# Gemma 3 1B vs StarCoder 2 3B

> Gemma 3 1B has enough public results to be ranked (#348); StarCoder 2 3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/gemma-3-1b-vs-starcoder-2-3b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Snapshot

| | Gemma 3 1B | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Google | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 20.7 | 35.8 |
| Rank | 348 | — |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Gemma 3 1B: —
- StarCoder 2 3B: 32.9

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 21.4% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 27.4% |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Gemma 3 1B: 13.5 (#144)
- StarCoder 2 3B: —

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 7.2% | — |

## Reasoning

- Gemma 3 1B: 18.5 (#260)
- StarCoder 2 3B: —

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 88.01 |
| WinoGrande | — | 57.1% |

## Math

- Gemma 3 1B: 9.6 (#310)
- StarCoder 2 3B: —

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.1% | — |
| GSM8K | — | 21.6% |

## Knowledge

- Gemma 3 1B: 7.1 (#309)
- StarCoder 2 3B: —

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 19.9% | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 34.2% |
| MMLU | — | 36.6% |

## FAQ

### Is Gemma 3 1B better than StarCoder 2 3B?

Gemma 3 1B has enough public results to be ranked (#348); StarCoder 2 3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 1B and StarCoder 2 3B share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 1B has 4 scored results on Noometry and StarCoder 2 3B has 7.