Model comparison
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) vs Sonar
Sonar is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.5 to 35.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 7 shared benchmarks.
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PerplexitySummary
- They share 7 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) scores higher in 2 categories and Sonar in 3 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Sonar leads 35.7 to 28.4.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is LiveBench Math: 75.8% for Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) and 41.6% for Sonar.
Side by side
| Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Sonar | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Perplexity | |
| Noometry Index | 35.1 | 38.5 |
| Released | 2024-12-06 | 2024-01-01 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 128K |
| Max output | — | 4K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1 |
| Results tracked | 54 | 7 |
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Category by category
Coding Sonar leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 28.4 (#315), Sonar: 35.7 (#221)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Coding | 63.4% | 35.1% |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 13.5% | — |
| Aider Polyglot | 38.2% | — |
| WeirdML | 25.8% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 45.9% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1350 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 59.9% | — |
| CadEval | 30% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 28.1 (#92), Sonar: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| TheAgentCompany | 11.4% | — |
Reasoning Sonar leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 15.2 (#318), Sonar: 21.1 (#227)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Reasoning | 78.2% | 46.3% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 69.4% | 37.9% |
| LiveBench | 66.9% | 46.9% |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 1.3% | — |
| SimpleBench | 31.1% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 37.8% | — |
| EnigmaEval | 1.1% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1346 | — |
| DTBench | 63.2% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 135.36 | — |
Math Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 37.9 (#146), Sonar: 33.7 (#200)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Math | 75.8% | 41.6% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 57.8% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 45.9% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1352 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 82.2% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 1.7% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 32.0 (#213), Sonar: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 64.1% | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 6.6% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 73.7% | — |
| Confabulations | 12.4% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 55.6% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1339 | — |
| MMLU | 79.7% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 36.5 (#79), Sonar: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1158 | — |
| GeoBench | 77% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 47.4 (#149), Sonar: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1342 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1373 | — |
| LMArena French | 1391 | — |
| LMArena German | 1353 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1294 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1313 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1351 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1363 | — |
Instruction Following Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 74.4 (#97), Sonar: 71.4 (#150)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 85.8% | 76.2% |
| IFEval | 84.1% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1336 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 38.1 (#203), Sonar: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | 61.1% | — |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1344 | — |
Writing & Preference Sonar leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 49.5 (#190), Sonar: 52.6 (#167)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Language | 51.3% | 44.1% |
| LMArena Text | 1354 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1340 | — |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 73.8% | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1128 | — |
| WildBench | 80% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1350 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) better than Sonar?
Sonar is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.5 to 35.1 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) or Sonar better for coding?
Sonar scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.7 versus 28.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) and Sonar share?
7 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) has 54 scored results on Noometry and Sonar has 7.