Model comparison

Gemini 2.5 Pro vs Palm 2

Gemini 2.5 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.9 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 2.5 Pro Google

44.9

Rank #67 Confirmed

Palm 2 Google

29.4

Rank #296 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.5 Pro scores higher in 7 categories and Palm 2 in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 2.5 Pro leads 63.9 to 25.7.

Side by side

Gemini 2.5 Pro and Palm 2 specifications
Gemini 2.5 ProPalm 2
ProviderGoogleGoogle
Noometry Index44.929.4
Released2025-03-25—
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.25—
Output $ / M tokens$10—
Results tracked7810

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 2.5 Pro leads

Gemini 2.5 Pro: 42.8 (#86), Palm 2: 28.5 (#306)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 ProPalm 2
LMArena Coding1452995
SWE-bench Verified57.6%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)53.6%—
Aider Polyglot83.1%—
LMArena WebDev1227—
SciCode42.8%—
GSO3.9%—
WeirdML54%—
LiveBench Coding85.9%—
CadEval64%—
ALE-Bench785.52—
AlgoTune1.51—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 2.5 Pro: 29.1 (#81), Palm 2: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 ProPalm 2
Terminal-Bench32.6%—
GDPval23.3%—
Remote Labor Index0.8%—
TheAgentCompany30.3%—
τ²-bench Banking13.7%—
DeepResearch Bench42.8%—
BALROG43.3%—
LMArena Search1142—
METR Time Horizons55.4%—
Vending-Bench 2573.64—

Reasoning Gemini 2.5 Pro leads

Gemini 2.5 Pro: 28.8 (#85), Palm 2: 18.2 (#270)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 ProPalm 2
LMArena Hard Prompts14551005
ARC-AGI-24.9%—
SimpleBench62.4%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark70.3%—
ARC-AGI-141%—
CritPt2%—
Chess Puzzles20%—
EnigmaEval5.6%—
LiveBench Reasoning89.8%—
DTBench82.4%—
LiveBench Data Analysis79.9%—
LMCA34.8%—
Epoch Capabilities Index145.32—
ForecastBench61.3—
LiveBench82.3%—

Math Gemini 2.5 Pro leads

Gemini 2.5 Pro: 31.9 (#191), Palm 2: 28.4 (#229)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 ProPalm 2
LMArena Math14501049
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)24.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 40%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202584.7%—
Omni-MATH41.6%—
LiveBench Math90.2%—
MATH Level 595.9%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)14.1%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)4.2%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemini 2.5 Pro: 55.8 (#41), Palm 2: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 ProPalm 2
GPQA Diamond85.3%—
Humanity's Last Exam21.6%—
MMLU-Pro86.3%—
Confabulations10.6%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate7%—
GPQA (HELM)74.9%—
LMArena Expert1452—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 2.5 Pro: 44.5 (#16), Palm 2: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 ProPalm 2
LMArena Vision1263—
GeoBench86%—
VPCT48%—
LMArena Document1421—
SpatialViz-Bench44.7%—

Multilingual Gemini 2.5 Pro leads

Gemini 2.5 Pro: 55.5 (#30), Palm 2: 21.1 (#290)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 ProPalm 2
LMArena Non-English1452916
LMArena Chinese1507887
LMArena French1473—
LMArena German1487—
LMArena Japanese1462—
LMArena Korean1435—
LMArena Russian1460—
LMArena Spanish1473—

Instruction Following Gemini 2.5 Pro leads

Gemini 2.5 Pro: 75.2 (#71), Palm 2: 51.3 (#291)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 ProPalm 2
LMArena Instruction Following14361010
LiveBench Instruction Following80.6%—
IFEval84%—

Long Context Gemini 2.5 Pro leads

Gemini 2.5 Pro: 59.7 (#5), Palm 2: 30.7 (#280)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 ProPalm 2
LMArena Longer Query14491010
Fiction.LiveBench91.7%—

Writing & Preference Gemini 2.5 Pro leads

Gemini 2.5 Pro: 63.9 (#60), Palm 2: 25.7 (#299)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 ProPalm 2
LMArena Text14581027
LMArena Creative Writing1453991
LMArena Multi-Turn1453994
Short-Story Creative Writing83.8%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1421—
WildBench85.7%—
LiveBench Language67.8%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 2.5 Pro better than Palm 2?

Gemini 2.5 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.9 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 2.5 Pro or Palm 2 better for coding?

Gemini 2.5 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.8 versus 28.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.5 Pro and Palm 2 share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.5 Pro has 78 scored results on Noometry and Palm 2 has 10.

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