Model comparison
Gemma 7B vs GPT-5.5 Instant
GPT-5.5 Instant is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.7 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 7B scores higher in 1 category and GPT-5.5 Instant in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GPT-5.5 Instant leads 61.8 to 27.1.
- Gemma 7B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemma 7B | GPT-5.5 Instant | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | |
| Noometry Index | 30.0 | 42.7 |
| Released | 2024-02-21 | 2026-05-05 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 27 | 27 |
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Category by category
Coding GPT-5.5 Instant leads
Gemma 7B: 30.5 (#294), GPT-5.5 Instant: 44.3 (#74)
| Benchmark | Gemma 7B | GPT-5.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1048 | 1433 |
| SciCode | — | 48.6% |
| HumanEval+ | 28.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 43.4% | — |
Reasoning GPT-5.5 Instant leads
Gemma 7B: 19.9 (#249), GPT-5.5 Instant: 24.9 (#155)
| Benchmark | Gemma 7B | GPT-5.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1042 | 1426 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 111.99 | 142.52 |
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 12% |
| Adversarial NLI | 48.7% | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 55.1% | — |
| HellaSwag | 82.2% | — |
| PIQA | 81.2% | — |
| WinoGrande | 79% | — |
Math Gemma 7B leads
Gemma 7B: 31.2 (#228), GPT-5.5 Instant: 26.5 (#259)
| Benchmark | Gemma 7B | GPT-5.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1066 | 1420 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 26.3% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 2.4% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 68.1% |
| GSM8K | 46.4% | — |
Knowledge GPT-5.5 Instant leads
Gemma 7B: 27.3 (#252), GPT-5.5 Instant: 48.9 (#74)
| Benchmark | Gemma 7B | GPT-5.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1001 | 1409 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 82.5% |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 78.3% | — |
| BoolQ | 83.2% | — |
| MMLU | 66.1% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 78.6% | — |
| TriviaQA | 72.3% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemma 7B: —, GPT-5.5 Instant: 40.0 (#52)
| Benchmark | Gemma 7B | GPT-5.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1250 |
| LMArena Document | — | 1403 |
Multilingual GPT-5.5 Instant leads
Gemma 7B: 25.1 (#287), GPT-5.5 Instant: 52.8 (#80)
| Benchmark | Gemma 7B | GPT-5.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 999 | 1417 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1035 | 1456 |
| LMArena French | 1025 | 1428 |
| LMArena Russian | 993 | 1431 |
| LMArena German | — | 1411 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1408 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1392 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1429 |
Instruction Following GPT-5.5 Instant leads
Gemma 7B: 51.5 (#295), GPT-5.5 Instant: 74.2 (#100)
| Benchmark | Gemma 7B | GPT-5.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1017 | 1406 |
Long Context GPT-5.5 Instant leads
Gemma 7B: 31.1 (#282), GPT-5.5 Instant: 43.4 (#96)
| Benchmark | Gemma 7B | GPT-5.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1022 | 1422 |
Writing & Preference GPT-5.5 Instant leads
Gemma 7B: 27.1 (#302), GPT-5.5 Instant: 61.8 (#85)
| Benchmark | Gemma 7B | GPT-5.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1056 | 1419 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1024 | 1419 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 963 | 1433 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 7B better than GPT-5.5 Instant?
GPT-5.5 Instant is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.7 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 7B or GPT-5.5 Instant better for coding?
GPT-5.5 Instant scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.3 versus 30.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 7B and GPT-5.5 Instant share?
14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 7B has 27 scored results on Noometry and GPT-5.5 Instant has 27.