Model comparison
Gemma 2B vs Gemma 3 1B
Gemma 2B is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.6 to 21.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- The widest gap is in math, where Gemma 2B leads 30.0 to 10.2.
Side by side
| Gemma 2B | Gemma 3 1B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | ||
| Noometry Index | 29.6 | 21.1 |
| Released | 2024-02-21 | 2025-03-12 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 23 | 4 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Gemma 2B: 29.4 (#305), Gemma 3 1B: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Gemma 3 1B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1010 | — |
| HumanEval+ | 20.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 34.1% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemma 2B: —, Gemma 3 1B: 13.7 (#152)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Gemma 3 1B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 7.2% |
Reasoning Too close to call
Gemma 2B: 18.8 (#275), Gemma 3 1B: 19.2 (#264)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Gemma 3 1B |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 989 | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 35.2% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 94.2 | — |
| HellaSwag | 71.4% | — |
| PIQA | 77.3% | — |
| WinoGrande | 65.4% | — |
Math Gemma 2B leads
Gemma 2B: 30.0 (#239), Gemma 3 1B: 10.2 (#316)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Gemma 3 1B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 1.1% |
| LMArena Math | 1009 | — |
| GSM8K | 17.7% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Gemma 2B: —, Gemma 3 1B: 7.0 (#314)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Gemma 3 1B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 19.9% |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 42.1% | — |
| BoolQ | 69.4% | — |
| MMLU | 42.3% | — |
| TriviaQA | 53.2% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemma 2B: 23.0 (#294), Gemma 3 1B: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Gemma 3 1B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 958 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 986 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 937 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Gemma 2B: 48.5 (#302), Gemma 3 1B: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Gemma 3 1B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 970 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemma 2B: 29.9 (#291), Gemma 3 1B: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Gemma 3 1B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 981 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Gemma 2B: 24.0 (#308), Gemma 3 1B: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Gemma 3 1B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1002 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 987 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 945 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 2B better than Gemma 3 1B?
Gemma 2B is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.6 to 21.1 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 2B and Gemma 3 1B share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2B has 23 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 3 1B has 4.