Model comparison

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite vs Gemma 3 1B

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.8 to 21.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite Google

37.8

Rank #194 Confirmed

Gemma 3 1B Google

21.1

Rank #353 Reported

Summary

  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads 35.0 to 7.0.
  • Gemma 3 1B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite and Gemma 3 1B specifications
Gemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGemma 3 1B
ProviderGoogleGoogle
Noometry Index37.821.1
Released2025-02-052025-03-12
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked324

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 37.9 (#185), Gemma 3 1B: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGemma 3 1B
LiveBench Coding47.1%—
LMArena Coding1322—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: —, Gemma 3 1B: 13.7 (#152)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGemma 3 1B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—7.2%

Reasoning Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 22.0 (#210), Gemma 3 1B: 19.2 (#264)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGemma 3 1B
Chess Puzzles—0%
LiveBench Reasoning50.1%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1324—
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 3 1B: 10.2 (#316)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGemma 3 1B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—1.1%
Omni-MATH37.4%—
LiveBench Math58.1%—
LMArena Math1309—

Knowledge Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 35.0 (#189), Gemma 3 1B: 7.0 (#314)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGemma 3 1B
GPQA Diamond—19.9%
MMLU-Pro72%—
GPQA (HELM)50%—
LMArena Expert1305—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 31.2 (#109), Gemma 3 1B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGemma 3 1B
LMArena Vision1100—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 46.0 (#161), Gemma 3 1B: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGemma 3 1B
LMArena Non-English1323—
LMArena Chinese1339—
LMArena French1347—
LMArena German1306—
LMArena Japanese1301—
LMArena Korean1325—
LMArena Russian1328—
LMArena Spanish1313—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 70.4 (#163), Gemma 3 1B: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGemma 3 1B
LiveBench Instruction Following78.3%—
IFEval82.4%—
LMArena Instruction Following1305—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 40.1 (#160), Gemma 3 1B: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGemma 3 1B
LMArena Longer Query1320—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 51.7 (#177), Gemma 3 1B: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGemma 3 1B
LMArena Text1330—
LMArena Creative Writing1319—
WildBench79%—
LMArena Multi-Turn1307—
LiveBench Language34.3%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite better than Gemma 3 1B?

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.8 to 21.1 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite and Gemma 3 1B share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite has 32 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 3 1B has 4.

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