Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs Llama 3.2 1B

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.7 to 19.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B Google

29.7

Rank #292 Confirmed

Llama 3.2 1B Meta

19.9

Rank #349 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B scores higher in 8 categories and Llama 3.2 1B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads 43.0 to 21.4.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 33% for Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and 23.9% for Llama 3.2 1B.
  • Llama 3.2 1B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8BLlama 3.2 1B
ProviderGoogleMeta
Noometry Index29.719.9
Released2024-10-032024-09-24
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—60K
Max output—54K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.027
Output $ / M tokens—$0.20
Results tracked2122

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 34.9 (#221), Llama 3.2 1B: 20.6 (#333)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BLlama 3.2 1B
LMArena Coding12181071
BigCodeBench Instruct—8.2%
BigCodeBench Complete—11.3%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: —, Llama 3.2 1B: 14.5 (#142)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BLlama 3.2 1B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—10.8%
BALROG—6.6%

Reasoning Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 19.2 (#242), Llama 3.2 1B: 15.6 (#304)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BLlama 3.2 1B
LMArena Hard Prompts12101044
Chess Puzzles—0%
DTBench50%—
Epoch Capabilities Index—101.95

Math Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 13.3 (#296), Llama 3.2 1B: 9.7 (#308)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BLlama 3.2 1B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20254.6%0.6%
LMArena Math12071086

Knowledge Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 16.0 (#285), Llama 3.2 1B: 7.2 (#307)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BLlama 3.2 1B
GPQA Diamond33%23.9%
LMArena Expert11851007

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 27.6 (#110), Llama 3.2 1B: —

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BLlama 3.2 1B
LMArena Vision1044—

Multilingual Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 38.6 (#224), Llama 3.2 1B: 23.9 (#287)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BLlama 3.2 1B
LMArena Non-English1215973
LMArena Chinese1231958
LMArena German12061014
LMArena Russian1236941
LMArena French1233—
LMArena Japanese1150—
LMArena Korean1140—
LMArena Spanish1212—

Instruction Following Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 63.1 (#231), Llama 3.2 1B: 52.6 (#285)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BLlama 3.2 1B
LMArena Instruction Following11991031

Long Context Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 36.9 (#220), Llama 3.2 1B: 31.9 (#269)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BLlama 3.2 1B
LMArena Longer Query12191050

Writing & Preference Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 43.0 (#227), Llama 3.2 1B: 21.4 (#305)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BLlama 3.2 1B
LMArena Text12261055
LMArena Creative Writing12181033
LMArena Multi-Turn11851030
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—200

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B better than Llama 3.2 1B?

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.7 to 19.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B or Llama 3.2 1B better for coding?

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.9 versus 20.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and Llama 3.2 1B share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has 21 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.2 1B has 22.

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