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Gemma 2 2b It vs Llama 3 8B Instruct
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Winner summary
Llama 3 8B Instruct wins on 5/7 benchmarks
Llama 3 8B Instruct wins 5 of 7 shared benchmarks. Leads in arena · general · math.
Category leads
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Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
Gemma 2 2b It
#190 by perf·no signal
Llama 3 8B Instruct
#217 by perf·no signal
Best value
Llama 3 8B Instruct
Gemma 2 2b It
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no price
Llama 3 8B Instruct
220.0 pts/$
$0.14/M
Vendor risk
Who is behind the model
Google DeepMind
$4.00T·Tier 1
Meta AI
$1.50T·Tier 1
Head to head
7 benchmarks · 2 models
Gemma 2 2b ItLlama 3 8B Instruct
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall
Llama 3 8B Instruct leads by +23.2
Gemma 2 2b It
1199.7
Llama 3 8B Instruct
1222.8
BBH (HuggingFace)
Llama 3 8B Instruct leads by +0.4
Gemma 2 2b It
18.0
Llama 3 8B Instruct
18.4
GPQA
Gemma 2 2b It leads by +1.1
Gemma 2 2b It
3.2
Llama 3 8B Instruct
2.1
IFEval
Gemma 2 2b It leads by +32.7
Gemma 2 2b It
56.7
Llama 3 8B Instruct
24.0
MATH Level 5
Llama 3 8B Instruct leads by +3.8
Gemma 2 2b It
0.1
Llama 3 8B Instruct
3.9
MMLU-PRO
Llama 3 8B Instruct leads by +0.5
Gemma 2 2b It
17.2
Llama 3 8B Instruct
17.8
MUSR
Llama 3 8B Instruct leads by +12.9
Gemma 2 2b It
7.1
Llama 3 8B Instruct
19.9
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b It | Llama 3 8B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall | 1199.7 | 1222.8 |
BBH (HuggingFace) | 18.0 | 18.4 |
GPQA | 3.2 | 2.1 |
IFEval | 56.7 | 24.0 |
MATH Level 5 | 0.1 | 3.9 |
MMLU-PRO | 17.2 | 17.8 |
MUSR | 7.1 | 19.9 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | — | — | |
| $0.14 | $0.14 | 8K tokens (~4 books) | $1.40 |