Model comparison
Gemma 2 9B vs Sonar
Sonar is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.5 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 7 shared benchmarks.
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PerplexitySummary
- They share 7 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 9B scores higher in 0 categories and Sonar in 5 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Sonar leads 33.7 to 9.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is LiveBench Reasoning: 15.2% for Gemma 2 9B and 46.3% for Sonar.
- Gemma 2 9B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemma 2 9B | Sonar | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Perplexity | |
| Noometry Index | 25.9 | 38.5 |
| Released | 2024-06-24 | 2024-01-01 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 128K |
| Max output | — | 4K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1 |
| Results tracked | 35 | 7 |
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Category by category
Coding Sonar leads
Gemma 2 9B: 29.4 (#304), Sonar: 35.7 (#221)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Coding | 22.5% | 35.1% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 34.7% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1173 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 40.6% | — |
Reasoning Sonar leads
Gemma 2 9B: 15.9 (#309), Sonar: 21.1 (#227)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Reasoning | 15.2% | 46.3% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 36.4% | 37.9% |
| LiveBench | 28.7% | 46.9% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1171 | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.83 | — |
| PIQA | 83.7% | — |
Math Sonar leads
Gemma 2 9B: 9.9 (#318), Sonar: 33.7 (#200)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Math | 19.8% | 41.6% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 0.6% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1183 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 21% | — |
| GSM8K | 84.9% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Gemma 2 9B: 9.7 (#305), Sonar: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 27.5% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1147 | — |
| BoolQ | 85.7% | — |
| MMLU | 72.1% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemma 2 9B: 36.6 (#238), Sonar: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1188 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1185 | — |
| LMArena French | 1190 | — |
| LMArena German | 1186 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1144 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1137 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1200 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1200 | — |
Instruction Following Sonar leads
Gemma 2 9B: 57.6 (#269), Sonar: 71.4 (#150)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 52.6% | 76.2% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1178 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemma 2 9B: 36.3 (#233), Sonar: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1197 | — |
Writing & Preference Sonar leads
Gemma 2 9B: 32.1 (#281), Sonar: 52.6 (#167)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Language | 25.5% | 44.1% |
| LMArena Text | 1207 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1206 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 841 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1193 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 2 9B better than Sonar?
Sonar is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.5 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 2 9B or Sonar better for coding?
Sonar scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.7 versus 29.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 9B and Sonar share?
7 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 9B has 35 scored results on Noometry and Sonar has 7.