Model comparison
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024)
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.1 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 21 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B scores higher in 2 categories and Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) in 7 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) leads 29.4 to 16.0.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 33% for Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and 57.2% for Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024).
Side by side
| Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | ||
| Noometry Index | 29.9 | 32.1 |
| Released | 2024-10-03 | 2024-02-15 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 21 | 45 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 35.5 (#225), Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 34.2 (#241)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1218 | 1294 |
| WeirdML | — | 22.2% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 43.8% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 57.5% |
| CadEval | — | 34% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 79.3% |
| MBPP+ | — | 74.6% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: —, Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 17.9 (#145)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| TheAgentCompany | — | 3.4% |
| Cybench | — | 7.5% |
| BALROG | — | 21% |
Reasoning Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 20.0 (#244), Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 12.3 (#338)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1209 | 1296 |
| DTBench | 50% | 59% |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 0.8% |
| SimpleBench | — | 27.1% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 89.2% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 131.73 |
| ForecastBench | — | 58.4 |
Math Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 14.2 (#302), Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 25.8 (#266)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 4.6% | 23.1% |
| LMArena Math | 1207 | 1315 |
| Omni-MATH | — | 36.4% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 70.4% |
Knowledge Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 16.0 (#289), Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 29.4 (#239)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 33% | 57.2% |
| LMArena Expert | 1185 | 1279 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | — | 4.6% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 73.7% |
| Confabulations | — | 13.5% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 53.4% |
| MMLU | — | 86.9% |
Multimodal Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 28.2 (#115), Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 36.8 (#77)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1044 | 1161 |
| Video-MME | — | 75% |
Multilingual Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 38.5 (#229), Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 45.3 (#174)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1215 | 1312 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1231 | 1331 |
| LMArena French | 1234 | 1302 |
| LMArena German | 1206 | 1286 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1150 | 1292 |
| LMArena Korean | 1140 | 1298 |
| LMArena Russian | 1236 | 1320 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1212 | 1311 |
Instruction Following Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 62.8 (#236), Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 68.6 (#185)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1199 | 1297 |
| IFEval | — | 83.7% |
Long Context Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 37.0 (#225), Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 39.8 (#169)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1219 | 1308 |
Writing & Preference Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 42.8 (#232), Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 52.4 (#172)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1226 | 1319 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1218 | 1333 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1185 | 1296 |
| WildBench | — | 81.3% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B better than Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024)?
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.1 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B or Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) better for coding?
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.5 versus 34.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) share?
21 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has 21 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) has 45.