Model comparison
Gemma 2B vs Yi-Lightning
Yi-Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.1 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2B scores higher in 1 category and Yi-Lightning in 6 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Yi-Lightning leads 50.2 to 24.0.
- Gemma 2B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemma 2B | Yi-Lightning | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | 01.AI | |
| Noometry Index | 29.6 | 37.1 |
| Released | 2024-02-21 | 2024-12-02 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 23 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemma 2B leads
Gemma 2B: 29.4 (#305), Yi-Lightning: 27.4 (#320)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1010 | 1312 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 12.9% |
| HumanEval+ | 20.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 34.1% | — |
Reasoning Yi-Lightning leads
Gemma 2B: 18.8 (#275), Yi-Lightning: 25.9 (#139)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 989 | 1302 |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 35.2% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 94.2 | — |
| HellaSwag | 71.4% | — |
| PIQA | 77.3% | — |
| WinoGrande | 65.4% | — |
Math Yi-Lightning leads
Gemma 2B: 30.0 (#239), Yi-Lightning: 36.2 (#172)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1009 | 1300 |
| GSM8K | 17.7% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Gemma 2B: —, Yi-Lightning: 35.4 (#185)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1286 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 42.1% | — |
| BoolQ | 69.4% | — |
| MMLU | 42.3% | — |
| TriviaQA | 53.2% | — |
Multilingual Yi-Lightning leads
Gemma 2B: 23.0 (#294), Yi-Lightning: 42.2 (#196)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 958 | 1269 |
| LMArena Chinese | 986 | 1320 |
| LMArena Russian | 937 | 1255 |
| LMArena French | — | 1305 |
| LMArena German | — | 1267 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1228 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1192 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1315 |
Instruction Following Yi-Lightning leads
Gemma 2B: 48.5 (#302), Yi-Lightning: 67.4 (#196)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 970 | 1278 |
Long Context Yi-Lightning leads
Gemma 2B: 29.9 (#291), Yi-Lightning: 39.4 (#181)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 981 | 1297 |
Writing & Preference Yi-Lightning leads
Gemma 2B: 24.0 (#308), Yi-Lightning: 50.2 (#184)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1002 | 1302 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 987 | 1280 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 945 | 1311 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 2B better than Yi-Lightning?
Yi-Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.1 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 2B or Yi-Lightning better for coding?
Gemma 2B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 29.4 versus 27.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 2B and Yi-Lightning share?
11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2B has 23 scored results on Noometry and Yi-Lightning has 18.