Battle of the Models

Compare specific LLM models, context windows, and capabilities.

Gemma 2 9B Instruct

A-TIER

Hugging Face Inference

Intelligence Score 80/100

Model Popularity 0 votes

Context Window 8k

Pricing Model Free / Open

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S-TIER

xAI

Intelligence Score 94/100

Context Window 128K

Pricing Model Commercial / Paid

Model Popularity 0 votes

Commercial/Paid Model

FINAL VERDICT

With an intelligence score of 94/100 vs 80/100, Grok 2 outperforms Gemma 2 9B Instruct by 14 points.

HEAD-TO-HEAD

Feature	Gemma 2 9B Instruct	Grok 2
Context Window	8k	128K
Architecture	Transformer	Transformer
Est. MMLU Score	~75-79%	~88-91%
Release Date	2024	2024
Pricing Model	Free Tier	Paid / Commercial
Rate Limit (RPM)	300 Requests / hour	Varies
Daily Limit	Dependent on global load	Based on tier
Capabilities	No specific data	Function Calling Streaming
Performance Tier	B-Tier (Strong)	S-Tier (Elite)
Speed Estimate	Medium	Medium
Primary Use Case	General Purpose	General Purpose
Model Size	9B	Undisclosed
Limitations	Rate limited to ~300 request/hour for free users Models larger than 10GB may not load Cold starts can occur	API key required Limited availability
Key Strengths	Serverless Inference Instant Model Loading Text Generation	Real-time X/Twitter data Strong reasoning Up-to-date