Model comparison

Gemma 2B vs GPT-5.4 nano

GPT-5.4 nano is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.9 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 2B Google

29.6

Rank #307 Confirmed

GPT-5.4 nano OpenAI

41.9

Rank #125 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2B scores higher in 0 categories and GPT-5.4 nano in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GPT-5.4 nano leads 55.7 to 24.0.
  • Gemma 2B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemma 2B and GPT-5.4 nano specifications
Gemma 2BGPT-5.4 nano
ProviderGoogleOpenAI
Noometry Index29.641.9
Released2024-02-212026-03-17
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—400K
Max output—128K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.20
Output $ / M tokens—$1.25
Results tracked2340

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.4 nano leads

Gemma 2B: 29.4 (#305), GPT-5.4 nano: 43.6 (#84)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2BGPT-5.4 nano
LMArena Coding10101405
SciCode—46.9%
WeirdML—49.2%
ALE-Bench—1,005
HumanEval+20.7%—
MBPP+34.1%—

Reasoning GPT-5.4 nano leads

Gemma 2B: 18.8 (#275), GPT-5.4 nano: 23.7 (#173)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2BGPT-5.4 nano
LMArena Hard Prompts9891381
Epoch Capabilities Index94.2145.81
ARC-AGI-2—5.7%
Kagi LLM Benchmark—39.7%
ARC-AGI-1—51.5%
CritPt—9.3%
Chess Puzzles—30%
Mystery Game Puzzles—9%
DTBench—80.3%
LMCA—36.9%
BIG-Bench Hard35.2%—
ForecastBench—57.3
HellaSwag71.4%—
PIQA77.3%—
WinoGrande65.4%—

Math GPT-5.4 nano leads

Gemma 2B: 30.0 (#239), GPT-5.4 nano: 40.9 (#88)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2BGPT-5.4 nano
LMArena Math10091406
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—44.9%
FrontierMath Tier 4—12.2%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—87.8%
ProofBench—5%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—25.9%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—6.3%
GSM8K17.7%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemma 2B: —, GPT-5.4 nano: 41.9 (#103)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2BGPT-5.4 nano
GPQA Diamond—78.5%
SimpleQA Verified—11.7%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—3.1%
LMArena Expert—1396
ARC (AI2) Challenge42.1%—
BoolQ69.4%—
MMLU42.3%—
TriviaQA53.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 2B: —, GPT-5.4 nano: 36.7 (#78)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2BGPT-5.4 nano
LMArena Vision—1196

Multilingual GPT-5.4 nano leads

Gemma 2B: 23.0 (#294), GPT-5.4 nano: 48.6 (#140)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2BGPT-5.4 nano
LMArena Non-English9581359
LMArena Chinese9861392
LMArena Russian9371363
LMArena French—1396
LMArena German—1367
LMArena Japanese—1343
LMArena Korean—1320
LMArena Spanish—1371

Instruction Following GPT-5.4 nano leads

Gemma 2B: 48.5 (#302), GPT-5.4 nano: 71.9 (#144)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2BGPT-5.4 nano
LMArena Instruction Following9701362

Long Context GPT-5.4 nano leads

Gemma 2B: 29.9 (#291), GPT-5.4 nano: 41.6 (#137)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2BGPT-5.4 nano
LMArena Longer Query9811366

Writing & Preference GPT-5.4 nano leads

Gemma 2B: 24.0 (#308), GPT-5.4 nano: 55.7 (#142)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2BGPT-5.4 nano
LMArena Text10021372
LMArena Creative Writing9871314
LMArena Multi-Turn9451382

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 2B better than GPT-5.4 nano?

GPT-5.4 nano is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.9 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.

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

GPT-5.4 nano scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.6 versus 29.4 in the Noometry coding category.

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

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2B has 23 scored results on Noometry and GPT-5.4 nano has 40.

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