Model comparison

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) vs o1-mini

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.8 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 35 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) Google

34.8

Rank #223 Confirmed

o1-mini OpenAI

33.7

Rank #230 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 35 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) scores higher in 6 categories and o1-mini in 3 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in instruction following, where Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads 74.6 to 67.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is LiveBench Instruction Following: 85.8% for Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) and 65.4% for o1-mini.

Side by side

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) and o1-mini specifications
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)o1-mini
ProviderGoogleOpenAI
Noometry Index34.833.7
Released2024-12-062024-09-12
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
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Results tracked5439

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Category by category

Coding o1-mini leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 28.2 (#308), o1-mini: 35.1 (#218)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)o1-mini
Aider Polyglot38.2%32.9%
WeirdML25.8%36.3%
LiveBench Coding63.4%48%
LMArena Coding13511362
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)13.5%—
BigCodeBench Instruct45.9%—
BigCodeBench Complete59.9%—
CadEval30%—
HumanEval+—89%
MBPP+—78.8%

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

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 28.0 (#85), o1-mini: 24.3 (#112)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)o1-mini
TheAgentCompany11.4%—
Cybench—10%

Reasoning Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 15.2 (#308), o1-mini: 8.9 (#340)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)o1-mini
ARC-AGI-21.3%0.8%
SimpleBench31.1%18.1%
LiveBench Reasoning78.2%72.3%
LMArena Hard Prompts13461333
LiveBench Data Analysis69.4%57.9%
Epoch Capabilities Index135.36135.82
LiveBench66.9%57.8%
Kagi LLM Benchmark37.8%—
ARC-AGI-1—14%
EnigmaEval1.1%—
DTBench63.2%—

Math Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 36.1 (#127), o1-mini: 33.7 (#168)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)o1-mini
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202557.8%46.9%
LiveBench Math75.8%62%
LMArena Math13511358
MATH Level 582.2%89.2%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)1.7%1.7%
Omni-MATH45.9%—

Knowledge o1-mini leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 32.0 (#207), o1-mini: 34.8 (#180)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)o1-mini
GPQA Diamond64.1%62.4%
Confabulations12.4%18.6%
LMArena Expert13401316
Humanity's Last Exam6.6%—
MMLU-Pro73.7%—
GPQA (HELM)55.6%—
MMLU79.7%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 35.9 (#74), o1-mini: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)o1-mini
LMArena Vision1158—
GeoBench77%—

Multilingual Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 47.6 (#144), o1-mini: 43.8 (#177)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)o1-mini
LMArena Non-English13421289
LMArena Chinese13731314
LMArena French13901292
LMArena German13541278
LMArena Japanese12931245
LMArena Korean13141223
LMArena Russian13511283
LMArena Spanish13631302

Instruction Following Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 74.6 (#91), o1-mini: 67.0 (#200)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)o1-mini
LiveBench Instruction Following85.8%65.4%
LMArena Instruction Following13361304
IFEval84.1%—

Long Context o1-mini leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 38.1 (#198), o1-mini: 40.1 (#156)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)o1-mini
LMArena Longer Query13451321
Fiction.LiveBench61.1%—

Writing & Preference Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 49.8 (#184), o1-mini: 48.6 (#196)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)o1-mini
LMArena Text13541317
LMArena Creative Writing13401244
Short-Story Creative Writing73.8%64.9%
LMArena Multi-Turn13501314
LiveBench Language51.3%40.9%
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1128—
WildBench80%—

Frequently asked questions

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

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.8 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.

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

o1-mini scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.1 versus 28.2 in the Noometry coding category.

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

35 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) has 54 scored results on Noometry and o1-mini has 39.

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