Model comparison
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) vs Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.3 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 25 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 25 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) scores higher in 2 categories and Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite in 7 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads 21.2 to 12.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is DTBench: 59% for Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) and 52.5% for Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite.
Side by side
| Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | ||
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 37.3 |
| Released | 2024-02-15 | 2025-02-05 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 45 | 32 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 33.8 (#239), Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 37.4 (#181)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1294 | 1322 |
| WeirdML | 22.2% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 43.8% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 47.1% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 57.5% | — |
| CadEval | 34% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 79.3% | — |
| MBPP+ | 74.6% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 17.8 (#137), Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| TheAgentCompany | 3.4% | — |
| Cybench | 7.5% | — |
| BALROG | 21% | — |
Reasoning Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 12.3 (#332), Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 21.2 (#203)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1296 | 1324 |
| DTBench | 59% | 52.5% |
| ForecastBench | 58.4 | 57.1 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0.8% | — |
| SimpleBench | 27.1% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 50.1% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 65.5% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 89.2% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 131.73 | — |
| LiveBench | — | 54.3% |
Math Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 24.4 (#260), Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 31.8 (#192)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | 36.4% | 37.4% |
| LMArena Math | 1315 | 1309 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 23.1% | — |
| LiveBench Math | — | 58.1% |
| MATH Level 5 | 70.4% | — |
Knowledge Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 29.3 (#228), Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 34.6 (#185)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 73.7% | 72% |
| GPQA (HELM) | 53.4% | 50% |
| LMArena Expert | 1279 | 1305 |
| GPQA Diamond | 57.2% | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 4.6% | — |
| Confabulations | 13.5% | — |
| MMLU | 86.9% | — |
Multimodal Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 36.2 (#72), Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 30.6 (#103)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1161 | 1100 |
| Video-MME | 75% | — |
Multilingual Too close to call
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 45.5 (#169), Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 46.2 (#156)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1312 | 1323 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1331 | 1339 |
| LMArena French | 1301 | 1346 |
| LMArena German | 1286 | 1306 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1292 | 1302 |
| LMArena Korean | 1298 | 1325 |
| LMArena Russian | 1320 | 1328 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1310 | 1313 |
Instruction Following Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 68.8 (#180), Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 70.6 (#158)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 83.7% | 82.4% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1297 | 1305 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 78.3% |
Long Context Too close to call
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 39.7 (#164), Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 40.1 (#155)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1308 | 1321 |
Writing & Preference Too close to call
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 52.5 (#167), Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 51.9 (#172)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1319 | 1330 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1333 | 1319 |
| WildBench | 81.3% | 79% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1296 | 1307 |
| LiveBench Language | — | 34.3% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) better than Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite?
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.3 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) or Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite better for coding?
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.4 versus 33.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) and Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite share?
25 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) has 45 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite has 32.