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.
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 | Wizardlm 70b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Microsoft | |
| Noometry Index | 25.9 | 33.0 |
| Released | 2024-06-24 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 35 | 12 |
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Category by category
Coding Wizardlm 70b leads
Gemma 2 9B: 29.4 (#304), Wizardlm 70b: 31.4 (#285)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1173 | 1081 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 34.7% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 22.5% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 40.6% | — |
Reasoning Wizardlm 70b leads
Gemma 2 9B: 15.9 (#309), Wizardlm 70b: 20.7 (#234)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1171 | 1079 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 15.2% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 36.4% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.83 | — |
| LiveBench | 28.7% | — |
| PIQA | 83.7% | — |
Math Wizardlm 70b leads
Gemma 2 9B: 9.9 (#318), Wizardlm 70b: 32.2 (#218)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1183 | 1116 |
| 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 (#305), Wizardlm 70b: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 27.5% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1147 | — |
| BoolQ | 85.7% | — |
| MMLU | 72.1% | — |
Multilingual Gemma 2 9B leads
Gemma 2 9B: 36.6 (#238), Wizardlm 70b: 29.6 (#265)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1188 | 1078 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1185 | 1052 |
| LMArena German | 1186 | 1083 |
| LMArena Russian | 1200 | 1155 |
| LMArena French | 1190 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1144 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1137 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1200 | — |
Instruction Following Gemma 2 9B leads
Gemma 2 9B: 57.6 (#269), Wizardlm 70b: 56.3 (#273)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1178 | 1093 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 52.6% | — |
Long Context Gemma 2 9B leads
Gemma 2 9B: 36.3 (#233), Wizardlm 70b: 33.3 (#263)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1197 | 1097 |
Writing & Preference Wizardlm 70b leads
Gemma 2 9B: 32.1 (#281), Wizardlm 70b: 34.8 (#269)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1207 | 1120 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1206 | 1149 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1193 | 1108 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 841 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.5% | — |
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.