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Model comparison

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite vs Gemma 1.1 2b IT

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite Google

41.5

Rank #133 Confirmed

Gemma 1.1 2b IT Google

29.3

Rank #313 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite scores higher in 7 categories and Gemma 1.1 2b IT in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads 64.2 to 25.1.
  • Gemma 1.1 2b IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteGemma 1.1 2b IT
ProviderGoogleGoogle
Noometry Index41.529.3
Released2026-07-21—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.30—
Output $ / M tokens$2.50—
Results tracked3916

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 42.4 (#104), Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.1 (#299)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGemma 1.1 2b IT
LMArena Coding14531034
LMArena WebDev1440—
SciCode41.3%—
WeirdML39%—
ALE-Bench765.27—
HumanEval+—17.7%
MBPP+—23.3%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 25.7 (#107), Gemma 1.1 2b IT: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGemma 1.1 2b IT
APEX-Agents29.3%—
GDP.pdf10%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 27.8 (#114), Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 19.1 (#270)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGemma 1.1 2b IT
LMArena Hard Prompts14411005
ARC-AGI-210.3%—
NYT Connections (extended)60.4%—
ARC-AGI-153.5%—
CritPt0%—
Chess Puzzles22%—
Mystery Game Puzzles19%—
DTBench83.5%—
LMCA37.6%—
Epoch Capabilities Index145.13—

Math Gemma 1.1 2b IT leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 25.9 (#264), Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.8 (#232)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGemma 1.1 2b IT
LMArena Math14331047
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)26%—
FrontierMath Tier 40%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202571.1%—
ProofBench13%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 50.1 (#72), Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 26.5 (#258)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGemma 1.1 2b IT
LMArena Expert1435970
GPQA Diamond83.3%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 41.1 (#40), Gemma 1.1 2b IT: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGemma 1.1 2b IT
LMArena Vision1268—

Multilingual Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 53.5 (#63), Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 24.6 (#289)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGemma 1.1 2b IT
LMArena Non-English1427988
LMArena Chinese14691012
LMArena German1454944
LMArena Korean1407899
LMArena Russian1443990
LMArena French1451—
LMArena Japanese1427—
LMArena Spanish1442—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 74.8 (#85), Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 49.9 (#299)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGemma 1.1 2b IT
LMArena Instruction Following1420992

Long Context Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 43.9 (#84), Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.6 (#286)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGemma 1.1 2b IT
LMArena Longer Query14351003

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 64.2 (#57), Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 25.1 (#306)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGemma 1.1 2b IT
LMArena Text14351022
LMArena Creative Writing1420998
LMArena Multi-Turn1445959
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1559—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite better than Gemma 1.1 2b IT?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite or Gemma 1.1 2b IT better for coding?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.4 versus 30.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Gemma 1.1 2b IT share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite has 39 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 1.1 2b IT has 16.

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