# Falcon 2 11B vs Gemma 2 9B

> Gemma 2 9B has enough public results to be ranked (#341); Falcon 2 11B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/falcon-2-11b-vs-gemma-2-9b
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 3

## Summary

- They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both.

## Snapshot

| | Falcon 2 11B | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Technology Innovation Institute | Google |
| Noometry Index | — | 25.9 |
| Rank | — | 341 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Falcon 2 11B: —
- Gemma 2 9B: 29.4 (#304)

| Benchmark | Falcon 2 11B | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 34.7% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 22.5% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1173 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 40.6% |

## Reasoning

- Falcon 2 11B: —
- Gemma 2 9B: 15.9 (#309)

| Benchmark | Falcon 2 11B | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 109.56 | 119.83 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 15.2% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1171 |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 36.4% |
| HellaSwag | 82.9% | — |
| LiveBench | — | 28.7% |
| PIQA | — | 83.7% |
| WinoGrande | 78.3% | — |

## Math

- Falcon 2 11B: —
- Gemma 2 9B: 9.9 (#318)

| Benchmark | Falcon 2 11B | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| GSM8K | 53.8% | 84.9% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 0.6% |
| LiveBench Math | — | 19.8% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1183 |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 21% |

## Knowledge

- Falcon 2 11B: —
- Gemma 2 9B: 9.7 (#305)

| Benchmark | Falcon 2 11B | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU | 58.4% | 72.1% |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 27.5% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1147 |
| BoolQ | — | 85.7% |

## Multilingual

- Falcon 2 11B: —
- Gemma 2 9B: 36.6 (#238)

| Benchmark | Falcon 2 11B | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1188 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1185 |
| LMArena French | — | 1190 |
| LMArena German | — | 1186 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1144 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1137 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1200 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1200 |

## Instruction Following

- Falcon 2 11B: —
- Gemma 2 9B: 57.6 (#269)

| Benchmark | Falcon 2 11B | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 52.6% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1178 |

## Long Context

- Falcon 2 11B: —
- Gemma 2 9B: 36.3 (#233)

| Benchmark | Falcon 2 11B | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1197 |

## Writing & Preference

- Falcon 2 11B: —
- Gemma 2 9B: 32.1 (#281)

| Benchmark | Falcon 2 11B | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1207 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1206 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 841 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1193 |
| LiveBench Language | — | 25.5% |

## FAQ

### Is Falcon 2 11B better than Gemma 2 9B?

Gemma 2 9B has enough public results to be ranked (#341); Falcon 2 11B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### How many benchmarks do Falcon 2 11B and Gemma 2 9B share?

3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Falcon 2 11B has 5 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 2 9B has 35.