Battle of the Models

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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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Ollama

Intelligence Score 65/100

Context Window 128K tokens

Pricing Model Free / Open

Model Popularity 0 votes

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FINAL VERDICT

With an intelligence score of 80/100 vs 65/100, Gemma 2 9B Instruct outperforms Phi-3.5 Mini by 15 points.

Clear Winner: Significant performance advantage for Gemma 2 9B Instruct.

HEAD-TO-HEAD

Feature	Gemma 2 9B Instruct	Phi-3.5 Mini
Context Window	8k	128K tokens
Architecture	Transformer	Transformer
Est. MMLU Score	~75-79%	~60-64%
Release Date	2024	2024
Pricing Model	Free Tier	Free Tier
Rate Limit (RPM)	300 Requests / hour	Hardware limited
Daily Limit	Dependent on global load	Unlimited
Capabilities	No specific data	Reasoning
Performance Tier	B-Tier (Strong)	C-Tier (Good)
Speed Estimate	Medium	⚡ Very Fast
Primary Use Case	General Purpose	⚡ Fast Chat & Apps
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	Depends on your RAM/GPU Laptop fans will spin up Large models (70B+) need heavy hardware
Key Strengths	Serverless Inference Instant Model Loading Text Generation	Local Inference: Data never leaves your device Modelfiles: Script your own system prompts API: Local REST API for app integration