Model comparison

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs GPT-5.1

GPT-5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 49.0 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 21 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B Google

29.9

Rank #301 Confirmed

GPT-5.1 OpenAI

49.0

Rank #53 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B scores higher in 0 categories and GPT-5.1 in 9 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GPT-5.1 leads 52.2 to 14.2.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 4.6% for Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and 88.6% for GPT-5.1.

Side by side

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and GPT-5.1 specifications
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8BGPT-5.1
ProviderGoogleOpenAI
Noometry Index29.949.0
Released2024-10-032025-11-13
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window—400K
Max output—128K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.25
Output $ / M tokens—$10
Results tracked2163

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.1 leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 35.5 (#225), GPT-5.1: 46.4 (#66)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGPT-5.1
LMArena Coding12181454
SWE-bench Verified—68%
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)—66%
LMArena WebDev—1395
SciCode—43.3%
GSO—13.7%
WeirdML—60.8%
LiveBench Coding—72.5%
ALE-Bench—1,192

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: —, GPT-5.1: 32.7 (#60)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGPT-5.1
Terminal-Bench—47.6%
DeepResearch Bench—42.8%
LMArena Search—1199
Vending-Bench 2—1,473

Reasoning GPT-5.1 leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 20.0 (#244), GPT-5.1: 39.8 (#58)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGPT-5.1
LMArena Hard Prompts12091457
DTBench50%90.1%
ARC-AGI-2—17.6%
SimpleBench—53.2%
ARC-AGI-1—72.8%
CritPt—4.9%
Chess Puzzles—32%
EnigmaEval—11.2%
LiveBench Reasoning—95.8%
Mystery Game Puzzles—19%
LiveBench Data Analysis—72.1%
LMCA—43.9%
Epoch Capabilities Index—149.64
ForecastBench—58.1
LiveBench—78.8%

Math GPT-5.1 leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 14.2 (#302), GPT-5.1: 52.2 (#51)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGPT-5.1
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20254.6%88.6%
LMArena Math12071447
Omni-MATH—46.4%
LiveBench Math—94.5%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—31%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—12.5%

Knowledge GPT-5.1 leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 16.0 (#289), GPT-5.1: 50.6 (#71)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGPT-5.1
GPQA Diamond33%87.6%
LMArena Expert11851470
Humanity's Last Exam—23.7%
SimpleQA Verified—48%
MMLU-Pro—57.9%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—10.9%
GPQA (HELM)—44.2%

Multimodal GPT-5.1 leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 28.2 (#115), GPT-5.1: 44.8 (#19)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGPT-5.1
LMArena Vision10441250
VPCT—58.7%
LMArena Document—1403

Multilingual GPT-5.1 leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 38.5 (#229), GPT-5.1: 53.8 (#56)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGPT-5.1
LMArena Non-English12151431
LMArena Chinese12311495
LMArena French12341450
LMArena German12061438
LMArena Japanese11501453
LMArena Korean11401401
LMArena Russian12361435
LMArena Spanish12121433

Instruction Following GPT-5.1 leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 62.8 (#236), GPT-5.1: 83.9 (#1)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGPT-5.1
LMArena Instruction Following11991443
LiveBench Instruction Following—93.3%
IFEval—93.5%

Long Context GPT-5.1 leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 37.0 (#225), GPT-5.1: 47.6 (#14)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGPT-5.1
LMArena Longer Query12191447
CL-bench—23.7%
CL-bench Life—17.3%

Writing & Preference GPT-5.1 leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 42.8 (#232), GPT-5.1: 64.5 (#55)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGPT-5.1
LMArena Text12261443
LMArena Creative Writing12181427
LMArena Multi-Turn11851450
WildBench—86.3%
LiveBench Language—80.2%

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B better than GPT-5.1?

GPT-5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 49.0 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B or GPT-5.1 better for coding?

GPT-5.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.4 versus 35.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and GPT-5.1 share?

21 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has 21 scored results on Noometry and GPT-5.1 has 63.

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