Gemma 2 9B Instruct

Google · released 2024-06-01 · Gemma license

Gemma 2 9B Instruct is Google's mid-2024 open model, a leading sub-10B chat model at release. Third-party evals put MMLU-Pro near 50 and IFEval at 73.2; its 8K context is a limitation.

Key specs

TypeLocal open-weight
Parameters
Architecture
Context window
Knowledge cutoff
Modalitiestext
Recommended backends
Minimum viable rig

Benchmark scores

GPQA Diamond
SWE-bench Verified
AIME
MMLU-Pro50.1%
BFCL v3 (tool use)
Composite score6.06
Community ratingNo reviews yet

Strengths & weaknesses

Strengths: A leading sub-10B chat model at release (high LMArena Elo); Strong general knowledge and instruction-following

Weaknesses: Short 8K context limits long-document tasks; Modest math/coding vs later small models