Model comparison
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs Llama 13b
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.9 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 8 shared benchmarks.
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MetaSummary
- They share 8 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B scores higher in 5 categories and Llama 13b in 1 category; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads 42.8 to 13.8.
- Llama 13b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Llama 13b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | |
| Noometry Index | 29.9 | 24.4 |
| Released | 2024-10-03 | 2023-02-24 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 21 | 21 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 35.5 (#225), Llama 13b: 21.4 (#337)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1218 | 683 |
Reasoning Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 20.0 (#244), Llama 13b: 14.0 (#329)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1209 | 728 |
| DTBench | 50% | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 37.9% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 100.58 |
| HellaSwag | — | 79.2% |
| LAMBADA | — | 75.2% |
| PIQA | — | 80.1% |
| WinoGrande | — | 73% |
Math Llama 13b leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 14.2 (#302), Llama 13b: 26.7 (#256)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1207 | 838 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 4.6% | — |
| GSM8K | — | 20.6% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 16.0 (#289), Llama 13b: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 33% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1185 | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 52.7% |
| BoolQ | — | 78.7% |
| MMLU | — | 47.7% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 56.4% |
| TriviaQA | — | 77.9% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 28.2 (#115), Llama 13b: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1044 | — |
| ScienceQA | — | 43.3% |
Multilingual Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 38.5 (#229), Llama 13b: 16.6 (#297)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1215 | 819 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1231 | — |
| LMArena French | 1234 | — |
| LMArena German | 1206 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1150 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1140 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1236 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1212 | — |
Instruction Following Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 62.8 (#236), Llama 13b: 36.7 (#305)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1199 | 781 |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 37.0 (#225), Llama 13b: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1219 | — |
Writing & Preference Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 42.8 (#232), Llama 13b: 13.8 (#312)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1226 | 834 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1218 | 794 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1185 | 753 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B better than Llama 13b?
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.9 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B or Llama 13b better for coding?
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.5 versus 21.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and Llama 13b share?
8 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has 21 scored results on Noometry and Llama 13b has 21.