Model comparison

Gemma 2 9B vs Wizardlm 70b

Wizardlm 70b is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.0 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 2 9B Google

25.9

Rank #341 Confirmed

Wizardlm 70b Microsoft

33.0

Rank #249 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 9B scores higher in 3 categories and Wizardlm 70b in 4 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Wizardlm 70b leads 32.2 to 9.9.

Side by side

Gemma 2 9B and Wizardlm 70b specifications
Gemma 2 9BWizardlm 70b
ProviderGoogleMicrosoft
Noometry Index25.933.0
Released2024-06-24—
WeightsOpenOpen
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Results tracked3512

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Category by category

Coding Wizardlm 70b leads

Gemma 2 9B: 29.4 (#304), Wizardlm 70b: 31.4 (#285)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 9BWizardlm 70b
LMArena Coding11731081
BigCodeBench Instruct34.7%—
LiveBench Coding22.5%—
BigCodeBench Complete40.6%—

Reasoning Wizardlm 70b leads

Gemma 2 9B: 15.9 (#309), Wizardlm 70b: 20.7 (#234)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 9BWizardlm 70b
LMArena Hard Prompts11711079
LiveBench Reasoning15.2%—
LiveBench Data Analysis36.4%—
Epoch Capabilities Index119.83—
LiveBench28.7%—
PIQA83.7%—

Math Wizardlm 70b leads

Gemma 2 9B: 9.9 (#318), Wizardlm 70b: 32.2 (#218)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 9BWizardlm 70b
LMArena Math11831116
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20250.6%—
LiveBench Math19.8%—
MATH Level 521%—
GSM8K84.9%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemma 2 9B: 9.7 (#305), Wizardlm 70b: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 9BWizardlm 70b
GPQA Diamond27.5%—
LMArena Expert1147—
BoolQ85.7%—
MMLU72.1%—

Multilingual Gemma 2 9B leads

Gemma 2 9B: 36.6 (#238), Wizardlm 70b: 29.6 (#265)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 9BWizardlm 70b
LMArena Non-English11881078
LMArena Chinese11851052
LMArena German11861083
LMArena Russian12001155
LMArena French1190—
LMArena Japanese1144—
LMArena Korean1137—
LMArena Spanish1200—

Instruction Following Gemma 2 9B leads

Gemma 2 9B: 57.6 (#269), Wizardlm 70b: 56.3 (#273)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 9BWizardlm 70b
LMArena Instruction Following11781093
LiveBench Instruction Following52.6%—

Long Context Gemma 2 9B leads

Gemma 2 9B: 36.3 (#233), Wizardlm 70b: 33.3 (#263)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 9BWizardlm 70b
LMArena Longer Query11971097

Writing & Preference Wizardlm 70b leads

Gemma 2 9B: 32.1 (#281), Wizardlm 70b: 34.8 (#269)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 9BWizardlm 70b
LMArena Text12071120
LMArena Creative Writing12061149
LMArena Multi-Turn11931108
EQ-Bench Creative Writing841—
LiveBench Language25.5%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 2 9B better than Wizardlm 70b?

Wizardlm 70b is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.0 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 2 9B or Wizardlm 70b better for coding?

Wizardlm 70b scores higher on coding benchmarks: 31.4 versus 29.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 9B and Wizardlm 70b share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 9B has 35 scored results on Noometry and Wizardlm 70b has 12.

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