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