Model comparison
Gemini 2.5 Flash vs Gemma 3n E4b IT
Gemini 2.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.3 to 37.3 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.5 Flash scores higher in 6 categories and Gemma 3n E4b IT in 2 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in instruction following, where Gemini 2.5 Flash leads 75.7 to 66.1.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Kagi LLM Benchmark: 56.8% for Gemini 2.5 Flash and 31.5% for Gemma 3n E4b IT.
- Gemma 3n E4b IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 2.5 Flash | Gemma 3n E4b IT | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | ||
| Noometry Index | 39.3 | 37.3 |
| Released | 2025-04-17 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1.05M | — |
| Max output | 66K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.30 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $2.50 | — |
| Results tracked | 54 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemma 3n E4b IT leads
Gemini 2.5 Flash: 35.8 (#220), Gemma 3n E4b IT: 37.0 (#198)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash | Gemma 3n E4b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1424 | 1268 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 28.7% | — |
| Aider Polyglot | 55.1% | — |
| WeirdML | 41.9% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 661.88 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 2.5 Flash: 30.8 (#74), Gemma 3n E4b IT: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash | Gemma 3n E4b IT |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | 17.1% | — |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 56.2% | — |
| TheAgentCompany | 41.1% | — |
| BALROG | 33.5% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 548.84 | — |
Reasoning Gemma 3n E4b IT leads
Gemini 2.5 Flash: 18.1 (#286), Gemma 3n E4b IT: 19.9 (#247)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash | Gemma 3n E4b IT |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 56.8% | 31.5% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1422 | 1284 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 2.5% | — |
| SimpleBench | 41.2% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 33.3% | — |
| CritPt | 1.1% | — |
| EnigmaEval | 2.7% | — |
| DTBench | 76.5% | — |
| LMCA | 27.5% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 143.03 | — |
| ForecastBench | 60.6 | — |
Math Gemini 2.5 Flash leads
Gemini 2.5 Flash: 39.9 (#98), Gemma 3n E4b IT: 35.1 (#188)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash | Gemma 3n E4b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1415 | 1251 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 73.1% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 38.5% | — |
| 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 3n E4b IT: 34.2 (#198)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash | Gemma 3n E4b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1426 | 1246 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 12.1% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 63.9% | — |
| Confabulations | 16.8% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 7.8% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 39% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 2.5 Flash: 41.8 (#32), Gemma 3n E4b IT: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash | Gemma 3n E4b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1253 | — |
| GeoBench | 76% | — |
| VPCT | 46.2% | — |
| SpatialViz-Bench | 36.9% | — |
Multilingual Gemini 2.5 Flash leads
Gemini 2.5 Flash: 52.3 (#88), Gemma 3n E4b IT: 43.4 (#183)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash | Gemma 3n E4b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1409 | 1285 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1450 | 1309 |
| LMArena French | 1433 | 1330 |
| LMArena German | 1418 | 1311 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1405 | 1272 |
| LMArena Korean | 1385 | 1259 |
| LMArena Russian | 1415 | 1288 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1421 | 1305 |
Instruction Following Gemini 2.5 Flash leads
Gemini 2.5 Flash: 75.7 (#54), Gemma 3n E4b IT: 66.1 (#210)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash | Gemma 3n E4b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1405 | 1255 |
| IFEval | 89.8% | — |
Long Context Gemini 2.5 Flash leads
Gemini 2.5 Flash: 47.5 (#17), Gemma 3n E4b IT: 38.7 (#191)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash | Gemma 3n E4b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1419 | 1276 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 77.8% | — |
Writing & Preference Gemini 2.5 Flash leads
Gemini 2.5 Flash: 53.8 (#157), Gemma 3n E4b IT: 50.1 (#186)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash | Gemma 3n E4b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1417 | 1306 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1400 | 1287 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1408 | 1276 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 76.5% | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1137 | — |
| WildBench | 81.7% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 2.5 Flash better than Gemma 3n E4b IT?
Gemini 2.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.3 to 37.3 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 2.5 Flash or Gemma 3n E4b IT better for coding?
Gemma 3n E4b IT scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.0 versus 35.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.5 Flash and Gemma 3n E4b IT share?
18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.5 Flash has 54 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 3n E4b IT has 18.