Model comparison
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) vs Gemma 3n E4b IT
Gemma 3n E4b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.3 to 33.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) scores higher in 3 categories and Gemma 3n E4b IT in 5 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Gemma 3n E4b IT leads 35.1 to 22.1.
- Gemma 3n E4b IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Gemma 3n E4b IT | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | ||
| Noometry Index | 33.2 | 37.3 |
| Released | 2024-05-14 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 42 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemma 3n E4b IT leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 34.4 (#236), Gemma 3n E4b IT: 37.0 (#198)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Gemma 3n E4b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1261 | 1268 |
| WeirdML | 24.9% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 43.5% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 55.1% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 75.6% | — |
| MBPP+ | 67.5% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 26.6 (#102), Gemma 3n E4b IT: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Gemma 3n E4b IT |
|---|---|---|
| BALROG | 14.6% | — |
Reasoning Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 21.7 (#215), Gemma 3n E4b IT: 19.9 (#247)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Gemma 3n E4b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1257 | 1284 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 31.5% |
| DTBench | 53.8% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 129.36 | — |
| ForecastBench | 53.9 | — |
| PIQA | 87.5% | — |
Math Gemma 3n E4b IT leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 22.1 (#281), Gemma 3n E4b IT: 35.1 (#188)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Gemma 3n E4b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1269 | 1251 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 16.3% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 30.4% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 61.9% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 0% | — |
| GSM8K | 82.4% | — |
Knowledge Gemma 3n E4b IT leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 26.2 (#260), Gemma 3n E4b IT: 34.2 (#198)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Gemma 3n E4b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1233 | 1246 |
| GPQA Diamond | 47.3% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 67.8% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 43.7% | — |
| BoolQ | 85.8% | — |
| MMLU | 77.9% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 36.0 (#81), Gemma 3n E4b IT: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Gemma 3n E4b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1141 | — |
| Video-MME | 70.3% | — |
| GeoBench | 76% | — |
Multilingual Too close to call
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 42.9 (#189), Gemma 3n E4b IT: 43.4 (#183)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Gemma 3n E4b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1278 | 1285 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1295 | 1309 |
| LMArena French | 1258 | 1330 |
| LMArena German | 1262 | 1311 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1252 | 1272 |
| LMArena Korean | 1221 | 1259 |
| LMArena Russian | 1288 | 1288 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1243 | 1305 |
Instruction Following Too close to call
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 66.8 (#205), Gemma 3n E4b IT: 66.1 (#210)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Gemma 3n E4b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1258 | 1255 |
| IFEval | 83.1% | — |
Long Context Too close to call
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 39.0 (#187), Gemma 3n E4b IT: 38.7 (#191)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Gemma 3n E4b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1284 | 1276 |
Writing & Preference Gemma 3n E4b IT leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 48.7 (#196), Gemma 3n E4b IT: 50.1 (#186)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Gemma 3n E4b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1287 | 1306 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1285 | 1287 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1253 | 1276 |
| WildBench | 79.2% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) better than Gemma 3n E4b IT?
Gemma 3n E4b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.3 to 33.2 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) or Gemma 3n E4b IT better for coding?
Gemma 3n E4b IT scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.0 versus 34.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) and Gemma 3n E4b IT share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) has 42 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 3n E4b IT has 18.