Model comparison

Gemini 1.0 Pro vs Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.3 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 1.0 Pro Google

27.1

Rank #327 Confirmed

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite Google

37.3

Rank #189 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.0 Pro scores higher in 0 categories and Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads 31.8 to 8.7.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is DTBench: 45.9% for Gemini 1.0 Pro and 52.5% for Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite.

Side by side

Gemini 1.0 Pro and Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite specifications
Gemini 1.0 ProGemini 2.0 Flash-Lite
ProviderGoogleGoogle
Noometry Index27.137.3
Released2023-12-132025-02-05
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
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Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked2432

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 31.6 (#270), Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 37.4 (#181)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGemini 2.0 Flash-Lite
LMArena Coding11081322
LiveBench Coding—47.1%
HumanEval+55.5%—
MBPP+61.4%—

Reasoning Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 16.4 (#292), Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 21.2 (#203)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGemini 2.0 Flash-Lite
LMArena Hard Prompts11091324
DTBench45.9%52.5%
LiveBench Reasoning—50.1%
LiveBench Data Analysis—65.5%
Epoch Capabilities Index116.97—
ForecastBench—57.1
LiveBench—54.3%

Math Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 8.7 (#315), Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 31.8 (#192)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGemini 2.0 Flash-Lite
LMArena Math11321309
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20251.1%—
Omni-MATH—37.4%
LiveBench Math—58.1%
MATH Level 511.2%—

Knowledge Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 15.5 (#286), Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 34.6 (#185)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGemini 2.0 Flash-Lite
LMArena Expert10591305
GPQA Diamond34%—
MMLU-Pro—72%
GPQA (HELM)—50%
MMLU70%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 1.0 Pro: —, Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 30.6 (#103)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGemini 2.0 Flash-Lite
LMArena Vision—1100

Multilingual Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 33.5 (#247), Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 46.2 (#156)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGemini 2.0 Flash-Lite
LMArena Non-English11381323
LMArena Chinese11241339
LMArena French11441346
LMArena German11251306
LMArena Japanese10231302
LMArena Russian11861328
LMArena Spanish11181313
LMArena Korean—1325

Instruction Following Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 57.9 (#262), Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 70.6 (#158)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGemini 2.0 Flash-Lite
LMArena Instruction Following11141305
LiveBench Instruction Following—78.3%
IFEval—82.4%

Long Context Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 34.3 (#244), Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 40.1 (#155)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGemini 2.0 Flash-Lite
LMArena Longer Query11321321

Writing & Preference Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 36.2 (#259), Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 51.9 (#172)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGemini 2.0 Flash-Lite
LMArena Text11491330
LMArena Creative Writing11301319
LMArena Multi-Turn11391307
WildBench—79%
LiveBench Language—34.3%

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 1.0 Pro better than Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite?

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.3 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 1.0 Pro or Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite better for coding?

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.4 versus 31.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.0 Pro and Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.0 Pro has 24 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite has 32.

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