# Gemma 1.1 7b IT vs StarCoder 2 15B

> Gemma 1.1 7b IT has enough public results to be ranked (#275); StarCoder 2 15B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/gemma-1-1-7b-it-vs-starcoder-2-15b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 1

## Summary

- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Gemma 1.1 7b IT scores higher in 0 categories and StarCoder 2 15B in 1 category; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where StarCoder 2 15B leads 36.0 to 31.0.

## Snapshot

| | Gemma 1.1 7b IT | StarCoder 2 15B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Google | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 30.7 | 37.5 |
| Rank | 275 | — |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 31.0 (#279)
- StarCoder 2 15B: 36.0

| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 7b IT | StarCoder 2 15B |
|---|---|---|
| HumanEval+ | 35.4% | 37.8% |
| LMArena Coding | 1084 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 38.4% |
| MBPP+ | 45% | — |

## Reasoning

- Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 19.6 (#235)
- StarCoder 2 15B: —

| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 7b IT | StarCoder 2 15B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1071 | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 104.61 |
| WinoGrande | — | 64.3% |

## Math

- Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 29.5 (#217)
- StarCoder 2 15B: —

| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 7b IT | StarCoder 2 15B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1107 | — |
| GSM8K | — | 57.7% |

## Knowledge

- Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 27.8 (#242)
- StarCoder 2 15B: —

| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 7b IT | StarCoder 2 15B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1039 | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 47.2% |
| MMLU | — | 64.1% |

## Multilingual

- Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 28.3 (#268)
- StarCoder 2 15B: —

| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 7b IT | StarCoder 2 15B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1052 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1060 | — |
| LMArena French | 1064 | — |
| LMArena German | 1054 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 971 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 988 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1046 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1049 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 54.3 (#278)
- StarCoder 2 15B: —

| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 7b IT | StarCoder 2 15B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1057 | — |

## Long Context

- Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 32.0 (#267)
- StarCoder 2 15B: —

| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 7b IT | StarCoder 2 15B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1056 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 30.6 (#283)
- StarCoder 2 15B: —

| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 7b IT | StarCoder 2 15B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1094 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1059 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1040 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Gemma 1.1 7b IT better than StarCoder 2 15B?

Gemma 1.1 7b IT has enough public results to be ranked (#275); StarCoder 2 15B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### Is Gemma 1.1 7b IT or StarCoder 2 15B better for coding?

StarCoder 2 15B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.0 versus 31.0 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Gemma 1.1 7b IT and StarCoder 2 15B share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. Gemma 1.1 7b IT has 19 scored results on Noometry and StarCoder 2 15B has 7.