Model comparison

Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) vs Palm 2

Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.9 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) Google

31.9

Rank #253 Confirmed

Palm 2 Google

29.4

Rank #296 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) scores higher in 5 categories and Palm 2 in 2 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) leads 52.5 to 25.7.

Side by side

Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) and Palm 2 specifications
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024)Palm 2
ProviderGoogleGoogle
Noometry Index31.929.4
Released2024-02-15—
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked4510

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) leads

Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 33.8 (#239), Palm 2: 28.5 (#306)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024)Palm 2
LMArena Coding1294995
WeirdML22.2%—
BigCodeBench Instruct43.8%—
BigCodeBench Complete57.5%—
CadEval34%—
HumanEval+79.3%—
MBPP+74.6%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 17.8 (#137), Palm 2: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024)Palm 2
TheAgentCompany3.4%—
Cybench7.5%—
BALROG21%—

Reasoning Palm 2 leads

Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 12.3 (#332), Palm 2: 18.2 (#270)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024)Palm 2
LMArena Hard Prompts12961005
ARC-AGI-20.8%—
SimpleBench27.1%—
DTBench59%—
BIG-Bench Hard89.2%—
Epoch Capabilities Index131.73—
ForecastBench58.4—

Math Palm 2 leads

Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 24.4 (#260), Palm 2: 28.4 (#229)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024)Palm 2
LMArena Math13151049
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202523.1%—
Omni-MATH36.4%—
MATH Level 570.4%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 29.3 (#228), Palm 2: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024)Palm 2
GPQA Diamond57.2%—
Humanity's Last Exam4.6%—
MMLU-Pro73.7%—
Confabulations13.5%—
GPQA (HELM)53.4%—
LMArena Expert1279—
MMLU86.9%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 36.2 (#72), Palm 2: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024)Palm 2
LMArena Vision1161—
Video-MME75%—

Multilingual Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) leads

Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 45.5 (#169), Palm 2: 21.1 (#290)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024)Palm 2
LMArena Non-English1312916
LMArena Chinese1331887
LMArena French1301—
LMArena German1286—
LMArena Japanese1292—
LMArena Korean1298—
LMArena Russian1320—
LMArena Spanish1310—

Instruction Following Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) leads

Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 68.8 (#180), Palm 2: 51.3 (#291)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024)Palm 2
LMArena Instruction Following12971010
IFEval83.7%—

Long Context Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) leads

Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 39.7 (#164), Palm 2: 30.7 (#280)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024)Palm 2
LMArena Longer Query13081010

Writing & Preference Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) leads

Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 52.5 (#167), Palm 2: 25.7 (#299)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024)Palm 2
LMArena Text13191027
LMArena Creative Writing1333991
LMArena Multi-Turn1296994
WildBench81.3%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) better than Palm 2?

Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.9 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) or Palm 2 better for coding?

Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.8 versus 28.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) and Palm 2 share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) has 45 scored results on Noometry and Palm 2 has 10.

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