Model comparison

Gemini 1.0 Pro vs Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.9 to 27.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 1.0 Pro Google

27.3

Rank #332 Confirmed

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B Google

29.9

Rank #301 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.0 Pro scores higher in 0 categories and Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B in 8 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads 42.8 to 36.0.

Side by side

Gemini 1.0 Pro and Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B specifications
Gemini 1.0 ProGemini 1.5 Flash 8B
ProviderGoogleGoogle
Noometry Index27.329.9
Released2023-12-132024-10-03
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
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Results tracked2421

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 32.2 (#275), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 35.5 (#225)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGemini 1.5 Flash 8B
LMArena Coding11081218
HumanEval+55.5%—
MBPP+61.4%—

Reasoning Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 17.1 (#296), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 20.0 (#244)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGemini 1.5 Flash 8B
LMArena Hard Prompts11091209
DTBench45.9%50%
Epoch Capabilities Index117.04—

Math Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 9.3 (#321), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 14.2 (#302)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGemini 1.5 Flash 8B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20251.1%4.6%
LMArena Math11321207
MATH Level 511.2%—

Knowledge Too close to call

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 15.6 (#291), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 16.0 (#289)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGemini 1.5 Flash 8B
GPQA Diamond34%33%
LMArena Expert10591185
MMLU70%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 1.0 Pro: —, Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 28.2 (#115)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGemini 1.5 Flash 8B
LMArena Vision—1044

Multilingual Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 33.4 (#252), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 38.5 (#229)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGemini 1.5 Flash 8B
LMArena Non-English11381215
LMArena Chinese11241231
LMArena French11451234
LMArena German11251206
LMArena Japanese10231150
LMArena Russian11861236
LMArena Spanish11191212
LMArena Korean—1140

Instruction Following Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 57.6 (#267), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 62.8 (#236)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGemini 1.5 Flash 8B
LMArena Instruction Following11141199

Long Context Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 34.3 (#249), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 37.0 (#225)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGemini 1.5 Flash 8B
LMArena Longer Query11321219

Writing & Preference Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 36.0 (#264), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 42.8 (#232)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGemini 1.5 Flash 8B
LMArena Text11491226
LMArena Creative Writing11311218
LMArena Multi-Turn11391185

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 1.0 Pro better than Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B?

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.9 to 27.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 1.0 Pro or Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B better for coding?

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.5 versus 32.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.0 Pro and Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.0 Pro has 24 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has 21.

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