Model comparison
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs Llama 2-7B
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.7 to 28.6 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.
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MetaSummary
- They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B scores higher in 6 categories and Llama 2-7B in 2 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Llama 2-7B leads 28.2 to 13.3.
- Llama 2-7B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Llama 2-7B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | |
| Noometry Index | 29.7 | 28.6 |
| Released | 2024-10-03 | 2023-07-18 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 21 | 29 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 34.9 (#221), Llama 2-7B: 28.7 (#302)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1218 | 1002 |
Reasoning Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 19.2 (#242), Llama 2-7B: 15.1 (#309)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1210 | 1009 |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| DTBench | 50% | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 39.2% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 98.54 |
| HellaSwag | — | 77.2% |
| LAMBADA | — | 73.3% |
| PIQA | — | 78.8% |
| WinoGrande | — | 69.2% |
Math Llama 2-7B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 13.3 (#296), Llama 2-7B: 28.2 (#231)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1207 | 1042 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 4.6% | — |
| GSM8K | — | 16.7% |
Knowledge Llama 2-7B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 16.0 (#285), Llama 2-7B: 27.7 (#243)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1185 | 1036 |
| GPQA Diamond | 33% | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 45.9% |
| BoolQ | — | 77.9% |
| MMLU | — | 45.8% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 58.6% |
| TriviaQA | — | 73.7% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 27.6 (#110), Llama 2-7B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1044 | — |
| ScienceQA | — | 43.1% |
Multilingual Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 38.6 (#224), Llama 2-7B: 23.9 (#288)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1215 | 973 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1231 | 973 |
| LMArena French | 1233 | 969 |
| LMArena German | 1206 | 978 |
| LMArena Russian | 1236 | 995 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1212 | 1007 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1150 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1140 | — |
Instruction Following Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 63.1 (#231), Llama 2-7B: 51.0 (#293)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1199 | 1006 |
Long Context Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 36.9 (#220), Llama 2-7B: 30.4 (#282)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1219 | 999 |
Writing & Preference Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 43.0 (#227), Llama 2-7B: 28.1 (#293)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1226 | 1053 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1218 | 1033 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1185 | 1029 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B better than Llama 2-7B?
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.7 to 28.6 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B or Llama 2-7B better for coding?
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.9 versus 28.7 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and Llama 2-7B share?
15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has 21 scored results on Noometry and Llama 2-7B has 29.