Model comparison

Gemma 3 1B vs StarCoder 2 3B

Gemma 3 1B has enough public results to be ranked (#353); StarCoder 2 3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 3 1B Google

21.1

Rank #353 Reported

StarCoder 2 3B NVIDIA

36.3

Unranked Sparse

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Gemma 3 1B and StarCoder 2 3B specifications
Gemma 3 1BStarCoder 2 3B
ProviderGoogleNVIDIA
Noometry Index21.136.3
Released2025-03-122024-02-22
WeightsOpenOpen
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Results tracked47

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, StarCoder 2 3B: 33.5

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BStarCoder 2 3B
BigCodeBench Complete—21.4%
HumanEval+—27.4%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: 13.7 (#152), StarCoder 2 3B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BStarCoder 2 3B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard7.2%—

Reasoning Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: 19.2 (#264), StarCoder 2 3B: —

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BStarCoder 2 3B
Chess Puzzles0%—
Epoch Capabilities Index—88.76
WinoGrande—57.1%

Math Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: 10.2 (#316), StarCoder 2 3B: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BStarCoder 2 3B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20251.1%—
GSM8K—21.6%

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: 7.0 (#314), StarCoder 2 3B: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BStarCoder 2 3B
GPQA Diamond19.9%—
ARC (AI2) Challenge—34.2%
MMLU—36.6%

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 3 1B better than StarCoder 2 3B?

Gemma 3 1B has enough public results to be ranked (#353); StarCoder 2 3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 1B and StarCoder 2 3B share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 1B has 4 scored results on Noometry and StarCoder 2 3B has 7.

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