Model comparison

Gemini 2.5 Flash vs Gemma 3 1B

Gemini 2.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.3 to 21.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 2.5 Flash Google

39.3

Rank #170 Confirmed

Gemma 3 1B Google

21.1

Rank #353 Reported

Summary

  • They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.5 Flash scores higher in 3 categories and Gemma 3 1B in 1 category; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 2.5 Flash leads 39.9 to 10.2.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 73.1% for Gemini 2.5 Flash and 1.1% for Gemma 3 1B.
  • Gemma 3 1B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 2.5 Flash and Gemma 3 1B specifications
Gemini 2.5 FlashGemma 3 1B
ProviderGoogleGoogle
Noometry Index39.321.1
Released2025-04-172025-03-12
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.30—
Output $ / M tokens$2.50—
Results tracked544

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemini 2.5 Flash: 35.8 (#220), Gemma 3 1B: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 FlashGemma 3 1B
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)28.7%—
Aider Polyglot55.1%—
WeirdML41.9%—
LMArena Coding1424—
ALE-Bench661.88—

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 2.5 Flash leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash: 30.8 (#74), Gemma 3 1B: 13.7 (#152)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 FlashGemma 3 1B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard56.2%7.2%
Terminal-Bench17.1%—
TheAgentCompany41.1%—
BALROG33.5%—
Vending-Bench 2548.84—

Reasoning Gemma 3 1B leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash: 18.1 (#286), Gemma 3 1B: 19.2 (#264)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 FlashGemma 3 1B
ARC-AGI-22.5%—
SimpleBench41.2%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark56.8%—
ARC-AGI-133.3%—
CritPt1.1%—
Chess Puzzles—0%
EnigmaEval2.7%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1422—
DTBench76.5%—
LMCA27.5%—
Epoch Capabilities Index143.03—
ForecastBench60.6—

Math Gemini 2.5 Flash leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash: 39.9 (#98), Gemma 3 1B: 10.2 (#316)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 FlashGemma 3 1B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202573.1%1.1%
Omni-MATH38.5%—
LMArena Math1415—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)4.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)4.2%—

Knowledge Gemini 2.5 Flash leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash: 36.4 (#168), Gemma 3 1B: 7.0 (#314)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 FlashGemma 3 1B
GPQA Diamond—19.9%
Humanity's Last Exam12.1%—
MMLU-Pro63.9%—
Confabulations16.8%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate7.8%—
GPQA (HELM)39%—
LMArena Expert1426—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 2.5 Flash: 41.8 (#32), Gemma 3 1B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 FlashGemma 3 1B
LMArena Vision1253—
GeoBench76%—
VPCT46.2%—
SpatialViz-Bench36.9%—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 2.5 Flash: 52.3 (#88), Gemma 3 1B: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 FlashGemma 3 1B
LMArena Non-English1409—
LMArena Chinese1450—
LMArena French1433—
LMArena German1418—
LMArena Japanese1405—
LMArena Korean1385—
LMArena Russian1415—
LMArena Spanish1421—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemini 2.5 Flash: 75.7 (#54), Gemma 3 1B: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 FlashGemma 3 1B
IFEval89.8%—
LMArena Instruction Following1405—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 2.5 Flash: 47.5 (#17), Gemma 3 1B: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 FlashGemma 3 1B
Fiction.LiveBench77.8%—
LMArena Longer Query1419—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemini 2.5 Flash: 53.8 (#157), Gemma 3 1B: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 FlashGemma 3 1B
LMArena Text1417—
LMArena Creative Writing1400—
Short-Story Creative Writing76.5%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1137—
WildBench81.7%—
LMArena Multi-Turn1408—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 2.5 Flash better than Gemma 3 1B?

Gemini 2.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.3 to 21.1 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.5 Flash and Gemma 3 1B share?

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.5 Flash has 54 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 3 1B has 4.

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