Model comparison
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) vs Gemma 4 31B IT
Gemma 4 31B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.2 to 32.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) scores higher in 0 categories and Gemma 4 31B IT in 9 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Gemma 4 31B IT leads 41.3 to 20.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 16.3% for Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) and 73.3% for Gemma 4 31B IT.
- Gemma 4 31B IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Gemma 4 31B IT | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | ||
| Noometry Index | 32.9 | 43.2 |
| Released | 2024-05-14 | 2026-04-02 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 33K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.09 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.34 |
| Results tracked | 42 | 35 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemma 4 31B IT leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 33.9 (#233), Gemma 4 31B IT: 41.9 (#98)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Gemma 4 31B IT |
|---|---|---|
| WeirdML | 24.9% | 52.3% |
| LMArena Coding | 1262 | 1459 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1364 |
| SciCode | — | 43.4% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 43.5% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 55.1% | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 925.5 |
| HumanEval+ | 75.6% | — |
| MBPP+ | 67.5% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 26.3 (#97), Gemma 4 31B IT: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Gemma 4 31B IT |
|---|---|---|
| BALROG | 14.6% | — |
Reasoning Gemma 4 31B IT leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 20.8 (#212), Gemma 4 31B IT: 26.4 (#119)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Gemma 4 31B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1257 | 1448 |
| DTBench | 53.8% | 82.7% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 129.37 | 142.74 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 63.5% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 70.6% |
| CritPt | — | 1.4% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 5% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 53% |
| LMCA | — | 39.3% |
| Surface Evolver Bench | — | 30.6% |
| ForecastBench | 53.9 | — |
| PIQA | 87.5% | — |
Math Gemma 4 31B IT leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 20.8 (#274), Gemma 4 31B IT: 41.3 (#72)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Gemma 4 31B IT |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 16.3% | 73.3% |
| LMArena Math | 1269 | 1464 |
| Omni-MATH | 30.4% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 61.9% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 0% | — |
| GSM8K | 82.4% | — |
Knowledge Gemma 4 31B IT leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 26.2 (#253), Gemma 4 31B IT: 37.9 (#141)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Gemma 4 31B IT |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 47.3% | 75.8% |
| LMArena Expert | 1233 | 1465 |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 10.4% |
| MMLU-Pro | 67.8% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 7.4% |
| GPQA (HELM) | 43.7% | — |
| BoolQ | 85.8% | — |
| MMLU | 77.9% | — |
Multimodal Gemma 4 31B IT leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 35.3 (#76), Gemma 4 31B IT: 41.0 (#32)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Gemma 4 31B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1141 | 1278 |
| Video-MME | 70.3% | — |
| GeoBench | 76% | — |
| LMArena Document | — | 1425 |
Multilingual Gemma 4 31B IT leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 43.1 (#184), Gemma 4 31B IT: 54.0 (#52)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Gemma 4 31B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1278 | 1431 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1295 | 1478 |
| LMArena French | 1257 | 1436 |
| LMArena Russian | 1288 | 1462 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1242 | 1443 |
| LMArena German | 1262 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1252 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1220 | — |
Instruction Following Gemma 4 31B IT leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 67.0 (#199), Gemma 4 31B IT: 75.6 (#58)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Gemma 4 31B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1258 | 1433 |
| IFEval | 83.1% | — |
Long Context Gemma 4 31B IT leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 39.0 (#182), Gemma 4 31B IT: 44.2 (#67)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Gemma 4 31B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1284 | 1446 |
Writing & Preference Gemma 4 31B IT leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 48.9 (#190), Gemma 4 31B IT: 60.7 (#92)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Gemma 4 31B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1287 | 1443 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1285 | 1416 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1253 | 1452 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1368 |
| WildBench | 79.2% | — |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 1120 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) better than Gemma 4 31B IT?
Gemma 4 31B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.2 to 32.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) or Gemma 4 31B IT better for coding?
Gemma 4 31B IT scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.9 versus 33.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) and Gemma 4 31B IT share?
20 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) has 42 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 4 31B IT has 35.