Model comparison
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite vs Llama 3.1-70B
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.3 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 23 shared benchmarks.
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MetaSummary
- They share 23 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite scores higher in 8 categories and Llama 3.1-70B in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads 31.8 to 12.7.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Omni-MATH: 37.4% for Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite and 21% for Llama 3.1-70B.
- Llama 3.1-70B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Llama 3.1-70B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | |
| Noometry Index | 37.3 | 29.4 |
| Released | 2025-02-05 | 2024-07-23 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 128K |
| Max output | — | 4K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.40 |
| Results tracked | 32 | 35 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 37.4 (#181), Llama 3.1-70B: 29.8 (#292)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Llama 3.1-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1322 | 1260 |
| WeirdML | — | 9% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 46.1% |
| LiveBench Coding | 47.1% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 54.8% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: —, Llama 3.1-70B: 24.9 (#104)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Llama 3.1-70B |
|---|---|---|
| TheAgentCompany | — | 6.9% |
| BALROG | — | 27.9% |
Reasoning Too close to call
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 21.2 (#203), Llama 3.1-70B: 20.8 (#215)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Llama 3.1-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1324 | 1241 |
| DTBench | 52.5% | 60% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 50.1% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 65.5% | — |
| LMCA | — | 14.8% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 125.91 |
| ForecastBench | 57.1 | — |
| LiveBench | 54.3% | — |
Math Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 31.8 (#192), Llama 3.1-70B: 12.7 (#298)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Llama 3.1-70B |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | 37.4% | 21% |
| LMArena Math | 1309 | 1252 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 3.6% |
| LiveBench Math | 58.1% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 36.7% |
Knowledge Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 34.6 (#185), Llama 3.1-70B: 24.1 (#264)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Llama 3.1-70B |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 72% | 65.3% |
| GPQA (HELM) | 50% | 42.6% |
| LMArena Expert | 1305 | 1209 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 44.2% |
| MMLU | — | 80.1% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 30.6 (#103), Llama 3.1-70B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Llama 3.1-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1100 | — |
Multilingual Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 46.2 (#156), Llama 3.1-70B: 38.9 (#220)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Llama 3.1-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1323 | 1219 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1339 | 1215 |
| LMArena French | 1346 | 1260 |
| LMArena German | 1306 | 1222 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1302 | 1132 |
| LMArena Korean | 1325 | 1140 |
| LMArena Russian | 1328 | 1234 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1313 | 1253 |
Instruction Following Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 70.6 (#158), Llama 3.1-70B: 65.5 (#218)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Llama 3.1-70B |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 82.4% | 82.1% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1305 | 1231 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 78.3% | — |
Long Context Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 40.1 (#155), Llama 3.1-70B: 37.6 (#208)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Llama 3.1-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1321 | 1241 |
Writing & Preference Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 51.9 (#172), Llama 3.1-70B: 35.6 (#262)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Llama 3.1-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1330 | 1261 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1319 | 1232 |
| WildBench | 79% | 75.8% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1307 | 1256 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 784 |
| LiveBench Language | 34.3% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite better than Llama 3.1-70B?
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.3 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite or Llama 3.1-70B better for coding?
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.4 versus 29.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite and Llama 3.1-70B share?
23 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite has 32 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.1-70B has 35.