Model comparison
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite vs Llama 3.2 90B
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.3 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
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MetaSummary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite scores higher in 4 categories and Llama 3.2 90B in 0 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads 31.8 to 10.4.
- Llama 3.2 90B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Llama 3.2 90B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | |
| Noometry Index | 37.3 | 27.1 |
| Released | 2025-02-05 | 2024-09-24 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 32 | 9 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 37.4 (#181), Llama 3.2 90B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Coding | 47.1% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1322 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: —, Llama 3.2 90B: 29.7 (#73)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| BALROG | — | 27.3% |
Reasoning Too close to call
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 21.2 (#203), Llama 3.2 90B: 20.9 (#207)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| EnigmaEval | — | 0.4% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 50.1% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1324 | — |
| DTBench | 52.5% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 65.5% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 125.5 |
| ForecastBench | 57.1 | — |
| LiveBench | 54.3% | — |
Math Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 31.8 (#192), Llama 3.2 90B: 10.4 (#302)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 2.6% |
| Omni-MATH | 37.4% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 58.1% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1309 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 39.4% |
Knowledge Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 34.6 (#185), Llama 3.2 90B: 21.7 (#269)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 41% |
| MMLU-Pro | 72% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 50% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1305 | — |
| MMLU | — | 80.3% |
Multimodal Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 30.6 (#103), Llama 3.2 90B: 24.9 (#119)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1100 | 1000 |
| GeoBench | — | 52% |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 46.2 (#156), Llama 3.2 90B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1323 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1339 | — |
| LMArena French | 1346 | — |
| LMArena German | 1306 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1302 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1325 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1328 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1313 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 70.6 (#158), Llama 3.2 90B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 78.3% | — |
| IFEval | 82.4% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1305 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 40.1 (#155), Llama 3.2 90B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1321 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 51.9 (#172), Llama 3.2 90B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1330 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1319 | — |
| WildBench | 79% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1307 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 34.3% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite better than Llama 3.2 90B?
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.3 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite and Llama 3.2 90B share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite has 32 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.2 90B has 9.