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Model comparison

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite vs Gemma 1.1 2b IT

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.8 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite Google

37.8

Rank #194 Confirmed

Gemma 1.1 2b IT Google

29.3

Rank #313 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite scores higher in 8 categories and Gemma 1.1 2b IT in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads 51.7 to 25.1.
  • Gemma 1.1 2b IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGemma 1.1 2b IT
ProviderGoogleGoogle
Noometry Index37.829.3
Released2025-02-05—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
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Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked3216

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 37.9 (#185), Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.1 (#299)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGemma 1.1 2b IT
LMArena Coding13221034
LiveBench Coding47.1%—
HumanEval+—17.7%
MBPP+—23.3%

Reasoning Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 22.0 (#210), Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 19.1 (#270)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGemma 1.1 2b IT
LMArena Hard Prompts13241005
LiveBench Reasoning50.1%—
DTBench52.5%—
LiveBench Data Analysis65.5%—
ForecastBench57.1—
LiveBench54.3%—

Math Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 34.1 (#196), Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.8 (#232)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGemma 1.1 2b IT
LMArena Math13091047
Omni-MATH37.4%—
LiveBench Math58.1%—

Knowledge Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 35.0 (#189), Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 26.5 (#258)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGemma 1.1 2b IT
LMArena Expert1305970
MMLU-Pro72%—
GPQA (HELM)50%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 31.2 (#109), Gemma 1.1 2b IT: —

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGemma 1.1 2b IT
LMArena Vision1100—

Multilingual Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 46.0 (#161), Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 24.6 (#289)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGemma 1.1 2b IT
LMArena Non-English1323988
LMArena Chinese13391012
LMArena German1306944
LMArena Korean1325899
LMArena Russian1328990
LMArena French1347—
LMArena Japanese1301—
LMArena Spanish1313—

Instruction Following Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 70.4 (#163), Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 49.9 (#299)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGemma 1.1 2b IT
LMArena Instruction Following1305992
LiveBench Instruction Following78.3%—
IFEval82.4%—

Long Context Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 40.1 (#160), Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.6 (#286)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGemma 1.1 2b IT
LMArena Longer Query13201003

Writing & Preference Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 51.7 (#177), Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 25.1 (#306)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGemma 1.1 2b IT
LMArena Text13301022
LMArena Creative Writing1319998
LMArena Multi-Turn1307959
WildBench79%—
LiveBench Language34.3%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite better than Gemma 1.1 2b IT?

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.8 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite or Gemma 1.1 2b IT better for coding?

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.9 versus 30.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite and Gemma 1.1 2b IT share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite has 32 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 1.1 2b IT has 16.

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