Model comparison
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs Gemma 2B
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and Gemma 2B score almost the same on the Noometry Index (29.9 vs 29.6), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B scores higher in 6 categories and Gemma 2B in 1 category; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads 42.8 to 24.0.
- Gemma 2B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Gemma 2B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | ||
| Noometry Index | 29.9 | 29.6 |
| Released | 2024-10-03 | 2024-02-21 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 21 | 23 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 35.5 (#225), Gemma 2B: 29.4 (#305)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Gemma 2B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1218 | 1010 |
| HumanEval+ | — | 20.7% |
| MBPP+ | — | 34.1% |
Reasoning Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 20.0 (#244), Gemma 2B: 18.8 (#275)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Gemma 2B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1209 | 989 |
| DTBench | 50% | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 35.2% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 94.2 |
| HellaSwag | — | 71.4% |
| PIQA | — | 77.3% |
| WinoGrande | — | 65.4% |
Math Gemma 2B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 14.2 (#302), Gemma 2B: 30.0 (#239)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Gemma 2B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1207 | 1009 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 4.6% | — |
| GSM8K | — | 17.7% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 16.0 (#289), Gemma 2B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Gemma 2B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 33% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1185 | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 42.1% |
| BoolQ | — | 69.4% |
| MMLU | — | 42.3% |
| TriviaQA | — | 53.2% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 28.2 (#115), Gemma 2B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Gemma 2B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1044 | — |
Multilingual Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 38.5 (#229), Gemma 2B: 23.0 (#294)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Gemma 2B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1215 | 958 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1231 | 986 |
| LMArena Russian | 1236 | 937 |
| LMArena French | 1234 | — |
| LMArena German | 1206 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1150 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1140 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1212 | — |
Instruction Following Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 62.8 (#236), Gemma 2B: 48.5 (#302)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Gemma 2B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1199 | 970 |
Long Context Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 37.0 (#225), Gemma 2B: 29.9 (#291)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Gemma 2B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1219 | 981 |
Writing & Preference Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 42.8 (#232), Gemma 2B: 24.0 (#308)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Gemma 2B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1226 | 1002 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1218 | 987 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1185 | 945 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B better than Gemma 2B?
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and Gemma 2B score almost the same on the Noometry Index (29.9 vs 29.6), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B or Gemma 2B better for coding?
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.5 versus 29.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and Gemma 2B share?
11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has 21 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 2B has 23.