Model comparison

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) vs Palm 2

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.1 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) Google

35.1

Rank #228 Confirmed

Palm 2 Google

30.0

Rank #298 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) scores higher in 5 categories and Palm 2 in 2 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in multilingual, where Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads 47.4 to 20.9.

Side by side

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) and Palm 2 specifications
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)Palm 2
ProviderGoogleGoogle
Noometry Index35.130.0
Released2024-12-06—
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked5410

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Category by category

Coding Too close to call

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 28.4 (#315), Palm 2: 29.0 (#311)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)Palm 2
LMArena Coding1350994
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)13.5%—
Aider Polyglot38.2%—
WeirdML25.8%—
BigCodeBench Instruct45.9%—
LiveBench Coding63.4%—
BigCodeBench Complete59.9%—
CadEval30%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 28.1 (#92), Palm 2: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)Palm 2
TheAgentCompany11.4%—

Reasoning Palm 2 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 15.2 (#318), Palm 2: 19.1 (#271)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)Palm 2
LMArena Hard Prompts13461005
ARC-AGI-21.3%—
SimpleBench31.1%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark37.8%—
EnigmaEval1.1%—
LiveBench Reasoning78.2%—
DTBench63.2%—
LiveBench Data Analysis69.4%—
Epoch Capabilities Index135.36—
LiveBench66.9%—

Math Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 37.9 (#146), Palm 2: 30.8 (#231)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)Palm 2
LMArena Math13521049
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202557.8%—
Omni-MATH45.9%—
LiveBench Math75.8%—
MATH Level 582.2%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)1.7%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 32.0 (#213), Palm 2: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)Palm 2
GPQA Diamond64.1%—
Humanity's Last Exam6.6%—
MMLU-Pro73.7%—
Confabulations12.4%—
GPQA (HELM)55.6%—
LMArena Expert1339—
MMLU79.7%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 36.5 (#79), Palm 2: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)Palm 2
LMArena Vision1158—
GeoBench77%—

Multilingual Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 47.4 (#149), Palm 2: 20.9 (#295)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)Palm 2
LMArena Non-English1342916
LMArena Chinese1373887
LMArena French1391—
LMArena German1353—
LMArena Japanese1294—
LMArena Korean1313—
LMArena Russian1351—
LMArena Spanish1363—

Instruction Following Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 74.4 (#97), Palm 2: 51.0 (#296)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)Palm 2
LMArena Instruction Following13361010
LiveBench Instruction Following85.8%—
IFEval84.1%—

Long Context Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 38.1 (#203), Palm 2: 30.8 (#285)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)Palm 2
LMArena Longer Query13441010
Fiction.LiveBench61.1%—

Writing & Preference Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 49.5 (#190), Palm 2: 25.6 (#304)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)Palm 2
LMArena Text13541027
LMArena Creative Writing1340991
LMArena Multi-Turn1350994
Short-Story Creative Writing73.8%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1128—
WildBench80%—
LiveBench Language51.3%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) better than Palm 2?

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.1 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) or Palm 2 better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (28.4 vs 29.0); test both on your own repository before choosing.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) and Palm 2 share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) has 54 scored results on Noometry and Palm 2 has 10.

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