Model comparison
Claude 2 vs Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.9 to 25.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 2 scores higher in 2 categories and Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B in 1 category; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads 14.2 to 9.3.
Side by side
| Claude 2 | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | |
| Noometry Index | 25.0 | 29.9 |
| Released | 2023-07-11 | 2024-10-03 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 8 | 21 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 35.5 (#225)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | — | 1218 |
| HumanEval+ | 61.6% | — |
Reasoning Claude 2 leads
Claude 2: 21.7 (#216), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 20.0 (#244)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| DTBench | 51.9% | 50% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1209 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 120.13 | — |
Math Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads
Claude 2: 9.3 (#320), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 14.2 (#302)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.5% | 4.6% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1207 |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.7% | — |
Knowledge Too close to call
Claude 2: 16.9 (#287), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 16.0 (#289)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 34.7% | 33% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1185 |
| MMLU | 78.5% | — |
| TriviaQA | 87.5% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 28.2 (#115)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1044 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 38.5 (#229)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1215 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1231 |
| LMArena French | — | 1234 |
| LMArena German | — | 1206 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1150 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1140 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1236 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1212 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 62.8 (#236)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1199 |
Long Context Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 37.0 (#225)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1219 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 42.8 (#232)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1226 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1218 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1185 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude 2 better than Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B?
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.9 to 25.0 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Claude 2 and Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B share?
3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 2 has 8 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has 21.