Model comparison
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite vs GPT-4.1 mini
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.8 to 33.6 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 24 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 24 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite scores higher in 7 categories and GPT-4.1 mini in 2 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads 22.0 to 10.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is DTBench: 52.5% for Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite and 68.8% for GPT-4.1 mini.
Side by side
| Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | GPT-4.1 mini | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | |
| Noometry Index | 37.8 | 33.6 |
| Released | 2025-02-05 | 2025-04-14 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1.05M |
| Max output | — | 33K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.60 |
| Results tracked | 32 | 47 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 37.9 (#185), GPT-4.1 mini: 30.6 (#293)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | GPT-4.1 mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1322 | 1367 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | — | 23.9% |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 32.4% |
| SciCode | — | 40.4% |
| WeirdML | — | 37.6% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 48.9% |
| LiveBench Coding | 47.1% | — |
| CadEval | — | 16% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: —, GPT-4.1 mini: 33.3 (#55)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | GPT-4.1 mini |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 50.5% |
Reasoning Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 22.0 (#210), GPT-4.1 mini: 10.8 (#340)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | GPT-4.1 mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1324 | 1349 |
| DTBench | 52.5% | 68.8% |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 0% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 48.6% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 3.5% |
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 7% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 50.1% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 7% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 65.5% | — |
| LMCA | — | 21.1% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 135.01 |
| ForecastBench | 57.1 | — |
| LiveBench | 54.3% | — |
Math Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 34.1 (#196), GPT-4.1 mini: 24.1 (#270)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | GPT-4.1 mini |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | 37.4% | 49.1% |
| LMArena Math | 1309 | 1343 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 6.7% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 44.7% |
| LiveBench Math | 58.1% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 87.3% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 4.5% |
Knowledge Too close to call
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 35.0 (#189), GPT-4.1 mini: 34.7 (#194)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | GPT-4.1 mini |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 72% | 78.3% |
| GPQA (HELM) | 50% | 61.4% |
| LMArena Expert | 1305 | 1338 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 65.8% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 12.7% |
Multimodal GPT-4.1 mini leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 31.2 (#109), GPT-4.1 mini: 35.8 (#82)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | GPT-4.1 mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1100 | 1181 |
Multilingual Too close to call
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 46.0 (#161), GPT-4.1 mini: 45.7 (#166)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | GPT-4.1 mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1323 | 1318 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1339 | 1329 |
| LMArena French | 1347 | 1358 |
| LMArena German | 1306 | 1351 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1301 | 1290 |
| LMArena Korean | 1325 | 1298 |
| LMArena Russian | 1328 | 1324 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1313 | 1319 |
Instruction Following GPT-4.1 mini leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 70.4 (#163), GPT-4.1 mini: 73.7 (#118)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | GPT-4.1 mini |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 82.4% | 90.4% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1305 | 1333 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 78.3% | — |
Long Context Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 40.1 (#160), GPT-4.1 mini: 31.8 (#275)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | GPT-4.1 mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1320 | 1344 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 44.4% |
Writing & Preference Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 51.7 (#177), GPT-4.1 mini: 48.6 (#199)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | GPT-4.1 mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1330 | 1340 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1319 | 1300 |
| WildBench | 79% | 83.8% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1307 | 1354 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1147 |
| LiveBench Language | 34.3% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite better than GPT-4.1 mini?
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.8 to 33.6 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite or GPT-4.1 mini better for coding?
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.9 versus 30.6 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite and GPT-4.1 mini share?
24 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite has 32 scored results on Noometry and GPT-4.1 mini has 47.