Model comparison
Gemma 2 9B vs Solar Pro4
Solar Pro4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.1 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
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UpstageSummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 9B scores higher in 0 categories and Solar Pro4 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Solar Pro4 leads 39.8 to 9.7.
- Gemma 2 9B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemma 2 9B | Solar Pro4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Upstage | |
| Noometry Index | 25.9 | 42.1 |
| Released | 2024-06-24 | 2026-08-06 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 524K |
| Max output | — | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.20 |
| Results tracked | 35 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Solar Pro4 leads
Gemma 2 9B: 29.4 (#304), Solar Pro4: 40.1 (#149)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Solar Pro4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1173 | 1437 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1371 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 34.7% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 22.5% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 40.6% | — |
Reasoning Solar Pro4 leads
Gemma 2 9B: 15.9 (#309), Solar Pro4: 28.5 (#104)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Solar Pro4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1171 | 1399 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 15.2% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 36.4% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.83 | — |
| LiveBench | 28.7% | — |
| PIQA | 83.7% | — |
Math Solar Pro4 leads
Gemma 2 9B: 9.9 (#318), Solar Pro4: 38.8 (#128)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Solar Pro4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1183 | 1416 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 0.6% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 19.8% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 21% | — |
| GSM8K | 84.9% | — |
Knowledge Solar Pro4 leads
Gemma 2 9B: 9.7 (#305), Solar Pro4: 39.8 (#129)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Solar Pro4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1147 | 1427 |
| GPQA Diamond | 27.5% | — |
| BoolQ | 85.7% | — |
| MMLU | 72.1% | — |
Multilingual Solar Pro4 leads
Gemma 2 9B: 36.6 (#238), Solar Pro4: 48.7 (#139)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Solar Pro4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1188 | 1361 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1185 | 1415 |
| LMArena French | 1190 | 1397 |
| LMArena German | 1186 | 1364 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1144 | 1309 |
| LMArena Korean | 1137 | 1382 |
| LMArena Russian | 1200 | 1360 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1200 | 1401 |
Instruction Following Solar Pro4 leads
Gemma 2 9B: 57.6 (#269), Solar Pro4: 72.7 (#132)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Solar Pro4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1178 | 1377 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 52.6% | — |
Long Context Solar Pro4 leads
Gemma 2 9B: 36.3 (#233), Solar Pro4: 42.1 (#130)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Solar Pro4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1197 | 1381 |
Writing & Preference Solar Pro4 leads
Gemma 2 9B: 32.1 (#281), Solar Pro4: 56.5 (#138)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Solar Pro4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1207 | 1386 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1206 | 1316 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1193 | 1385 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 841 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.5% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 2 9B better than Solar Pro4?
Solar Pro4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.1 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 2 9B or Solar Pro4 better for coding?
Solar Pro4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.1 versus 29.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 9B and Solar Pro4 share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 9B has 35 scored results on Noometry and Solar Pro4 has 18.