# Palm 2 vs StarCoder 2 3B

> Palm 2 has enough public results to be ranked (#298); StarCoder 2 3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/palm-2-vs-starcoder-2-3b
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- The widest gap is in coding, where StarCoder 2 3B leads 33.5 to 29.0.
- StarCoder 2 3B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Palm 2 | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Google | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 30.0 | 36.3 |
| Rank | 298 | — |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Palm 2: 29.0 (#311)
- StarCoder 2 3B: 33.5

| Benchmark | Palm 2 | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 994 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 21.4% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 27.4% |

## Reasoning

- Palm 2: 19.1 (#271)
- StarCoder 2 3B: —

| Benchmark | Palm 2 | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1005 | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 88.76 |
| WinoGrande | — | 57.1% |

## Math

- Palm 2: 30.8 (#231)
- StarCoder 2 3B: —

| Benchmark | Palm 2 | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1049 | — |
| GSM8K | — | 21.6% |

## Knowledge

- Palm 2: —
- StarCoder 2 3B: —

| Benchmark | Palm 2 | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 34.2% |
| MMLU | — | 36.6% |

## Multilingual

- Palm 2: 20.9 (#295)
- StarCoder 2 3B: —

| Benchmark | Palm 2 | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 916 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 887 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Palm 2: 51.0 (#296)
- StarCoder 2 3B: —

| Benchmark | Palm 2 | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1010 | — |

## Long Context

- Palm 2: 30.8 (#285)
- StarCoder 2 3B: —

| Benchmark | Palm 2 | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1010 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Palm 2: 25.6 (#304)
- StarCoder 2 3B: —

| Benchmark | Palm 2 | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1027 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 991 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 994 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Palm 2 better than StarCoder 2 3B?

Palm 2 has enough public results to be ranked (#298); StarCoder 2 3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### Is Palm 2 or StarCoder 2 3B better for coding?

StarCoder 2 3B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.5 versus 29.0 in the Noometry coding category.

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

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Palm 2 has 10 scored results on Noometry and StarCoder 2 3B has 7.