Model comparison
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite vs Gemma 3 1B
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.0 to 21.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite scores higher in 4 categories and Gemma 3 1B in 0 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads 38.0 to 10.2.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard: 36.9% for Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite and 7.2% for Gemma 3 1B.
- Gemma 3 1B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Gemma 3 1B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | ||
| Noometry Index | 37.0 | 21.1 |
| Released | 2025-06-17 | 2025-03-12 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1.05M | — |
| Max output | 66K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.10 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.40 | — |
| Results tracked | 33 | 4 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 38.5 (#173), Gemma 3 1B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Gemma 3 1B |
|---|---|---|
| WeirdML | 35.2% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1373 | — |
| ALE-Bench | 325.9 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 28.0 (#96), Gemma 3 1B: 13.7 (#152)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Gemma 3 1B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 36.9% | 7.2% |
Reasoning Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 22.2 (#205), Gemma 3 1B: 19.2 (#264)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Gemma 3 1B |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 40.5% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1377 | — |
| DTBench | 62.8% | — |
| LMCA | 18.1% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 133.94 | — |
Math Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 38.0 (#144), Gemma 3 1B: 10.2 (#316)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Gemma 3 1B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 1.1% |
| Omni-MATH | 48% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1373 | — |
Knowledge Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 32.5 (#210), Gemma 3 1B: 7.0 (#314)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Gemma 3 1B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 19.9% |
| MMLU-Pro | 53.7% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 3.3% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 30.9% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1373 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 29.1 (#114), Gemma 3 1B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Gemma 3 1B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1198 | — |
| VPCT | 30% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 49.3 (#134), Gemma 3 1B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Gemma 3 1B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1369 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1404 | — |
| LMArena French | 1388 | — |
| LMArena German | 1389 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1359 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1360 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1373 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1396 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 70.0 (#168), Gemma 3 1B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Gemma 3 1B |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 81% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1367 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 33.3 (#262), Gemma 3 1B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Gemma 3 1B |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | 47.2% | — |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1373 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 56.8 (#135), Gemma 3 1B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Gemma 3 1B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1379 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1367 | — |
| WildBench | 81.8% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1366 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite better than Gemma 3 1B?
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.0 to 21.1 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite and Gemma 3 1B share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite has 33 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 3 1B has 4.