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Model comparison

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite vs Gemma 1.1 2b IT

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.0 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Google

37.0

Rank #211 Confirmed

Gemma 1.1 2b IT Google

29.3

Rank #313 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite scores higher in 8 categories and Gemma 1.1 2b IT in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads 56.8 to 25.1.
  • Gemma 1.1 2b IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 2.5 Flash-LiteGemma 1.1 2b IT
ProviderGoogleGoogle
Noometry Index37.029.3
Released2025-06-17—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.10—
Output $ / M tokens$0.40—
Results tracked3316

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 38.5 (#173), Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.1 (#299)

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteGemma 1.1 2b IT
LMArena Coding13731034
WeirdML35.2%—
ALE-Bench325.9—
HumanEval+—17.7%
MBPP+—23.3%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 28.0 (#96), Gemma 1.1 2b IT: —

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteGemma 1.1 2b IT
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard36.9%—

Reasoning Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 22.2 (#205), Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 19.1 (#270)

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteGemma 1.1 2b IT
LMArena Hard Prompts13771005
Kagi LLM Benchmark40.5%—
DTBench62.8%—
LMCA18.1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index133.94—

Math Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 38.0 (#144), Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.8 (#232)

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteGemma 1.1 2b IT
LMArena Math13731047
Omni-MATH48%—

Knowledge Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 32.5 (#210), Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 26.5 (#258)

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteGemma 1.1 2b IT
LMArena Expert1373970
MMLU-Pro53.7%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate3.3%—
GPQA (HELM)30.9%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 29.1 (#114), Gemma 1.1 2b IT: —

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteGemma 1.1 2b IT
LMArena Vision1198—
VPCT30%—

Multilingual Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 49.3 (#134), Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 24.6 (#289)

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteGemma 1.1 2b IT
LMArena Non-English1369988
LMArena Chinese14041012
LMArena German1389944
LMArena Korean1360899
LMArena Russian1373990
LMArena French1388—
LMArena Japanese1359—
LMArena Spanish1396—

Instruction Following Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 70.0 (#168), Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 49.9 (#299)

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteGemma 1.1 2b IT
LMArena Instruction Following1367992
IFEval81%—

Long Context Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 33.3 (#262), Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.6 (#286)

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteGemma 1.1 2b IT
LMArena Longer Query13731003
Fiction.LiveBench47.2%—

Writing & Preference Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 56.8 (#135), Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 25.1 (#306)

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteGemma 1.1 2b IT
LMArena Text13791022
LMArena Creative Writing1367998
LMArena Multi-Turn1366959
WildBench81.8%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite better than Gemma 1.1 2b IT?

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.0 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite or Gemma 1.1 2b IT better for coding?

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.5 versus 30.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite and Gemma 1.1 2b IT share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite has 33 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 1.1 2b IT has 16.

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