Model comparison
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs Sonar
Sonar is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.5 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.
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PerplexitySummary
- The widest gap is in math, where Sonar leads 33.7 to 14.2.
Side by side
| Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Sonar | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Perplexity | |
| Noometry Index | 29.9 | 38.5 |
| Released | 2024-10-03 | 2024-01-01 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 128K |
| Max output | — | 4K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1 |
| Results tracked | 21 | 7 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 35.5 (#225), Sonar: 35.7 (#221)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Coding | — | 35.1% |
| LMArena Coding | 1218 | — |
Reasoning Sonar leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 20.0 (#244), Sonar: 21.1 (#227)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 46.3% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1209 | — |
| DTBench | 50% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 37.9% |
| LiveBench | — | 46.9% |
Math Sonar leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 14.2 (#302), Sonar: 33.7 (#200)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 4.6% | — |
| LiveBench Math | — | 41.6% |
| LMArena Math | 1207 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 16.0 (#289), Sonar: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 33% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1185 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 28.2 (#115), Sonar: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1044 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 38.5 (#229), Sonar: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1215 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1231 | — |
| LMArena French | 1234 | — |
| LMArena German | 1206 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1150 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1140 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1236 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1212 | — |
Instruction Following Sonar leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 62.8 (#236), Sonar: 71.4 (#150)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 76.2% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1199 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 37.0 (#225), Sonar: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1219 | — |
Writing & Preference Sonar leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 42.8 (#232), Sonar: 52.6 (#167)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1226 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1218 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1185 | — |
| LiveBench Language | — | 44.1% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B better than Sonar?
Sonar is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.5 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B or Sonar better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (35.5 vs 35.7); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and Sonar share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has 21 scored results on Noometry and Sonar has 7.