Model comparison
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite vs Palm 2
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.8 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite scores higher in 7 categories and Palm 2 in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads 51.7 to 25.6.
Side by side
| Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Palm 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | ||
| Noometry Index | 37.8 | 30.0 |
| Released | 2025-02-05 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 32 | 10 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 37.9 (#185), Palm 2: 29.0 (#311)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1322 | 994 |
| LiveBench Coding | 47.1% | — |
Reasoning Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 22.0 (#210), Palm 2: 19.1 (#271)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1324 | 1005 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 50.1% | — |
| DTBench | 52.5% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 65.5% | — |
| ForecastBench | 57.1 | — |
| LiveBench | 54.3% | — |
Math Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 34.1 (#196), Palm 2: 30.8 (#231)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1309 | 1049 |
| Omni-MATH | 37.4% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 58.1% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 35.0 (#189), Palm 2: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 72% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 50% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1305 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 31.2 (#109), Palm 2: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1100 | — |
Multilingual Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 46.0 (#161), Palm 2: 20.9 (#295)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1323 | 916 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1339 | 887 |
| LMArena French | 1347 | — |
| LMArena German | 1306 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1301 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1325 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1328 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1313 | — |
Instruction Following Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 70.4 (#163), Palm 2: 51.0 (#296)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1305 | 1010 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 78.3% | — |
| IFEval | 82.4% | — |
Long Context Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 40.1 (#160), Palm 2: 30.8 (#285)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1320 | 1010 |
Writing & Preference Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 51.7 (#177), Palm 2: 25.6 (#304)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1330 | 1027 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1319 | 991 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1307 | 994 |
| WildBench | 79% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 34.3% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite better than Palm 2?
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.8 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite or Palm 2 better for coding?
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.9 versus 29.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite and Palm 2 share?
10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite has 32 scored results on Noometry and Palm 2 has 10.