Model comparison
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite vs Llama 2-7B
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.8 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
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MetaSummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite scores higher in 8 categories and Llama 2-7B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads 60.9 to 28.0.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Chess Puzzles: 25% for Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite and 0% for Llama 2-7B.
- Llama 2-7B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Llama 2-7B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | |
| Noometry Index | 40.8 | 29.1 |
| Released | 2026-03-03 | 2023-07-18 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1.05M | — |
| Max output | 66K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.25 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $1.50 | — |
| Results tracked | 38 | 29 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 37.8 (#188), Llama 2-7B: 29.2 (#307)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1400 | 1002 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1256 | — |
| SciCode | 41.9% | — |
| WeirdML | 52.2% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 797.73 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 30.2 (#79), Llama 2-7B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| DeepResearch Bench | 37.3% | — |
Reasoning Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 22.9 (#186), Llama 2-7B: 15.7 (#312)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 25% | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1407 | 1009 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 144.47 | 99.06 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 67.2% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 8.2% | — |
| CritPt | 1.1% | — |
| EnigmaEval | 3% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | 63.3% | — |
| DTBench | 76.8% | — |
| LMCA | 35% | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 39.2% |
| ForecastBench | 54.4 | — |
| HellaSwag | — | 77.2% |
| LAMBADA | — | 73.3% |
| PIQA | — | 78.8% |
| WinoGrande | — | 69.2% |
Math Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 40.7 (#90), Llama 2-7B: 30.7 (#233)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1428 | 1042 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 27.7% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 80% | — |
| GSM8K | — | 16.7% |
Knowledge Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 41.9 (#104), Llama 2-7B: 28.2 (#248)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1398 | 1036 |
| GPQA Diamond | 81.8% | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 8.6% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 8.2% | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 45.9% |
| BoolQ | — | 77.9% |
| MMLU | — | 45.8% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 58.6% |
| TriviaQA | — | 73.7% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 39.4 (#60), Llama 2-7B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1240 | — |
| ScienceQA | — | 43.1% |
Multilingual Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 52.3 (#86), Llama 2-7B: 23.8 (#293)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1411 | 973 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1461 | 973 |
| LMArena French | 1424 | 970 |
| LMArena German | 1429 | 978 |
| LMArena Russian | 1420 | 995 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1421 | 1007 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1413 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1392 | — |
Instruction Following Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 72.7 (#131), Llama 2-7B: 50.8 (#298)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1377 | 1006 |
Long Context Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 42.5 (#122), Llama 2-7B: 30.4 (#287)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1394 | 999 |
Writing & Preference Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 60.9 (#94), Llama 2-7B: 28.0 (#298)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1416 | 1053 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1401 | 1033 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1417 | 1029 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite better than Llama 2-7B?
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.8 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite or Llama 2-7B better for coding?
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.8 versus 29.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite and Llama 2-7B share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite has 38 scored results on Noometry and Llama 2-7B has 29.