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Gemma 2B vs Phi 2
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Winner summary
Gemma 2B wins on 8/14 benchmarks
Gemma 2B wins 8 of 14 shared benchmarks. Leads in knowledge · math.
Category leads
knowledge·Gemma 2Breasoning·Phi 2general·Phi 2language·Phi 2math·Gemma 2B
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Attention vs performance
Gemma 2B
#189 by perf·no signal
Phi 2
#185 by perf·no signal
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Who is behind the model
Google DeepMind
$4.00T·Tier 1
Microsoft
$3.00T·Big Tech
Head to head
14 benchmarks · 2 models
Gemma 2BPhi 2
ANLI
Gemma 2B leads by +9.3
ANLI (Adversarial NLI) · adversarially constructed natural language inference dataset where each round targets weaknesses found in previous model generations.
Gemma 2B
23.1
Phi 2
13.8
ARC AI2
Phi 2 leads by +45.1
AI2 Reasoning Challenge · tests grade-school level science knowledge with multiple-choice questions requiring reasoning beyond simple retrieval.
Gemma 2B
22.8
Phi 2
67.9
BBH
Phi 2 leads by +32.3
BIG-Bench Hard · a curated subset of 23 challenging tasks from BIG-Bench where language models previously failed to outperform average humans.
Gemma 2B
13.6
Phi 2
45.9
HellaSwag
Gemma 2B leads by +23.7
HellaSwag · tests commonsense reasoning by asking models to predict the most plausible continuation of everyday scenarios.
Gemma 2B
61.9
Phi 2
38.1
BBH (HuggingFace)
Phi 2 leads by +6.9
Gemma 2B
21.1
Phi 2
28.0
GPQA
Gemma 2B leads by +2.0
Gemma 2B
4.9
Phi 2
2.9
IFEval
Phi 2 leads by +0.8
Gemma 2B
26.6
Phi 2
27.4
MATH Level 5
Gemma 2B leads by +4.5
Gemma 2B
7.4
Phi 2
3.0
MMLU-PRO
Gemma 2B leads by +3.6
Gemma 2B
21.6
Phi 2
18.1
MUSR
Phi 2 leads by +2.9
Gemma 2B
11.0
Phi 2
13.8
MMLU
Phi 2 leads by +21.5
Massive Multitask Language Understanding · 57 subjects spanning STEM, humanities, social sciences, and more. The standard benchmark for broad knowledge.
Gemma 2B
23.1
Phi 2
44.5
OpenBookQA
Gemma 2B leads by +6.7
OpenBookQA · science questions that require combining a given core fact with broad common knowledge, mimicking an open-book exam setting.
Gemma 2B
71.5
Phi 2
64.8
TriviaQA
Gemma 2B leads by +8.0
TriviaQA · reading comprehension benchmark with trivia questions, requiring models to find and reason over evidence from provided documents.
Gemma 2B
53.2
Phi 2
45.2
Winogrande
Gemma 2B leads by +21.4
WinoGrande · large-scale commonsense reasoning benchmark where models must resolve ambiguous pronouns in carefully constructed sentence pairs.
Gemma 2B
30.8
Phi 2
9.4
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Phi 2 |
|---|---|---|
ANLI ANLI (Adversarial NLI) · adversarially constructed natural language inference dataset where each round targets weaknesses found in previous model generations. | 23.1 | 13.8 |
ARC AI2 AI2 Reasoning Challenge · tests grade-school level science knowledge with multiple-choice questions requiring reasoning beyond simple retrieval. | 22.8 | 67.9 |
BBH BIG-Bench Hard · a curated subset of 23 challenging tasks from BIG-Bench where language models previously failed to outperform average humans. | 13.6 | 45.9 |
HellaSwag HellaSwag · tests commonsense reasoning by asking models to predict the most plausible continuation of everyday scenarios. | 61.9 | 38.1 |
BBH (HuggingFace) | 21.1 | 28.0 |
GPQA | 4.9 | 2.9 |
IFEval | 26.6 | 27.4 |
MATH Level 5 | 7.4 | 3.0 |
MMLU-PRO | 21.6 | 18.1 |
MUSR | 11.0 | 13.8 |
MMLU Massive Multitask Language Understanding · 57 subjects spanning STEM, humanities, social sciences, and more. The standard benchmark for broad knowledge. | 23.1 | 44.5 |
OpenBookQA OpenBookQA · science questions that require combining a given core fact with broad common knowledge, mimicking an open-book exam setting. | 71.5 | 64.8 |
TriviaQA TriviaQA · reading comprehension benchmark with trivia questions, requiring models to find and reason over evidence from provided documents. | 53.2 | 45.2 |
Winogrande WinoGrande · large-scale commonsense reasoning benchmark where models must resolve ambiguous pronouns in carefully constructed sentence pairs. | 30.8 | 9.4 |