Model comparison

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite vs Gemma 1.1 7b IT

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.8 to 31.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite Google

37.8

Rank #194 Confirmed

Gemma 1.1 7b IT Google

31.3

Rank #277 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite scores higher in 8 categories and Gemma 1.1 7b 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 30.4.
  • Gemma 1.1 7b IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite and Gemma 1.1 7b IT specifications
Gemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGemma 1.1 7b IT
ProviderGoogleGoogle
Noometry Index37.831.3
Released2025-02-05—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked3219

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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 7b IT: 31.5 (#284)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGemma 1.1 7b IT
LMArena Coding13221084
LiveBench Coding47.1%—
HumanEval+—35.4%
MBPP+—45%

Reasoning Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 22.0 (#210), Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 20.5 (#238)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGemma 1.1 7b IT
LMArena Hard Prompts13241071
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 7b IT: 32.0 (#220)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGemma 1.1 7b IT
LMArena Math13091107
Omni-MATH37.4%—
LiveBench Math58.1%—

Knowledge Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 35.0 (#189), Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 28.3 (#247)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGemma 1.1 7b IT
LMArena Expert13051039
MMLU-Pro72%—
GPQA (HELM)50%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 31.2 (#109), Gemma 1.1 7b IT: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGemma 1.1 7b IT
LMArena Vision1100—

Multilingual Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 46.0 (#161), Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 28.1 (#273)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGemma 1.1 7b IT
LMArena Non-English13231052
LMArena Chinese13391061
LMArena French13471065
LMArena German13061054
LMArena Japanese1301971
LMArena Korean1325988
LMArena Russian13281046
LMArena Spanish13131049

Instruction Following Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 70.4 (#163), Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 54.0 (#283)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGemma 1.1 7b IT
LMArena Instruction Following13051057
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 7b IT: 32.1 (#272)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGemma 1.1 7b IT
LMArena Longer Query13201056

Writing & Preference Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 51.7 (#177), Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 30.4 (#288)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGemma 1.1 7b IT
LMArena Text13301094
LMArena Creative Writing13191060
LMArena Multi-Turn13071040
WildBench79%—
LiveBench Language34.3%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite better than Gemma 1.1 7b IT?

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.8 to 31.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite or Gemma 1.1 7b IT better for coding?

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.9 versus 31.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite and Gemma 1.1 7b IT share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite has 32 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 1.1 7b IT has 19.

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