# Dolly 2.0-12b vs Gemma 3 12B

> Gemma 3 12B is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.1 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/dolly-2-0-12b-vs-gemma-3-12b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 9

## Summary

- They share 9 benchmarks with published results for both. Dolly 2.0-12b scores higher in 1 category and Gemma 3 12B in 5 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemma 3 12B leads 47.5 to 15.2.

## Snapshot

| | Dolly 2.0-12b | Gemma 3 12B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Databricks | Google |
| Noometry Index | 25.5 | 32.1 |
| Rank | 342 | 262 |
| Context | — | 131K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.05 |
| Output $/M | — | $0.15 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Dolly 2.0-12b: 23.4 (#332)
- Gemma 3 12B: 31.7 (#280)

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Gemma 3 12B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 776 | 1281 |
| SciCode | — | 17.4% |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Dolly 2.0-12b: —
- Gemma 3 12B: 25.5 (#108)

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Gemma 3 12B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 30.4% |

## Reasoning

- Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.3 (#316)
- Gemma 3 12B: 15.7 (#313)

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Gemma 3 12B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 804 | 1309 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 89.67 | 123.5 |
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| DTBench | — | 48.8% |
| LMCA | — | 4.5% |
| HellaSwag | 70.8% | — |
| PIQA | 75.4% | — |
| WinoGrande | 61.8% | — |

## Math

- Dolly 2.0-12b: 27.3 (#251)
- Gemma 3 12B: 22.3 (#279)

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Gemma 3 12B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 871 | 1307 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 16.7% |

## Knowledge

- Dolly 2.0-12b: —
- Gemma 3 12B: 26.5 (#257)

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Gemma 3 12B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 39.5% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 4.4% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1248 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 39.6% | — |
| BoolQ | 56.3% | — |
| MMLU | 26.2% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 39.2% | — |

## Multimodal

- Dolly 2.0-12b: —
- Gemma 3 12B: —

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Gemma 3 12B |
|---|---|---|
| MindCube | — | 46.7% |

## Multilingual

- Dolly 2.0-12b: 17.4 (#296)
- Gemma 3 12B: 45.7 (#165)

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Gemma 3 12B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 836 | 1318 |
| LMArena Chinese | 836 | — |
| LMArena German | — | 1370 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1335 |

## Instruction Following

- Dolly 2.0-12b: 38.7 (#304)
- Gemma 3 12B: 68.6 (#186)

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Gemma 3 12B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 814 | 1299 |

## Long Context

- Dolly 2.0-12b: —
- Gemma 3 12B: 40.0 (#162)

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Gemma 3 12B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1317 |

## Writing & Preference

- Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.2 (#311)
- Gemma 3 12B: 47.5 (#209)

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Gemma 3 12B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 851 | 1334 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 864 | 1331 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 740 | 1334 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1126 |

## FAQ

### Is Dolly 2.0-12b better than Gemma 3 12B?

Gemma 3 12B is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.1 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Dolly 2.0-12b or Gemma 3 12B better for coding?

Gemma 3 12B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 31.7 versus 23.4 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Dolly 2.0-12b and Gemma 3 12B share?

9 benchmarks have published results for both models. Dolly 2.0-12b has 17 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 3 12B has 24.