Model comparison

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) vs Llama 3.2 1B

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.1 to 20.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) Google

35.1

Rank #228 Confirmed

Llama 3.2 1B Meta

20.1

Rank #354 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) scores higher in 8 categories and Llama 3.2 1B in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads 49.5 to 21.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 57.8% for Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) and 0.6% for Llama 3.2 1B.
  • Llama 3.2 1B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) and Llama 3.2 1B specifications
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)Llama 3.2 1B
ProviderGoogleMeta
Noometry Index35.120.1
Released2024-12-062024-09-24
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—60K
Max output—54K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.027
Output $ / M tokens—$0.20
Results tracked5422

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 28.4 (#315), Llama 3.2 1B: 21.1 (#338)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)Llama 3.2 1B
BigCodeBench Instruct45.9%8.2%
LMArena Coding13501070
BigCodeBench Complete59.9%11.3%
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)13.5%—
Aider Polyglot38.2%—
WeirdML25.8%—
LiveBench Coding63.4%—
CadEval30%—

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 28.1 (#92), Llama 3.2 1B: 14.6 (#150)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)Llama 3.2 1B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—10.8%
TheAgentCompany11.4%—
BALROG—6.6%

Reasoning Too close to call

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 15.2 (#318), Llama 3.2 1B: 16.2 (#308)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)Llama 3.2 1B
LMArena Hard Prompts13461044
Epoch Capabilities Index135.36101.99
ARC-AGI-21.3%—
SimpleBench31.1%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark37.8%—
Chess Puzzles—0%
EnigmaEval1.1%—
LiveBench Reasoning78.2%—
DTBench63.2%—
LiveBench Data Analysis69.4%—
LiveBench66.9%—

Math Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 37.9 (#146), Llama 3.2 1B: 10.4 (#313)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)Llama 3.2 1B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202557.8%0.6%
LMArena Math13521086
Omni-MATH45.9%—
LiveBench Math75.8%—
MATH Level 582.2%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)1.7%—

Knowledge Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 32.0 (#213), Llama 3.2 1B: 7.2 (#312)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)Llama 3.2 1B
GPQA Diamond64.1%23.9%
LMArena Expert13391007
Humanity's Last Exam6.6%—
MMLU-Pro73.7%—
Confabulations12.4%—
GPQA (HELM)55.6%—
MMLU79.7%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 36.5 (#79), Llama 3.2 1B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)Llama 3.2 1B
LMArena Vision1158—
GeoBench77%—

Multilingual Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 47.4 (#149), Llama 3.2 1B: 23.8 (#292)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)Llama 3.2 1B
LMArena Non-English1342973
LMArena Chinese1373959
LMArena German13531014
LMArena Russian1351941
LMArena French1391—
LMArena Japanese1294—
LMArena Korean1313—
LMArena Spanish1363—

Instruction Following Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 74.4 (#97), Llama 3.2 1B: 52.4 (#290)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)Llama 3.2 1B
LMArena Instruction Following13361031
LiveBench Instruction Following85.8%—
IFEval84.1%—

Long Context Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 38.1 (#203), Llama 3.2 1B: 31.9 (#274)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)Llama 3.2 1B
LMArena Longer Query13441050
Fiction.LiveBench61.1%—

Writing & Preference Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 49.5 (#190), Llama 3.2 1B: 21.3 (#310)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)Llama 3.2 1B
LMArena Text13541055
LMArena Creative Writing13401033
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1128200
LMArena Multi-Turn13501030
Short-Story Creative Writing73.8%—
WildBench80%—
LiveBench Language51.3%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) better than Llama 3.2 1B?

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.1 to 20.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) or Llama 3.2 1B better for coding?

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) scores higher on coding benchmarks: 28.4 versus 21.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) and Llama 3.2 1B share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) has 54 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.2 1B has 22.

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