Model comparison
Gemma 2 9B vs Nova Premier 1.0
Nova Premier 1.0 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 25.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Nova Premier 1.0 leads 35.4 to 9.7.
- Gemma 2 9B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemma 2 9B | Nova Premier 1.0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | |
| Noometry Index | 25.7 | 37.7 |
| Released | 2024-06-24 | 2025-04-30 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1M |
| Max output | — | 10K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $2.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $12.50 |
| Results tracked | 35 | 6 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Gemma 2 9B: 29.0 (#299), Nova Premier 1.0: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 34.7% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 22.5% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1174 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 40.6% | — |
Reasoning Nova Premier 1.0 leads
Gemma 2 9B: 15.3 (#306), Nova Premier 1.0: 22.3 (#182)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 44.8% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 15.2% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1172 | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 36.4% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.78 | — |
| LiveBench | 28.7% | — |
| PIQA | 83.7% | — |
Math Nova Premier 1.0 leads
Gemma 2 9B: 9.3 (#312), Nova Premier 1.0: 31.5 (#194)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 0.6% | — |
| Omni-MATH | — | 35% |
| LiveBench Math | 19.8% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1183 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 21% | — |
| GSM8K | 84.9% | — |
Knowledge Nova Premier 1.0 leads
Gemma 2 9B: 9.7 (#300), Nova Premier 1.0: 35.4 (#176)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 27.5% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 72.6% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 51.8% |
| LMArena Expert | 1147 | — |
| BoolQ | 85.7% | — |
| MMLU | 72.1% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemma 2 9B: 36.8 (#233), Nova Premier 1.0: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1188 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1185 | — |
| LMArena French | 1189 | — |
| LMArena German | 1186 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1144 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1137 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1200 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1200 | — |
Instruction Following Nova Premier 1.0 leads
Gemma 2 9B: 57.8 (#264), Nova Premier 1.0: 66.9 (#201)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 52.6% | — |
| IFEval | — | 80.3% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1178 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemma 2 9B: 36.3 (#228), Nova Premier 1.0: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1197 | — |
Writing & Preference Nova Premier 1.0 leads
Gemma 2 9B: 32.3 (#276), Nova Premier 1.0: 51.0 (#174)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1207 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1206 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 841 | — |
| WildBench | — | 78.8% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1193 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.5% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 2 9B better than Nova Premier 1.0?
Nova Premier 1.0 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 25.7 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 9B and Nova Premier 1.0 share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 9B has 35 scored results on Noometry and Nova Premier 1.0 has 6.