Model comparison
Gemma 3 12B vs Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat
Gemma 3 12B and Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat score almost the same on the Noometry Index (32.1 vs 31.8), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
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- They share 9 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3 12B scores higher in 5 categories and Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat in 2 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in multilingual, where Gemma 3 12B leads 45.7 to 28.8.
Side by side
| Gemma 3 12B | Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | NVIDIA | |
| Noometry Index | 32.1 | 31.8 |
| Released | 2025-03-12 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 131K | — |
| Max output | 8K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.05 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.15 | — |
| Results tracked | 24 | 9 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemma 3 12B leads
Gemma 3 12B: 31.7 (#280), Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: 29.9 (#300)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1281 | 1025 |
| SciCode | 17.4% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemma 3 12B: 25.5 (#108), Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 30.4% | — |
Reasoning Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat leads
Gemma 3 12B: 15.7 (#313), Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: 20.0 (#246)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1309 | 1047 |
| CritPt | 0% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| DTBench | 48.8% | — |
| LMCA | 4.5% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 123.5 | — |
Math Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat leads
Gemma 3 12B: 22.3 (#279), Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: 31.3 (#226)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1307 | 1072 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 16.7% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Gemma 3 12B: 26.5 (#257), Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 39.5% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 4.4% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1248 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemma 3 12B: —, Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat |
|---|---|---|
| MindCube | 46.7% | — |
Multilingual Gemma 3 12B leads
Gemma 3 12B: 45.7 (#165), Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: 28.8 (#270)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1318 | 1063 |
| LMArena German | 1370 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1335 | — |
Instruction Following Gemma 3 12B leads
Gemma 3 12B: 68.6 (#186), Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: 54.2 (#279)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1299 | 1060 |
Long Context Gemma 3 12B leads
Gemma 3 12B: 40.0 (#162), Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: 30.4 (#288)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1317 | 998 |
Writing & Preference Gemma 3 12B leads
Gemma 3 12B: 47.5 (#209), Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: 31.6 (#283)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1334 | 1098 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1331 | 1091 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1334 | 1058 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1126 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 3 12B better than Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat?
Gemma 3 12B and Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat score almost the same on the Noometry Index (32.1 vs 31.8), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Gemma 3 12B or Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat better for coding?
Gemma 3 12B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 31.7 versus 29.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 12B and Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat share?
9 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 12B has 24 scored results on Noometry and Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat has 9.