Model comparison
Gemma 3 1B vs Llama 2-13B
Llama 2-13B is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.6 to 21.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
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MetaSummary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Gemma 3 1B scores higher in 1 category and Llama 2-13B in 2 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Llama 2-13B leads 28.1 to 7.0.
Side by side
| Gemma 3 1B | Llama 2-13B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | |
| Noometry Index | 21.1 | 29.6 |
| Released | 2025-03-12 | 2023-07-18 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 4 | 32 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Gemma 3 1B: —, Llama 2-13B: 30.9 (#291)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Llama 2-13B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | — | 1062 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemma 3 1B: 13.7 (#152), Llama 2-13B: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Llama 2-13B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 7.2% | — |
Reasoning Gemma 3 1B leads
Gemma 3 1B: 19.2 (#264), Llama 2-13B: 12.8 (#337)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Llama 2-13B |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1051 |
| DTBench | — | 42.2% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 58.2% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 106.17 |
| HellaSwag | — | 80.7% |
| LAMBADA | — | 76.5% |
| PIQA | — | 80.8% |
| WinoGrande | — | 72.8% |
Math Llama 2-13B leads
Gemma 3 1B: 10.2 (#316), Llama 2-13B: 31.1 (#229)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Llama 2-13B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.1% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1065 |
| GSM8K | — | 36.9% |
Knowledge Llama 2-13B leads
Gemma 3 1B: 7.0 (#314), Llama 2-13B: 28.1 (#249)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Llama 2-13B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 19.9% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1030 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 60.3% |
| BoolQ | — | 82.4% |
| MMLU | — | 55.6% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 57% |
| TriviaQA | — | 79.6% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemma 3 1B: —, Llama 2-13B: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Llama 2-13B |
|---|---|---|
| ScienceQA | — | 55.8% |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemma 3 1B: —, Llama 2-13B: 26.5 (#279)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Llama 2-13B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1024 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1001 |
| LMArena French | — | 1044 |
| LMArena German | — | 1009 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 894 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 953 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1055 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1087 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Gemma 3 1B: —, Llama 2-13B: 53.3 (#287)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Llama 2-13B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1045 |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemma 3 1B: —, Llama 2-13B: 32.3 (#269)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Llama 2-13B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1064 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Gemma 3 1B: —, Llama 2-13B: 29.8 (#289)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Llama 2-13B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1084 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1047 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1050 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 3 1B better than Llama 2-13B?
Llama 2-13B is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.6 to 21.1 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 1B and Llama 2-13B share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. Gemma 3 1B has 4 scored results on Noometry and Llama 2-13B has 32.