Model comparison

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) vs o1

o1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.9 to 35.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 41 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) Google

35.1

Rank #228 Confirmed

o1 OpenAI

40.9

Rank #143 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 41 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) scores higher in 3 categories and o1 in 7 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in coding, where o1 leads 46.1 to 28.4.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is CadEval: 30% for Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) and 56% for o1.

Side by side

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) and o1 specifications
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)o1
ProviderGoogleOpenAI
Noometry Index35.140.9
Released2024-12-062024-09-12
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window—200K
Max output—100K
Input $ / M tokens—$15
Output $ / M tokens—$60
Results tracked5452

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Category by category

Coding o1 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 28.4 (#315), o1: 46.1 (#70)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)o1
Aider Polyglot38.2%61.7%
WeirdML25.8%47.6%
LiveBench Coding63.4%69.7%
LMArena Coding13501367
CadEval30%56%
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)13.5%—
BigCodeBench Instruct45.9%—
BigCodeBench Complete59.9%—
HumanEval+—89%
MBPP+—80.2%

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

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 28.1 (#92), o1: 24.6 (#117)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)o1
TheAgentCompany11.4%—
Cybench—10%
METR Time Horizons—51.1%

Reasoning o1 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 15.2 (#318), o1: 27.9 (#111)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)o1
SimpleBench31.1%41.7%
EnigmaEval1.1%5.7%
LiveBench Reasoning78.2%91.6%
LMArena Hard Prompts13461371
DTBench63.2%74.7%
LiveBench Data Analysis69.4%65.5%
Epoch Capabilities Index135.36141.91
LiveBench66.9%75.7%
ARC-AGI-21.3%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark37.8%—
ARC-AGI-1—30.7%
Chess Puzzles—15%
LMCA—22.3%

Math Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 37.9 (#146), o1: 36.1 (#175)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)o1
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202557.8%73.3%
LiveBench Math75.8%80.3%
LMArena Math13521388
MATH Level 582.2%94.7%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)1.7%9.3%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—14.7%
Omni-MATH45.9%—

Knowledge o1 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 32.0 (#213), o1: 41.5 (#110)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)o1
GPQA Diamond64.1%76.8%
Humanity's Last Exam6.6%8%
Confabulations12.4%11.7%
LMArena Expert13391361
SimpleQA Verified—41.1%
MMLU-Pro73.7%—
GPQA (HELM)55.6%—
MMLU79.7%—

Multimodal Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 36.5 (#79), o1: 34.2 (#93)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)o1
LMArena Vision11581168
GeoBench77%80%
VPCT—37%
SpatialViz-Bench—41.4%

Multilingual o1 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 47.4 (#149), o1: 48.6 (#142)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)o1
LMArena Non-English13421358
LMArena Chinese13731394
LMArena French13911344
LMArena German13531337
LMArena Japanese12941346
LMArena Korean13131396
LMArena Russian13511356
LMArena Spanish13631345

Instruction Following Too close to call

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 74.4 (#97), o1: 74.8 (#86)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)o1
LiveBench Instruction Following85.8%81.5%
LMArena Instruction Following13361367
IFEval84.1%—

Long Context o1 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 38.1 (#203), o1: 50.3 (#9)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)o1
Fiction.LiveBench61.1%83.3%
LMArena Longer Query13441378

Writing & Preference o1 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 49.5 (#190), o1: 55.6 (#144)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)o1
LMArena Text13541366
LMArena Creative Writing13401348
Short-Story Creative Writing73.8%70.2%
LMArena Multi-Turn13501369
LiveBench Language51.3%65.4%
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1128—
WildBench80%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) better than o1?

o1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.9 to 35.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) or o1 better for coding?

o1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.1 versus 28.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) and o1 share?

41 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) has 54 scored results on Noometry and o1 has 52.

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