Model comparison

Gemma 2 2b IT vs o3-pro

o3-pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.9 to 33.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 2 2b IT Google

33.1

Rank #248 Confirmed

o3-pro OpenAI

42.9

Rank #105 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in long context, where o3-pro leads 72.2 to 34.3.
  • Gemma 2 2b IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemma 2 2b IT and o3-pro specifications
Gemma 2 2b ITo3-pro
ProviderGoogleOpenAI
Noometry Index33.142.9
Released—2025-06-10
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—200K
Max output—100K
Input $ / M tokens—$20
Output $ / M tokens—$80
Results tracked1712

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Category by category

Coding o3-pro leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.3 (#273), o3-pro: 55.5 (#24)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITo3-pro
Aider Polyglot—84.9%
WeirdML—58.2%
LMArena Coding1112—

Reasoning o3-pro leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 21.4 (#224), o3-pro: 23.8 (#171)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITo3-pro
ARC-AGI-2—4.9%
Kagi LLM Benchmark—72.1%
ARC-AGI-1—59.3%
LMArena Hard Prompts1113—
DTBench—86.9%
LMCA—38.5%
Epoch Capabilities Index—147.42

Math Not comparable

Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.6 (#212), o3-pro: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITo3-pro
LMArena Math1135—

Knowledge Too close to call

Gemma 2 2b IT: 29.9 (#231), o3-pro: 29.5 (#238)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITo3-pro
Confabulations—14.2%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—23.3%
LMArena Expert1096—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.3 (#257), o3-pro: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITo3-pro
LMArena Non-English1121—
LMArena Chinese1132—
LMArena French1157—
LMArena German1114—
LMArena Japanese1083—
LMArena Korean1055—
LMArena Russian1118—
LMArena Spanish1140—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemma 2 2b IT: 57.8 (#263), o3-pro: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITo3-pro
LMArena Instruction Following1118—

Long Context o3-pro leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 34.3 (#250), o3-pro: 72.2 (#1)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITo3-pro
Fiction.LiveBench—97.2%
LMArena Longer Query1130—

Writing & Preference o3-pro leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 36.5 (#263), o3-pro: 57.1 (#133)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITo3-pro
LMArena Text1156—
LMArena Creative Writing1147—
Short-Story Creative Writing—84.4%
LMArena Multi-Turn1118—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 2 2b IT better than o3-pro?

o3-pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.9 to 33.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 2 2b IT or o3-pro better for coding?

o3-pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 55.5 versus 32.3 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 2b IT and o3-pro share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 2b IT has 17 scored results on Noometry and o3-pro has 12.

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