Model comparison

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs GPT-5.1-Codex

GPT-5.1-Codex is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.2 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B Google

29.7

Rank #292 Confirmed

GPT-5.1-Codex OpenAI

38.2

Rank #178 Reported

Summary

  • The widest gap is in math, where GPT-5.1-Codex leads 29.3 to 13.3.

Side by side

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and GPT-5.1-Codex specifications
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8BGPT-5.1-Codex
ProviderGoogleOpenAI
Noometry Index29.738.2
Released2024-10-032025-11-12
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window—400K
Max output—128K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.25
Output $ / M tokens—$10
Results tracked216

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.1-Codex leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 34.9 (#221), GPT-5.1-Codex: 41.7 (#107)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGPT-5.1-Codex
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)—66%
LMArena WebDev—1337
LMArena Coding1218—
ALE-Bench—1,245

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: —, GPT-5.1-Codex: 37.8 (#32)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGPT-5.1-Codex
Terminal-Bench—60.4%
METR Time Horizons—70.8%

Reasoning Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 19.2 (#242), GPT-5.1-Codex: —

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGPT-5.1-Codex
LMArena Hard Prompts1210—
DTBench50%—

Math GPT-5.1-Codex leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 13.3 (#296), GPT-5.1-Codex: 29.3 (#218)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGPT-5.1-Codex
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20254.6%—
ProofBench—9%
LMArena Math1207—

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 16.0 (#285), GPT-5.1-Codex: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGPT-5.1-Codex
GPQA Diamond33%—
LMArena Expert1185—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 27.6 (#110), GPT-5.1-Codex: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGPT-5.1-Codex
LMArena Vision1044—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 38.6 (#224), GPT-5.1-Codex: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGPT-5.1-Codex
LMArena Non-English1215—
LMArena Chinese1231—
LMArena French1233—
LMArena German1206—
LMArena Japanese1150—
LMArena Korean1140—
LMArena Russian1236—
LMArena Spanish1212—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 63.1 (#231), GPT-5.1-Codex: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGPT-5.1-Codex
LMArena Instruction Following1199—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 36.9 (#220), GPT-5.1-Codex: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGPT-5.1-Codex
LMArena Longer Query1219—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 43.0 (#227), GPT-5.1-Codex: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGPT-5.1-Codex
LMArena Text1226—
LMArena Creative Writing1218—
LMArena Multi-Turn1185—

Frequently asked questions

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

GPT-5.1-Codex is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.2 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.

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

GPT-5.1-Codex scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.7 versus 34.9 in the Noometry coding category.

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

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has 21 scored results on Noometry and GPT-5.1-Codex has 6.

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