Model comparison

Gemini 2.0 Pro vs Gemini 3 Flash Preview

Gemini 3 Flash Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 2.0 Pro Google

39.1

Rank #173 Confirmed

Gemini 3 Flash Preview Google

52.3

Rank #40 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Pro scores higher in 0 categories and Gemini 3 Flash Preview in 7 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads 49.2 to 22.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 65.7% for Gemini 2.0 Pro and 89.4% for Gemini 3 Flash Preview.

Side by side

Gemini 2.0 Pro and Gemini 3 Flash Preview specifications
Gemini 2.0 ProGemini 3 Flash Preview
ProviderGoogleGoogle
Noometry Index39.152.3
Released2025-02-052025-12-17
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window—1.05M
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.50
Output $ / M tokens—$3
Results tracked1459

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 37.8 (#187), Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 50.9 (#42)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGemini 3 Flash Preview
SWE-bench Verified—75.4%
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)—75.8%
Aider Polyglot35.6%—
LMArena WebDev—1439
SWE-bench Multilingual—72.7%
GSO—9.8%
WeirdML—61.6%
LiveBench Coding63.5%—
LMArena Coding—1460
ALE-Bench—1,367

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Pro: —, Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 38.7 (#29)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGemini 3 Flash Preview
Terminal-Bench—64.3%
τ²-bench Airline—82.5%
τ²-bench Banking—27.3%
τ²-bench Retail—76.8%
τ²-bench Telecom—91.2%
DeepResearch Bench—49.8%
BALROG—48.1%
GDP.pdf—10%
LMArena Search—1198
Vending-Bench 2—3,635

Reasoning Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 22.3 (#198), Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 49.2 (#37)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGemini 3 Flash Preview
Epoch Capabilities Index135.06151.8
ARC-AGI-2—33.6%
SimpleBench—61.1%
NYT Connections (extended)—83.1%
ARC-AGI-1—84.7%
Chess Puzzles—40%
EnigmaEval0.7%—
LiveBench Reasoning60.1%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1465
Mystery Game Puzzles—26%
DTBench—89.1%
LiveBench Data Analysis68%—
LMCA—43.1%
ForecastBench—58.5
LiveBench65.1%—

Math Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 39.7 (#100), Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 51.7 (#55)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGemini 3 Flash Preview
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—51.2%
FrontierMath Tier 4—17.1%
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions—67.6%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—95.6%
ProofBench—15%
LiveBench Math71%—
LMArena Math—1473
MATH Level 583.5%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—35.6%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—4.2%

Knowledge Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 36.5 (#167), Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 58.8 (#33)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGemini 3 Flash Preview
GPQA Diamond65.7%89.4%
SimpleQA Verified—66.8%
Confabulations18.4%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate—13.5%
LMArena Expert—1462

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Pro: —, Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 45.5 (#16)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGemini 3 Flash Preview
LMArena Vision—1285
GeoBench—88%
VPCT—72.6%
Blueprint-Bench 2—0%
LMArena Document—1413

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Pro: —, Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 55.7 (#27)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGemini 3 Flash Preview
LMArena Non-English—1458
LMArena Chinese—1511
LMArena French—1477
LMArena German—1497
LMArena Japanese—1489
LMArena Korean—1443
LMArena Russian—1480
LMArena Spanish—1469

Instruction Following Too close to call

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 75.5 (#59), Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 75.7 (#56)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGemini 3 Flash Preview
LiveBench Instruction Following83.4%—
LMArena Instruction Following—1437

Long Context Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 29.2 (#292), Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 44.4 (#67)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGemini 3 Flash Preview
Fiction.LiveBench41.7%—
LMArena Longer Query—1452

Writing & Preference Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 52.7 (#165), Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 65.5 (#45)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGemini 3 Flash Preview
LMArena Text—1466
LMArena Creative Writing—1457
LMArena Multi-Turn—1471
LiveBench Language44.9%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 2.0 Pro better than Gemini 3 Flash Preview?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 2.0 Pro or Gemini 3 Flash Preview better for coding?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.9 versus 37.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Pro and Gemini 3 Flash Preview share?

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Pro has 14 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 3 Flash Preview has 59.

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