Model comparison
Dolly 2.0-12b vs Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.7 to 24.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 9 shared benchmarks.
Databricks
GoogleSummary
- They share 9 benchmarks with published results for both. Dolly 2.0-12b scores higher in 1 category and Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B in 5 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads 43.0 to 15.3.
- Dolly 2.0-12b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Dolly 2.0-12b | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Databricks | |
| Noometry Index | 24.9 | 29.7 |
| Released | 2023-04-11 | 2024-10-03 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 17 | 21 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 23.0 (#327), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 34.9 (#221)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 776 | 1218 |
Reasoning Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 14.6 (#315), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 19.2 (#242)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 804 | 1210 |
| DTBench | — | 50% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 88.94 | — |
| HellaSwag | 70.8% | — |
| PIQA | 75.4% | — |
| WinoGrande | 61.8% | — |
Math Dolly 2.0-12b leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 25.0 (#250), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 13.3 (#296)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 871 | 1207 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 4.6% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: —, Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 16.0 (#285)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 33% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1185 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 39.6% | — |
| BoolQ | 56.3% | — |
| MMLU | 26.2% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 39.2% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: —, Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 27.6 (#110)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1044 |
Multilingual Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 17.4 (#291), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 38.6 (#224)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 836 | 1215 |
| LMArena Chinese | 836 | 1231 |
| LMArena French | — | 1233 |
| LMArena German | — | 1206 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1150 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1140 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1236 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1212 |
Instruction Following Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 38.9 (#299), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 63.1 (#231)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 814 | 1199 |
Long Context Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: —, Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 36.9 (#220)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1219 |
Writing & Preference Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.3 (#306), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 43.0 (#227)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 851 | 1226 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 864 | 1218 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 740 | 1185 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Dolly 2.0-12b better than Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B?
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.7 to 24.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Dolly 2.0-12b or Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B better for coding?
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.9 versus 23.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Dolly 2.0-12b and Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B share?
9 benchmarks have published results for both models. Dolly 2.0-12b has 17 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has 21.