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Llama 3 8B Instruct vs Gemma 2 2b It
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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.
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Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
Llama 3 8B Instruct
#184 by perf·no signal
Gemma 2 2b It
#163 by perf·no signal
Best value
Llama 3 8B Instruct
Llama 3 8B Instruct
880.0 pts/$
$0.04/M
Gemma 2 2b It
—
no price
Vendor risk
Who is behind the model
Meta AI
$1.50T·Tier 1
Google DeepMind
$4.00T·Tier 1
Head to head
7 benchmarks · 2 models
Llama 3 8B InstructGemma 2 2b It
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall
Llama 3 8B Instruct leads by +23.7
Llama 3 8B Instruct
1222.2
Gemma 2 2b It
1198.5
BBH (HuggingFace)
Llama 3 8B Instruct leads by +0.4
Llama 3 8B Instruct
18.4
Gemma 2 2b It
18.0
GPQA
Gemma 2 2b It leads by +1.1
Llama 3 8B Instruct
2.1
Gemma 2 2b It
3.2
IFEval
Gemma 2 2b It leads by +32.7
Llama 3 8B Instruct
24.0
Gemma 2 2b It
56.7
MATH Level 5
Llama 3 8B Instruct leads by +3.8
Llama 3 8B Instruct
3.9
Gemma 2 2b It
0.1
MMLU-PRO
Llama 3 8B Instruct leads by +0.5
Llama 3 8B Instruct
17.8
Gemma 2 2b It
17.2
MUSR
Llama 3 8B Instruct leads by +12.9
Llama 3 8B Instruct
19.9
Gemma 2 2b It
7.1
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | Llama 3 8B Instruct | Gemma 2 2b It |
|---|---|---|
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall | 1222.2 | 1198.5 |
BBH (HuggingFace) | 18.4 | 18.0 |
GPQA | 2.1 | 3.2 |
IFEval | 24.0 | 56.7 |
MATH Level 5 | 3.9 | 0.1 |
MMLU-PRO | 17.8 | 17.2 |
MUSR | 19.9 | 7.1 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0.03 | $0.04 | 8K tokens (~4 books) | $0.33 | |
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