Gemma 2 9B vs Llama 3.2 11B Instruct Comparison

Comparing Gemma 2 9B and Llama 3.2 11B Instruct across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

2 benchmarks

Gemma 2 9B outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Llama 3.2 11B Instruct is better at 2 benchmarks (MATH, MMLU).

Llama 3.2 11B Instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Cost data unavailable.

Lowest available price from all providers
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Google
Gemma 2 9B
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
Meta
Llama 3.2 11B Instruct
Input tokens$0.05
Output tokens$0.05
Best providerDeepinfra
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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

1.4B diff

Llama 3.2 11B Instruct has 1.4B more parameters than Gemma 2 9B, making it 14.7% larger.

Google
Gemma 2 9B
9.2Bparameters
Meta
Llama 3.2 11B Instruct
10.6Bparameters
9.2B
Gemma 2 9B
10.6B
Llama 3.2 11B Instruct

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Llama 3.2 11B Instruct specifies input context (128,000 tokens). Only Llama 3.2 11B Instruct specifies output context (128,000 tokens).

Google
Gemma 2 9B
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Meta
Llama 3.2 11B Instruct
Input128,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Llama 3.2 11B Instruct supports multimodal inputs, whereas Gemma 2 9B does not.

Llama 3.2 11B Instruct can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Gemma 2 9B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Llama 3.2 11B Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Gemma 2 9B is licensed under Gemma, while Llama 3.2 11B Instruct uses Llama 3.2 Community License.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Gemma 2 9B

Gemma

Open weights

Llama 3.2 11B Instruct

Llama 3.2 Community License

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Gemma 2 9B was released on 2024-06-27, while Llama 3.2 11B Instruct was released on 2024-09-25.

Llama 3.2 11B Instruct is 3 months newer than Gemma 2 9B.

Gemma 2 9B

Jun 27, 2024

1.7 years ago

Llama 3.2 11B Instruct

Sep 25, 2024

1.5 years ago

3mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Llama 3.2 11B Instruct has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-12-31, while Gemma 2 9B's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Llama 3.2 11B Instruct's training data extends to 2023-12-31, but cannot make a direct comparison without Gemma 2 9B's cutoff date.

Gemma 2 9B

Llama 3.2 11B Instruct

Dec 2023

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Larger context window (128,000 tokens)
Supports multimodal inputs
Higher MATH score (51.9% vs 36.6%)
Higher MMLU score (73.0% vs 71.3%)

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
Google
Gemma 2 9B
Meta
Llama 3.2 11B Instruct