Model comparison

Gemma 2B vs GPT-5.4 mini

GPT-5.4 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.8 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 2B Google

29.1

Rank #305 Confirmed

GPT-5.4 mini OpenAI

44.8

Rank #69 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2B scores higher in 0 categories and GPT-5.4 mini in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GPT-5.4 mini leads 64.2 to 24.1.
  • Gemma 2B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemma 2B and GPT-5.4 mini specifications
Gemma 2BGPT-5.4 mini
ProviderGoogleOpenAI
Noometry Index29.144.8
Released2024-02-212026-03-17
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—400K
Max output—128K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.75
Output $ / M tokens—$4.50
Results tracked2346

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.4 mini leads

Gemma 2B: 28.9 (#300), GPT-5.4 mini: 45.0 (#67)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2BGPT-5.4 mini
LMArena Coding10101438
FrontierCode—27%
LMArena WebDev—1397
SciCode—49.9%
WeirdML—60.3%
ALE-Bench—1,189
HumanEval+20.7%—
MBPP+34.1%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 2B: —, GPT-5.4 mini: 29.6 (#74)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2BGPT-5.4 mini
DeepResearch Bench—36.3%

Reasoning GPT-5.4 mini leads

Gemma 2B: 17.9 (#275), GPT-5.4 mini: 30.3 (#77)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2BGPT-5.4 mini
LMArena Hard Prompts9891424
Epoch Capabilities Index93.57148.83
ARC-AGI-2—18.9%
Kagi LLM Benchmark—37.9%
NYT Connections (extended)—61.8%
ARC-AGI-1—63.7%
CritPt—10%
Chess Puzzles—24%
Thematic Generalization—61.7%
Mystery Game Puzzles—11%
DTBench—80%
LMCA—40.8%
BIG-Bench Hard35.2%—
ForecastBench—57
HellaSwag71.4%—
PIQA77.3%—
WinoGrande65.4%—

Math GPT-5.4 mini leads

Gemma 2B: 27.6 (#237), GPT-5.4 mini: 45.4 (#63)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2BGPT-5.4 mini
LMArena Math10091418
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—51.2%
FrontierMath Tier 4—9.8%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—88.9%
ProofBench—21%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—28.3%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—2.1%
GSM8K17.7%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemma 2B: —, GPT-5.4 mini: 51.4 (#62)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2BGPT-5.4 mini
GPQA Diamond—86.9%
SimpleQA Verified—29.4%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—5.5%
LMArena Expert—1434
ARC (AI2) Challenge42.1%—
BoolQ69.4%—
MMLU42.3%—
TriviaQA53.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 2B: —, GPT-5.4 mini: 39.0 (#51)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2BGPT-5.4 mini
LMArena Vision—1245

Multilingual GPT-5.4 mini leads

Gemma 2B: 23.1 (#289), GPT-5.4 mini: 52.1 (#94)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2BGPT-5.4 mini
LMArena Non-English9581405
LMArena Chinese9861446
LMArena Russian9371417
LMArena French—1440
LMArena German—1407
LMArena Japanese—1375
LMArena Korean—1369
LMArena Spanish—1403

Instruction Following GPT-5.4 mini leads

Gemma 2B: 48.8 (#297), GPT-5.4 mini: 74.3 (#99)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2BGPT-5.4 mini
LMArena Instruction Following9711405

Long Context GPT-5.4 mini leads

Gemma 2B: 29.9 (#286), GPT-5.4 mini: 42.9 (#107)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2BGPT-5.4 mini
LMArena Longer Query9811407

Writing & Preference GPT-5.4 mini leads

Gemma 2B: 24.1 (#303), GPT-5.4 mini: 64.2 (#56)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2BGPT-5.4 mini
LMArena Text10021411
LMArena Creative Writing9861370
LMArena Multi-Turn9451429
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1665

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 2B better than GPT-5.4 mini?

GPT-5.4 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.8 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 2B or GPT-5.4 mini better for coding?

GPT-5.4 mini scores higher on coding benchmarks: 45.0 versus 28.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 2B and GPT-5.4 mini share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2B has 23 scored results on Noometry and GPT-5.4 mini has 46.

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