Model comparison

Gemini 2.5 Flash vs Llama 4 Scout

Gemini 2.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.3 to 27.7 on the Noometry Index. Llama 4 Scout costs 5.7× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 2.5 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 39 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 2.5 Flash Google

39.3

Rank #170 Confirmed

Llama 4 Scout Meta

27.7

Rank #330 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 39 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.5 Flash scores higher in 10 categories and Llama 4 Scout in 0 categories; 10 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 2.5 Flash leads 39.9 to 19.6.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 73.1% for Gemini 2.5 Flash and 7.8% for Llama 4 Scout.
  • Llama 4 Scout is cheaper at $0.10 / $0.30 per million input/output tokens, against $0.30 / $2.50 for Gemini 2.5 Flash.
  • Gemini 2.5 Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 128K.
  • Llama 4 Scout has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 2.5 Flash and Llama 4 Scout specifications
Gemini 2.5 FlashLlama 4 Scout
ProviderGoogleMeta
Noometry Index39.327.7
Released2025-04-172025-04-05
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M128K
Max output66K4K
Input $ / M tokens$0.30$0.10
Output $ / M tokens$2.50$0.30
Results tracked5443

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 2.5 Flash leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash: 35.8 (#220), Llama 4 Scout: 20.2 (#339)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 FlashLlama 4 Scout
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)28.7%9.1%
LMArena Coding14241286
Aider Polyglot55.1%—
SciCode—17%
WeirdML41.9%—
BigCodeBench Complete—43.1%
ALE-Bench661.88—

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 2.5 Flash leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash: 30.8 (#74), Llama 4 Scout: 24.6 (#119)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 FlashLlama 4 Scout
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard56.2%28.1%
Terminal-Bench17.1%—
TheAgentCompany41.1%—
BALROG33.5%—
Vending-Bench 2548.84—

Reasoning Gemini 2.5 Flash leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash: 18.1 (#286), Llama 4 Scout: 9.1 (#345)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 FlashLlama 4 Scout
ARC-AGI-22.5%0%
Kagi LLM Benchmark56.8%36.9%
ARC-AGI-133.3%0.5%
CritPt1.1%0%
LMArena Hard Prompts14221266
DTBench76.5%57.9%
LMCA27.5%12%
Epoch Capabilities Index143.03129.64
ForecastBench60.657.5
SimpleBench41.2%—
EnigmaEval2.7%—

Math Gemini 2.5 Flash leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash: 39.9 (#98), Llama 4 Scout: 19.6 (#286)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 FlashLlama 4 Scout
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202573.1%7.8%
Omni-MATH38.5%37.3%
LMArena Math14151287
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)4.8%0%
MATH Level 5—62.3%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)4.2%—

Knowledge Gemini 2.5 Flash leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash: 36.4 (#168), Llama 4 Scout: 31.9 (#217)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 FlashLlama 4 Scout
MMLU-Pro63.9%74.2%
Vectara Hallucination Rate7.8%7.7%
GPQA (HELM)39%50.7%
LMArena Expert14261235
GPQA Diamond—51.8%
Humanity's Last Exam12.1%—
Confabulations16.8%—

Multimodal Gemini 2.5 Flash leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash: 41.8 (#32), Llama 4 Scout: 32.2 (#102)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 FlashLlama 4 Scout
LMArena Vision12531118
SpatialViz-Bench36.9%34.2%
GeoBench76%—
VPCT46.2%—

Multilingual Gemini 2.5 Flash leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash: 52.3 (#88), Llama 4 Scout: 41.0 (#212)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 FlashLlama 4 Scout
LMArena Non-English14091252
LMArena Chinese14501255
LMArena French14331282
LMArena German14181272
LMArena Japanese14051206
LMArena Korean13851207
LMArena Russian14151263
LMArena Spanish14211278

Instruction Following Gemini 2.5 Flash leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash: 75.7 (#54), Llama 4 Scout: 65.8 (#217)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 FlashLlama 4 Scout
IFEval89.8%81.8%
LMArena Instruction Following14051248

Long Context Gemini 2.5 Flash leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash: 47.5 (#17), Llama 4 Scout: 27.5 (#294)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 FlashLlama 4 Scout
Fiction.LiveBench77.8%36%
LMArena Longer Query14191265

Writing & Preference Gemini 2.5 Flash leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash: 53.8 (#157), Llama 4 Scout: 37.0 (#261)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 FlashLlama 4 Scout
LMArena Text14171279
LMArena Creative Writing14001249
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1137783
WildBench81.7%78%
LMArena Multi-Turn14081280
Short-Story Creative Writing76.5%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 2.5 Flash better than Llama 4 Scout?

Gemini 2.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.3 to 27.7 on the Noometry Index. Llama 4 Scout costs 5.7× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 2.5 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 2.5 Flash or Llama 4 Scout?

Llama 4 Scout is cheaper. It lists at $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.30 per million output tokens; Gemini 2.5 Flash lists at $0.30 and $2.50.

Is Gemini 2.5 Flash or Llama 4 Scout better for coding?

Gemini 2.5 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.8 versus 20.2 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 2.5 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 128K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.5 Flash and Llama 4 Scout share?

39 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.5 Flash has 54 scored results on Noometry and Llama 4 Scout has 43.

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