Model comparison
Gemma 2B vs Llama 3.2 90B
Gemma 2B is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.6 to 27.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
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MetaSummary
- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2B scores higher in 1 category and Llama 3.2 90B in 1 category; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Gemma 2B leads 30.0 to 11.1.
Side by side
| Gemma 2B | Llama 3.2 90B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | |
| Noometry Index | 29.6 | 27.5 |
| Released | 2024-02-21 | 2024-09-24 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 23 | 9 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Gemma 2B: 29.4 (#305), Llama 3.2 90B: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1010 | — |
| HumanEval+ | 20.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 34.1% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemma 2B: —, Llama 3.2 90B: 30.0 (#80)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| BALROG | — | 27.3% |
Reasoning Llama 3.2 90B leads
Gemma 2B: 18.8 (#275), Llama 3.2 90B: 21.7 (#217)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 94.2 | 125.5 |
| EnigmaEval | — | 0.4% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 989 | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 35.2% | — |
| HellaSwag | 71.4% | — |
| PIQA | 77.3% | — |
| WinoGrande | 65.4% | — |
Math Gemma 2B leads
Gemma 2B: 30.0 (#239), Llama 3.2 90B: 11.1 (#308)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 2.6% |
| LMArena Math | 1009 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 39.4% |
| GSM8K | 17.7% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Gemma 2B: —, Llama 3.2 90B: 21.7 (#274)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU | 42.3% | 80.3% |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 41% |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 42.1% | — |
| BoolQ | 69.4% | — |
| TriviaQA | 53.2% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemma 2B: —, Llama 3.2 90B: 25.4 (#124)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1000 |
| GeoBench | — | 52% |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemma 2B: 23.0 (#294), Llama 3.2 90B: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 958 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 986 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 937 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Gemma 2B: 48.5 (#302), Llama 3.2 90B: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 970 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemma 2B: 29.9 (#291), Llama 3.2 90B: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 981 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Gemma 2B: 24.0 (#308), Llama 3.2 90B: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1002 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 987 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 945 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 2B better than Llama 3.2 90B?
Gemma 2B is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.6 to 27.5 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 2B and Llama 3.2 90B share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2B has 23 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.2 90B has 9.