# Gemma 2B vs o1-mini

> o1-mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.0 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/gemma-2b-vs-o1-mini
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 14

## Summary

- They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2B scores higher in 1 category and o1-mini in 6 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where o1-mini leads 48.4 to 24.0.
- Gemma 2B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Gemma 2B | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Google | OpenAI |
| Noometry Index | 29.6 | 34.0 |
| Rank | 307 | 235 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Gemma 2B: 29.4 (#305)
- o1-mini: 35.5 (#224)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1010 | 1362 |
| HumanEval+ | 20.7% | 89% |
| MBPP+ | 34.1% | 78.8% |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 32.9% |
| WeirdML | — | 36.3% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 48% |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Gemma 2B: —
- o1-mini: 24.6 (#118)

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

## Reasoning

- Gemma 2B: 18.8 (#275)
- o1-mini: 8.8 (#346)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 989 | 1333 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 94.2 | 135.82 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 0.8% |
| SimpleBench | — | 18.1% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 14% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 72.3% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 57.9% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 35.2% | — |
| HellaSwag | 71.4% | — |
| LiveBench | — | 57.8% |
| PIQA | 77.3% | — |
| WinoGrande | 65.4% | — |

## Math

- Gemma 2B: 30.0 (#239)
- o1-mini: 35.4 (#186)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1009 | 1358 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 46.9% |
| LiveBench Math | — | 62% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 89.2% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 1.7% |
| GSM8K | 17.7% | — |

## Knowledge

- Gemma 2B: —
- o1-mini: 34.9 (#192)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 62.4% |
| Confabulations | — | 18.6% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1316 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 42.1% | — |
| BoolQ | 69.4% | — |
| MMLU | 42.3% | — |
| TriviaQA | 53.2% | — |

## Multilingual

- Gemma 2B: 23.0 (#294)
- o1-mini: 43.6 (#182)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 958 | 1289 |
| LMArena Chinese | 986 | 1314 |
| LMArena Russian | 937 | 1283 |
| LMArena French | — | 1293 |
| LMArena German | — | 1278 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1245 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1223 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1303 |

## Instruction Following

- Gemma 2B: 48.5 (#302)
- o1-mini: 66.7 (#206)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 970 | 1304 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 65.4% |

## Long Context

- Gemma 2B: 29.9 (#291)
- o1-mini: 40.1 (#161)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 981 | 1320 |

## Writing & Preference

- Gemma 2B: 24.0 (#308)
- o1-mini: 48.4 (#202)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1002 | 1317 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 987 | 1244 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 945 | 1314 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 64.9% |
| LiveBench Language | — | 40.9% |

## FAQ

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

o1-mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.0 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Gemma 2B 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 2B and o1-mini share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2B has 23 scored results on Noometry and o1-mini has 39.