Model comparison
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite vs Gemma 4 31B IT
Gemma 4 31B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 37.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite scores higher in 0 categories and Gemma 4 31B IT in 9 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in multimodal, where Gemma 4 31B IT leads 41.6 to 31.2.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is DTBench: 52.5% for Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite and 82.7% for Gemma 4 31B IT.
- Gemma 4 31B IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Gemma 4 31B IT | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | ||
| Noometry Index | 37.8 | 43.5 |
| Released | 2025-02-05 | 2026-04-02 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 33K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.09 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.34 |
| Results tracked | 32 | 35 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemma 4 31B IT leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 37.9 (#185), Gemma 4 31B IT: 42.3 (#108)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Gemma 4 31B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1322 | 1459 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1366 |
| SciCode | — | 43.4% |
| WeirdML | — | 52.3% |
| LiveBench Coding | 47.1% | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 925.5 |
Reasoning Gemma 4 31B IT leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 22.0 (#210), Gemma 4 31B IT: 27.2 (#122)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Gemma 4 31B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1324 | 1448 |
| DTBench | 52.5% | 82.7% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 63.5% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 70.6% |
| CritPt | — | 1.4% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 5% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 53% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 50.1% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 65.5% | — |
| LMCA | — | 39.3% |
| Surface Evolver Bench | — | 30.6% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 142.74 |
| ForecastBench | 57.1 | — |
| LiveBench | 54.3% | — |
Math Gemma 4 31B IT leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 34.1 (#196), Gemma 4 31B IT: 43.2 (#81)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Gemma 4 31B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1309 | 1465 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 73.3% |
| Omni-MATH | 37.4% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 58.1% | — |
Knowledge Gemma 4 31B IT leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 35.0 (#189), Gemma 4 31B IT: 37.9 (#151)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Gemma 4 31B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1305 | 1465 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 75.8% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 10.4% |
| MMLU-Pro | 72% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 7.4% |
| GPQA (HELM) | 50% | — |
Multimodal Gemma 4 31B IT leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 31.2 (#109), Gemma 4 31B IT: 41.6 (#34)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Gemma 4 31B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1100 | 1277 |
| LMArena Document | — | 1425 |
Multilingual Gemma 4 31B IT leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 46.0 (#161), Gemma 4 31B IT: 53.8 (#57)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Gemma 4 31B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1323 | 1431 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1339 | 1476 |
| LMArena French | 1347 | 1435 |
| LMArena Russian | 1328 | 1460 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1313 | 1444 |
| LMArena German | 1306 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1301 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1325 | — |
Instruction Following Gemma 4 31B IT leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 70.4 (#163), Gemma 4 31B IT: 75.5 (#61)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Gemma 4 31B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1305 | 1433 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 78.3% | — |
| IFEval | 82.4% | — |
Long Context Gemma 4 31B IT leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 40.1 (#160), Gemma 4 31B IT: 44.2 (#71)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Gemma 4 31B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1320 | 1446 |
Writing & Preference Gemma 4 31B IT leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 51.7 (#177), Gemma 4 31B IT: 60.5 (#96)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Gemma 4 31B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1330 | 1443 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1319 | 1415 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1307 | 1452 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1368 |
| WildBench | 79% | — |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 1120 |
| LiveBench Language | 34.3% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite better than Gemma 4 31B IT?
Gemma 4 31B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 37.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite or Gemma 4 31B IT better for coding?
Gemma 4 31B IT scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.3 versus 37.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite and Gemma 4 31B IT share?
16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite has 32 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 4 31B IT has 35.