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Model comparison

Gemini 1.0 Pro vs Gemini 3.8 Flash

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 1.0 Pro Google

27.1

Rank #327 Confirmed

Gemini 3.8 Flash Google

59.5

Rank #13 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.0 Pro scores higher in 0 categories and Gemini 3.8 Flash in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Gemini 3.8 Flash leads 74.9 to 15.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 1.1% for Gemini 1.0 Pro and 98.9% for Gemini 3.8 Flash.

Side by side

Gemini 1.0 ProGemini 3.8 Flash
ProviderGoogleGoogle
Noometry Index27.159.5
Released2023-12-132026-09-02
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window—1.05M
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.75
Output $ / M tokens—$3.75
Results tracked2446

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 31.6 (#270), Gemini 3.8 Flash: 56.4 (#17)

BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGemini 3.8 Flash
LMArena Coding11081512
DeepSWE—73.8%
FrontierCode—41.2%
CursorBench—39.6%
LMArena WebDev—1581
FrontierSWE—19.6%
SciCode—56.6%
ALE-Bench—1,270
HumanEval+55.5%—
MBPP+61.4%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 1.0 Pro: —, Gemini 3.8 Flash: 40.3 (#22)

BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGemini 3.8 Flash
APEX-Agents—64.3%
GDP.pdf—23.4%
Vending-Bench 2—5,094

Reasoning Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 16.4 (#292), Gemini 3.8 Flash: 64.7 (#13)

BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGemini 3.8 Flash
LMArena Hard Prompts11091506
DTBench45.9%95.7%
Epoch Capabilities Index116.97157.13
NYT Connections (extended)—97.4%
CritPt—18.3%
Chess Puzzles—61%
Mystery Game Puzzles—47%
LMCA—52.9%
Surface Evolver Bench—76.9%

Math Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 8.7 (#315), Gemini 3.8 Flash: 65.2 (#22)

BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGemini 3.8 Flash
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20251.1%98.9%
LMArena Math11321528
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—68.4%
FrontierMath Tier 4—22%
ProofBench—48%
MATH Level 511.2%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 15.5 (#286), Gemini 3.8 Flash: 74.9 (#2)

BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGemini 3.8 Flash
GPQA Diamond34%95.4%
LMArena Expert10591529
Humanity's Last Exam—44.5%
SimpleQA Verified—69.7%
MMLU70%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 1.0 Pro: —, Gemini 3.8 Flash: 40.9 (#33)

BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGemini 3.8 Flash
LMArena Vision—1312
Blueprint-Bench 2—38.6%
Furniture Assembly—31.7%

Multilingual Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 33.5 (#247), Gemini 3.8 Flash: 57.9 (#5)

BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGemini 3.8 Flash
LMArena Non-English11381486
LMArena Chinese11241547
LMArena French11441502
LMArena German11251470
LMArena Japanese10231505
LMArena Russian11861507
LMArena Spanish11181492
LMArena Korean—1479

Instruction Following Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 57.9 (#262), Gemini 3.8 Flash: 78.2 (#11)

BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGemini 3.8 Flash
LMArena Instruction Following11141489

Long Context Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 34.3 (#244), Gemini 3.8 Flash: 46.2 (#23)

BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGemini 3.8 Flash
LMArena Longer Query11321506

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 36.2 (#259), Gemini 3.8 Flash: 72.1 (#16)

BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGemini 3.8 Flash
LMArena Text11491494
LMArena Creative Writing11301485
LMArena Multi-Turn11391503
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1748

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 1.0 Pro better than Gemini 3.8 Flash?

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 1.0 Pro or Gemini 3.8 Flash better for coding?

Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 56.4 versus 31.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.0 Pro and Gemini 3.8 Flash share?

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.0 Pro has 24 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 3.8 Flash has 46.

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