Model comparison
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) vs Palm 2
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.2 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) scores higher in 6 categories and Palm 2 in 1 category; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads 48.7 to 25.6.
Side by side
| Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Palm 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | ||
| Noometry Index | 33.2 | 30.0 |
| Released | 2024-05-14 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 42 | 10 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 34.4 (#236), Palm 2: 29.0 (#311)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1261 | 994 |
| 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), Palm 2: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| BALROG | 14.6% | — |
Reasoning Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 21.7 (#215), Palm 2: 19.1 (#271)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1257 | 1005 |
| DTBench | 53.8% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 129.36 | — |
| ForecastBench | 53.9 | — |
| PIQA | 87.5% | — |
Math Palm 2 leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 22.1 (#281), Palm 2: 30.8 (#231)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1269 | 1049 |
| 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 Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 26.2 (#260), Palm 2: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 47.3% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 67.8% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 43.7% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1233 | — |
| BoolQ | 85.8% | — |
| MMLU | 77.9% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 36.0 (#81), Palm 2: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1141 | — |
| Video-MME | 70.3% | — |
| GeoBench | 76% | — |
Multilingual Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 42.9 (#189), Palm 2: 20.9 (#295)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1278 | 916 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1295 | 887 |
| LMArena French | 1258 | — |
| LMArena German | 1262 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1252 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1221 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1288 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1243 | — |
Instruction Following Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 66.8 (#205), Palm 2: 51.0 (#296)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1258 | 1010 |
| IFEval | 83.1% | — |
Long Context Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 39.0 (#187), Palm 2: 30.8 (#285)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1284 | 1010 |
Writing & Preference Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 48.7 (#196), Palm 2: 25.6 (#304)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1287 | 1027 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1285 | 991 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1253 | 994 |
| WildBench | 79.2% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) better than Palm 2?
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.2 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) or Palm 2 better for coding?
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.4 versus 29.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) and Palm 2 share?
10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) has 42 scored results on Noometry and Palm 2 has 10.