

Reasoning o1 leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 20.5 (#219), o1: 27.5 (#103)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITo1
LMArena Hard Prompts11131372
SimpleBench—41.7%
ARC-AGI-1—30.7%
Chess Puzzles—15%
EnigmaEval—5.7%
LiveBench Reasoning—91.6%
DTBench—74.7%
LiveBench Data Analysis—65.5%
LMCA—22.3%
Epoch Capabilities Index—141.92
LiveBench—75.7%

Math o1 leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 30.1 (#212), o1: 34.9 (#150)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITo1
LMArena Math11351388
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—14.7%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—73.3%
LiveBench Math—80.3%
MATH Level 5—94.7%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—9.3%

Knowledge o1 leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 29.3 (#229), o1: 41.5 (#101)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITo1
LMArena Expert10961362
GPQA Diamond—76.8%
Humanity's Last Exam—8%
SimpleQA Verified—41.1%
Confabulations—11.7%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 2 2b IT: —, o1: 33.6 (#87)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITo1
LMArena Vision—1168
GeoBench—80%
VPCT—37%
SpatialViz-Bench—41.4%

Multilingual o1 leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.5 (#252), o1: 48.8 (#137)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITo1
LMArena Non-English11211359
LMArena Chinese11321394
LMArena French11561343
LMArena German11141337
LMArena Japanese10831346
LMArena Korean10551396
LMArena Russian11181356
LMArena Spanish11401345

Instruction Following o1 leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 58.1 (#258), o1: 75.0 (#82)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITo1
LMArena Instruction Following11181368
LiveBench Instruction Following—81.5%

Long Context o1 leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 34.2 (#245), o1: 50.3 (#9)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITo1
LMArena Longer Query11301378
Fiction.LiveBench—83.3%

Writing & Preference o1 leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 36.6 (#258), o1: 55.8 (#139)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITo1
LMArena Text11561366
LMArena Creative Writing11471347
LMArena Multi-Turn11181368
Short-Story Creative Writing—70.2%
LiveBench Language—65.4%

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 2 2b IT better than o1?

o1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.6 to 32.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 2 2b IT or o1 better for coding?

o1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 45.7 versus 31.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 2b IT and o1 share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 2b IT has 17 scored results on Noometry and o1 has 52.

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