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Model comparison

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite vs Gemma 1.1 7b IT

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.0 to 31.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Google

37.0

Rank #211 Confirmed

Gemma 1.1 7b IT Google

31.3

Rank #277 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite scores higher in 8 categories and Gemma 1.1 7b 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 30.4.
  • Gemma 1.1 7b IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 2.5 Flash-LiteGemma 1.1 7b IT
ProviderGoogleGoogle
Noometry Index37.031.3
Released2025-06-17—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.10—
Output $ / M tokens$0.40—
Results tracked3319

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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 7b IT: 31.5 (#284)

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteGemma 1.1 7b IT
LMArena Coding13731084
WeirdML35.2%—
ALE-Bench325.9—
HumanEval+—35.4%
MBPP+—45%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 28.0 (#96), Gemma 1.1 7b IT: —

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteGemma 1.1 7b IT
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard36.9%—

Reasoning Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 22.2 (#205), Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 20.5 (#238)

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteGemma 1.1 7b IT
LMArena Hard Prompts13771071
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 7b IT: 32.0 (#220)

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteGemma 1.1 7b IT
LMArena Math13731107
Omni-MATH48%—

Knowledge Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 32.5 (#210), Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 28.3 (#247)

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteGemma 1.1 7b IT
LMArena Expert13731039
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 7b IT: —

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteGemma 1.1 7b IT
LMArena Vision1198—
VPCT30%—

Multilingual Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 49.3 (#134), Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 28.1 (#273)

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteGemma 1.1 7b IT
LMArena Non-English13691052
LMArena Chinese14041061
LMArena French13881065
LMArena German13891054
LMArena Japanese1359971
LMArena Korean1360988
LMArena Russian13731046
LMArena Spanish13961049

Instruction Following Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 70.0 (#168), Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 54.0 (#283)

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteGemma 1.1 7b IT
LMArena Instruction Following13671057
IFEval81%—

Long Context Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 33.3 (#262), Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 32.1 (#272)

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteGemma 1.1 7b IT
LMArena Longer Query13731056
Fiction.LiveBench47.2%—

Writing & Preference Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 56.8 (#135), Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 30.4 (#288)

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteGemma 1.1 7b IT
LMArena Text13791094
LMArena Creative Writing13671060
LMArena Multi-Turn13661040
WildBench81.8%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite better than Gemma 1.1 7b IT?

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.0 to 31.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite or Gemma 1.1 7b IT better for coding?

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.5 versus 31.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite and Gemma 1.1 7b IT share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite has 33 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 1.1 7b IT has 19.

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