# Gemma 2 9B vs o1-mini

> o1-mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.0 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/gemma-2-9b-vs-o1-mini
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 28

## Summary

- They share 28 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 9B scores higher in 1 category and o1-mini in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where o1-mini leads 35.4 to 9.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is MATH Level 5: 21% for Gemma 2 9B and 89.2% for o1-mini.
- Gemma 2 9B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Gemma 2 9B | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Google | OpenAI |
| Noometry Index | 25.9 | 34.0 |
| Rank | 341 | 235 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Gemma 2 9B: 29.4 (#304)
- o1-mini: 35.5 (#224)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Coding | 22.5% | 48% |
| LMArena Coding | 1173 | 1362 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 32.9% |
| WeirdML | — | 36.3% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 34.7% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 40.6% | — |
| HumanEval+ | — | 89% |
| MBPP+ | — | 78.8% |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Gemma 2 9B: —
- o1-mini: 24.6 (#118)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| Cybench | — | 10% |

## Reasoning

- Gemma 2 9B: 15.9 (#309)
- o1-mini: 8.8 (#346)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Reasoning | 15.2% | 72.3% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1171 | 1333 |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 36.4% | 57.9% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.83 | 135.82 |
| LiveBench | 28.7% | 57.8% |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 0.8% |
| SimpleBench | — | 18.1% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 14% |
| PIQA | 83.7% | — |

## Math

- Gemma 2 9B: 9.9 (#318)
- o1-mini: 35.4 (#186)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 0.6% | 46.9% |
| LiveBench Math | 19.8% | 62% |
| LMArena Math | 1183 | 1358 |
| MATH Level 5 | 21% | 89.2% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 1.7% |
| GSM8K | 84.9% | — |

## Knowledge

- Gemma 2 9B: 9.7 (#305)
- o1-mini: 34.9 (#192)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 27.5% | 62.4% |
| LMArena Expert | 1147 | 1316 |
| Confabulations | — | 18.6% |
| BoolQ | 85.7% | — |
| MMLU | 72.1% | — |

## Multilingual

- Gemma 2 9B: 36.6 (#238)
- o1-mini: 43.6 (#182)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1188 | 1289 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1185 | 1314 |
| LMArena French | 1190 | 1293 |
| LMArena German | 1186 | 1278 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1144 | 1245 |
| LMArena Korean | 1137 | 1223 |
| LMArena Russian | 1200 | 1283 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1200 | 1303 |

## Instruction Following

- Gemma 2 9B: 57.6 (#269)
- o1-mini: 66.7 (#206)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 52.6% | 65.4% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1178 | 1304 |

## Long Context

- Gemma 2 9B: 36.3 (#233)
- o1-mini: 40.1 (#161)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1197 | 1320 |

## Writing & Preference

- Gemma 2 9B: 32.1 (#281)
- o1-mini: 48.4 (#202)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1207 | 1317 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1206 | 1244 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1193 | 1314 |
| LiveBench Language | 25.5% | 40.9% |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 64.9% |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 841 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Gemma 2 9B better than o1-mini?

o1-mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.0 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Gemma 2 9B or o1-mini better for coding?

o1-mini scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.5 versus 29.4 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 9B and o1-mini share?

28 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 9B has 35 scored results on Noometry and o1-mini has 39.