Model comparison

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs GPT-5.5 Pro

GPT-5.5 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 64.3 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B Google

29.9

Rank #301 Confirmed

GPT-5.5 Pro OpenAI

64.3

Rank #8 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B scores higher in 0 categories and GPT-5.5 Pro in 3 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GPT-5.5 Pro leads 84.0 to 14.2.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 4.6% for Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and 100% for GPT-5.5 Pro.

Side by side

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and GPT-5.5 Pro specifications
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8BGPT-5.5 Pro
ProviderGoogleOpenAI
Noometry Index29.964.3
Released2024-10-032026-04-23
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window—1.05M
Max output—128K
Input $ / M tokens—$30
Output $ / M tokens—$180
Results tracked2114

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 35.5 (#225), GPT-5.5 Pro: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGPT-5.5 Pro
LMArena Coding1218—

Reasoning GPT-5.5 Pro leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 20.0 (#244), GPT-5.5 Pro: 73.3 (#10)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGPT-5.5 Pro
DTBench50%96%
ARC-AGI-2—84.6%
SimpleBench—76.9%
ARC-AGI-1—96.5%
CritPt—30.6%
Chess Puzzles—64%
LMArena Hard Prompts1209—
LMCA—53.9%
Epoch Capabilities Index—162.07

Math GPT-5.5 Pro leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 14.2 (#302), GPT-5.5 Pro: 84.0 (#10)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGPT-5.5 Pro
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20254.6%100%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—87.7%
FrontierMath Tier 4—78%
LMArena Math1207—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—52.4%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—39.6%

Knowledge GPT-5.5 Pro leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 16.0 (#289), GPT-5.5 Pro: 64.1 (#19)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGPT-5.5 Pro
GPQA Diamond33%93.9%
LMArena Expert1185—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 28.2 (#115), GPT-5.5 Pro: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGPT-5.5 Pro
LMArena Vision1044—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 38.5 (#229), GPT-5.5 Pro: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGPT-5.5 Pro
LMArena Non-English1215—
LMArena Chinese1231—
LMArena French1234—
LMArena German1206—
LMArena Japanese1150—
LMArena Korean1140—
LMArena Russian1236—
LMArena Spanish1212—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 62.8 (#236), GPT-5.5 Pro: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGPT-5.5 Pro
LMArena Instruction Following1199—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 37.0 (#225), GPT-5.5 Pro: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGPT-5.5 Pro
LMArena Longer Query1219—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 42.8 (#232), GPT-5.5 Pro: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGPT-5.5 Pro
LMArena Text1226—
LMArena Creative Writing1218—
LMArena Multi-Turn1185—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B better than GPT-5.5 Pro?

GPT-5.5 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 64.3 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and GPT-5.5 Pro share?

3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has 21 scored results on Noometry and GPT-5.5 Pro has 14.

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