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Model comparison

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite vs Gemma 2 2b IT

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.0 to 33.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Google

37.0

Rank #211 Confirmed

Gemma 2 2b IT Google

33.1

Rank #248 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite scores higher in 7 categories and Gemma 2 2b IT in 1 category; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads 56.8 to 36.5.
  • Gemma 2 2b IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 2.5 Flash-LiteGemma 2 2b IT
ProviderGoogleGoogle
Noometry Index37.033.1
Released2025-06-17—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.10—
Output $ / M tokens$0.40—
Results tracked3317

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 38.5 (#173), Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.3 (#273)

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteGemma 2 2b IT
LMArena Coding13731112
WeirdML35.2%—
ALE-Bench325.9—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

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

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

Reasoning Too close to call

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 22.2 (#205), Gemma 2 2b IT: 21.4 (#224)

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteGemma 2 2b IT
LMArena Hard Prompts13771113
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 2 2b IT: 32.6 (#212)

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteGemma 2 2b IT
LMArena Math13731135
Omni-MATH48%—

Knowledge Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 32.5 (#210), Gemma 2 2b IT: 29.9 (#231)

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteGemma 2 2b IT
LMArena Expert13731096
MMLU-Pro53.7%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate3.3%—
GPQA (HELM)30.9%—

Multimodal Not comparable

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

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

Multilingual Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 49.3 (#134), Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.3 (#257)

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteGemma 2 2b IT
LMArena Non-English13691121
LMArena Chinese14041132
LMArena French13881157
LMArena German13891114
LMArena Japanese13591083
LMArena Korean13601055
LMArena Russian13731118
LMArena Spanish13961140

Instruction Following Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 70.0 (#168), Gemma 2 2b IT: 57.8 (#263)

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteGemma 2 2b IT
LMArena Instruction Following13671118
IFEval81%—

Long Context Too close to call

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 33.3 (#262), Gemma 2 2b IT: 34.3 (#250)

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteGemma 2 2b IT
LMArena Longer Query13731130
Fiction.LiveBench47.2%—

Writing & Preference Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 56.8 (#135), Gemma 2 2b IT: 36.5 (#263)

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteGemma 2 2b IT
LMArena Text13791156
LMArena Creative Writing13671147
LMArena Multi-Turn13661118
WildBench81.8%—

Frequently asked questions

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

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.0 to 33.1 on the Noometry Index.

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

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.5 versus 32.3 in the Noometry coding category.

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

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite has 33 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 2 2b IT has 17.

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