Model comparison
Gemma 2 9B vs Palm 2
Palm 2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.4 to 25.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 9B scores higher in 5 categories and Palm 2 in 2 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Palm 2 leads 28.4 to 9.3.
- Gemma 2 9B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemma 2 9B | Palm 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | ||
| Noometry Index | 25.7 | 29.4 |
| Released | 2024-06-24 | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 35 | 10 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Gemma 2 9B: 29.0 (#299), Palm 2: 28.5 (#306)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1174 | 995 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 34.7% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 22.5% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 40.6% | — |
Reasoning Palm 2 leads
Gemma 2 9B: 15.3 (#306), Palm 2: 18.2 (#270)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1172 | 1005 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 15.2% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 36.4% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.78 | — |
| LiveBench | 28.7% | — |
| PIQA | 83.7% | — |
Math Palm 2 leads
Gemma 2 9B: 9.3 (#312), Palm 2: 28.4 (#229)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1183 | 1049 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 0.6% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 19.8% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 21% | — |
| GSM8K | 84.9% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Gemma 2 9B: 9.7 (#300), Palm 2: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 27.5% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1147 | — |
| BoolQ | 85.7% | — |
| MMLU | 72.1% | — |
Multilingual Gemma 2 9B leads
Gemma 2 9B: 36.8 (#233), Palm 2: 21.1 (#290)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1188 | 916 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1185 | 887 |
| LMArena French | 1189 | — |
| LMArena German | 1186 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1144 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1137 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1200 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1200 | — |
Instruction Following Gemma 2 9B leads
Gemma 2 9B: 57.8 (#264), Palm 2: 51.3 (#291)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1178 | 1010 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 52.6% | — |
Long Context Gemma 2 9B leads
Gemma 2 9B: 36.3 (#228), Palm 2: 30.7 (#280)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1197 | 1010 |
Writing & Preference Gemma 2 9B leads
Gemma 2 9B: 32.3 (#276), Palm 2: 25.7 (#299)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1207 | 1027 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1206 | 991 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1193 | 994 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 841 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.5% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 2 9B better than Palm 2?
Palm 2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.4 to 25.7 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 2 9B or Palm 2 better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (29.0 vs 28.5); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 9B and Palm 2 share?
10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 9B has 35 scored results on Noometry and Palm 2 has 10.