# Gemma 1.1 2b IT vs StarCoder 2 3B

> Gemma 1.1 2b IT has enough public results to be ranked (#313); StarCoder 2 3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/gemma-1-1-2b-it-vs-starcoder-2-3b
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 1

## Summary

- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Gemma 1.1 2b IT scores higher in 0 categories and StarCoder 2 3B in 1 category; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where StarCoder 2 3B leads 33.5 to 30.1.

## Snapshot

| | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Google | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 29.3 | 36.3 |
| Rank | 313 | — |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.1 (#299)
- StarCoder 2 3B: 33.5

| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| HumanEval+ | 17.7% | 27.4% |
| LMArena Coding | 1034 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 21.4% |
| MBPP+ | 23.3% | — |

## Reasoning

- Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 19.1 (#270)
- StarCoder 2 3B: —

| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1005 | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 88.76 |
| WinoGrande | — | 57.1% |

## Math

- Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.8 (#232)
- StarCoder 2 3B: —

| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1047 | — |
| GSM8K | — | 21.6% |

## Knowledge

- Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 26.5 (#258)
- StarCoder 2 3B: —

| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 970 | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 34.2% |
| MMLU | — | 36.6% |

## Multilingual

- Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 24.6 (#289)
- StarCoder 2 3B: —

| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 988 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1012 | — |
| LMArena German | 944 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 899 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 990 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 49.9 (#299)
- StarCoder 2 3B: —

| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 992 | — |

## Long Context

- Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.6 (#286)
- StarCoder 2 3B: —

| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1003 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 25.1 (#306)
- StarCoder 2 3B: —

| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1022 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 998 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 959 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Gemma 1.1 2b IT better than StarCoder 2 3B?

Gemma 1.1 2b IT has enough public results to be ranked (#313); StarCoder 2 3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### Is Gemma 1.1 2b IT or StarCoder 2 3B better for coding?

StarCoder 2 3B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.5 versus 30.1 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Gemma 1.1 2b IT and StarCoder 2 3B share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. Gemma 1.1 2b IT has 16 scored results on Noometry and StarCoder 2 3B has 7.