Model comparison
Claude 2.1 vs Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.9 to 24.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 7 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 7 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 2.1 scores higher in 0 categories and Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) in 4 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads 20.8 to 9.6.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is WeirdML: 7.1% for Claude 2.1 and 24.9% for Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024).
Side by side
| Claude 2.1 | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | |
| Noometry Index | 24.9 | 32.9 |
| Released | 2023-11-21 | 2024-05-14 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 7 | 42 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads
Claude 2.1: 25.8 (#322), Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 33.9 (#233)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| WeirdML | 7.1% | 24.9% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 43.5% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1262 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 55.1% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 75.6% |
| MBPP+ | — | 67.5% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Claude 2.1: —, Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 26.3 (#97)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| BALROG | — | 14.6% |
Reasoning Too close to call
Claude 2.1: 20.6 (#216), Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 20.8 (#212)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| DTBench | 51% | 53.8% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.22 | 129.37 |
| ForecastBench | 54.2 | 53.9 |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1257 |
| PIQA | — | 87.5% |
Math Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads
Claude 2.1: 9.6 (#309), Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 20.8 (#274)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.9% | 16.3% |
| Omni-MATH | — | 30.4% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1269 |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 61.9% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 0% |
| GSM8K | — | 82.4% |
Knowledge Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads
Claude 2.1: 15.5 (#287), Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 26.2 (#253)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 33% | 47.3% |
| MMLU | 73.5% | 77.9% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 67.8% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 43.7% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1233 |
| BoolQ | — | 85.8% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Claude 2.1: —, Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 35.3 (#76)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1141 |
| Video-MME | — | 70.3% |
| GeoBench | — | 76% |
Multilingual Not comparable
Claude 2.1: —, Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 43.1 (#184)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1278 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1295 |
| LMArena French | — | 1257 |
| LMArena German | — | 1262 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1252 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1220 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1288 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1242 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Claude 2.1: —, Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 67.0 (#199)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | — | 83.1% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1258 |
Long Context Not comparable
Claude 2.1: —, Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 39.0 (#182)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1284 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Claude 2.1: —, Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 48.9 (#190)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1287 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1285 |
| WildBench | — | 79.2% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1253 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude 2.1 better than Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)?
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.9 to 24.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Claude 2.1 or Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) better for coding?
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.9 versus 25.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Claude 2.1 and Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) share?
7 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 2.1 has 7 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) has 42.