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gemma 2 2b it

Arena #350Official publisher releaseGated access7d #338 → #331

Google·#331 of 352 on the current board

gemma 2 2b it is a language model from Google. It ranks #331 of 352 on ModelCap's current board, with an Index score of 11.2, measured on 2 public benchmarks. Its score range of 6.2–16.2 spans positions #298–#345. Its weights are downloadable after an access request.

Figures as of 6 Nov 2026, 14:10 UTC · download the public dataset · methodology

ModelCap Index · Current board
11.2#331
Measured on 2 public benchmarks · range 6.2–16.2
Evidence as of 28 Oct 2026, 00:00 UTC
Market Gravity
7.7
Secondary market signal

OpenRouter endpoint status could not be refreshed. This model is not treated as currently served until a successful observation arrives.

Input
Self-hosted
weights only · no listed API price
Output
Self-hosted
weights only · no listed API price
Context
—
tokens
Providers
0
endpoints

Providers

Uptime measured over the last 30 minutes

Current provider status is unavailable.

Reported evaluation leads (2)

Not independent measurement

Structured rows reported in this exact model repository at the pinned revision below. They are the publisher talking about itself: never measured evidence, never a score input on their own. They remain quarantined until dataset revision, harness, configuration and identity pass ModelCap’s independent admission review.

Dataset / taskMetricValueRevisionProvenance
Idavidrein/gpqa
main
—16.8161
Unpinned
not published
Reported
Quarantined
Idavidrein/gpqa
diamond
—23.7374
Unpinned
not published
Reported
Quarantined

Other versions (2)

ModelCap Index · Current board

Methodology
11.2
Measured on 2 public benchmarks
Current board
#331 of 352
Score range
6.2–16.2
Rank range
#298–#345
Evidence as of
28 Oct 2026, 00:00 UTC
Benchmarks used
Arena Coding, Arena Overall
Technical details
Public rank basis
Measured (measured)
Evidence label
Measured · 2 public benchmark observations across 2 boards
Index support
63.1% · strong
Identity binding
Exact catalogue product · google/google/gemma-2-2b-it · aggregates disclosed benchmark configurations · endpoint configuration not claimed · artifact metadata google/gemma-2-2b-it@299a8560bedf22ed1c72a8a11e7dce4a7f9f51f8 (not the evaluation revision)
Index observations used
2
Qualified Index evidence point
11.2
Bayesian Evidence Score · measured evidence input only

BES normalizes admitted public benchmark evidence for measured Index rows. Its legacy score and observables prior do not define the public language rank.

Observed capability
11.2
Evidence status
confirmed · 77% mass
General preference
11.7
Coding
8.0
Agents & tools
—
Reasoning
—
Evidence breadth
92%
Evidence coverage
63%
Market and catalogue signals · secondary, never the language Index rank
Usage (OpenRouter popularity)
—
Liquidity (providers × uptime)
—
Open reach (HF downloads)
—
Surface (context / tools / modalities)
0.0
Freshness
4.0
  • · Catalogue surface
  • · First seen 2024-07-16

These adoption and deployment observations remain context only. They do not change this model's ModelCap Index score or rank.

BES evidence selected · measured input only

The bounded 0–100 capability score blends each source’s competitive placement with its published achievement, then combines capability families. Evidence breadth adds a modest uncertainty adjustment; price and popularity are not part of benchmark-led rank.

Deployment readiness

Metadata index
56.7
partial · 69% metadata coverage
Not capability
Artifact reproducibility
100.0
Access & legal clarity
68.3
Deployability
8.0
Evaluation provenance
53.2

Not yet published: a link to the licence terms, a current serving provider, measured provider uptime, published provider pricing, declared context and output limits, pinned evaluation dataset versions.

A metadata completeness and deployability index—not a safety certification, quality grade, or production-readiness claim.

Market activity

Venue coverage
Market Gravity
7.7
OpenRouter weekly popularity
Not listed

Market Gravity uses OpenRouter’s full-catalogue popularity order. Sparse Vercel top-ten observations appear only when published and do not affect the score.

Arena preference

Status
Ranked
Source
LMArena
Official rank
#350 of 419
Rating
1200.1
95% confidence interval
1196–1204
Votes
47K
Source published at
28 Oct 2026, 00:00 UTC
Category
overall
Identity match confidence
100%

Market Gravity breakdown

Usage55%
0.0

OpenRouter weekly popularity across the full model catalogue.

Liquidity25%
0.0

Independent providers versus the model's open or closed cohort, weighted by uptime.

Open reach15%
50.0

Hugging Face 30-day downloads for open models; neutral for closed models.

Freshness5%
4.0

Time since first public availability, on a six-month half-life.

Specification

Model ID
google/gemma-2-2b-it
Declared output cap
Unknown

OpenRouter catalogue or provider-endpoint declaration. Limits can vary by provider and prompt length; a model-wide maximum has not been independently verified. OpenRouter metadata

Inputs
Text
Outputs
Text
Cached input tokens
Not offered
First seen on OpenRouter
16 Jul 2024

Capabilities

  • Not supported: Reasoning
  • Not supported: Tool use
  • Not supported: Structured output
  • Not supported: Response format
  • Not supported: Moderated

Weights & access

Gated access. The weights are hosted behind an access request or acceptance step. Review the publisher's access requirements and license before use or redistribution.

Access
Gated access
Licence
gemma
Pinned revision
299a8560bedf
Parameters
2.6B
Architecture
Gemma2ForCausalLM
Model type
gemma2
Hugging Face downloads (30d)
130K
Downloads (all time)
12.2M
Likes
2K
Repository updated
27 Aug 2024, 19:41 UTC
Base lineage
google/gemma-2-2b

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Public benchmark boards on which gemma 2 2b it has a published result
LeaderboardScoreSource rankConfigurationPublished
Arena text leaderboardArena (LMArena)12001196–1204#350 of 419Not reported28 Oct 2026
Arena coding leaderboardArena (LMArena)11911183–1200#372 of 414Default28 Oct 2026

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Ranked neighbours

Models within 3 places of #331 on the ModelCap Index.

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The same publisher's other current models with a public Index position.

gemma 2 2b it: common questions

How does gemma 2 2b it rank among AI models?

gemma 2 2b it holds ModelCap Index position #331 of 352 ranked language models as of 6 November 2026, with an Index score of 11.2 (interval 6.2–16.2); evidence: measured. The Index combines public benchmark boards with published uncertainty; the methodology page explains the weighting.

How much does gemma 2 2b it cost per 1M tokens?

No live API price is listed for gemma 2 2b it in the current snapshot as of 6 November 2026 because the latest endpoint refresh was unavailable. ModelCap shows a price only when a provider currently lists one.

Is gemma 2 2b it open-weight?

Gated access (gemma). The weights are hosted behind an access request or acceptance step. Review the publisher's access requirements and license before use or redistribution. The repository is google/gemma-2-2b-it on Hugging Face.

Which benchmarks has gemma 2 2b it been evaluated on?

gemma 2 2b it has published results on 2 public boards tracked by ModelCap as of 6 November 2026: Arena text 1200 (#350 of 419) and Arena coding 1191 (#372 of 414). Each board page ranks every tracked model on that benchmark. The ModelCap Index scores the results its methodology admits, with published uncertainty, and shows reference boards without scoring them.

How does gemma 2 2b it compare with gemma 1.1 7b it?

gemma 2 2b it ranks #331 (Index 11.2) and gemma 1.1 7b it ranks #335 (Index 10.0) on the ModelCap Index as of 6 November 2026. The head-to-head page lines up their benchmarks, listed prices, context windows and provider counts side by side.

When was gemma 2 2b it released?

gemma 2 2b it first appeared in the catalogue on 16 Jul 2024. It is the current version in its family. Rank and price movements since then are recorded on the site's changes feed.