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Model comparison

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite vs Gemma 1.1 7b IT

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.8 to 30.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite Google

41.8

Rank #113 Confirmed

Gemma 1.1 7b IT Google

30.7

Rank #275 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite scores higher in 7 categories and Gemma 1.1 7b 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 64.4 to 30.6.
  • Gemma 1.1 7b IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteGemma 1.1 7b IT
ProviderGoogleGoogle
Noometry Index41.830.7
Released2026-07-21—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.30—
Output $ / M tokens$2.50—
Results tracked3819

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 42.1 (#96), Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 31.0 (#279)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGemma 1.1 7b IT
LMArena Coding14551084
LMArena WebDev1440—
SciCode41.3%—
WeirdML39%—
ALE-Bench765.27—
HumanEval+—35.4%
MBPP+—45%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 28.6 (#82), Gemma 1.1 7b IT: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGemma 1.1 7b IT
GDP.pdf10%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 27.8 (#95), Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 19.6 (#235)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGemma 1.1 7b IT
LMArena Hard Prompts14411071
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 Index145.12—

Math Gemma 1.1 7b IT leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 25.7 (#245), Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 29.5 (#217)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGemma 1.1 7b IT
LMArena Math14311107
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: 50.0 (#66), Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 27.8 (#242)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGemma 1.1 7b IT
LMArena Expert14301039
GPQA Diamond83.3%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 40.3 (#38), Gemma 1.1 7b IT: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGemma 1.1 7b IT
LMArena Vision1266—

Multilingual Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 53.8 (#59), Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 28.3 (#268)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGemma 1.1 7b IT
LMArena Non-English14281052
LMArena Chinese14671060
LMArena French14521064
LMArena German14541054
LMArena Japanese1428971
LMArena Korean1406988
LMArena Russian14431046
LMArena Spanish14401049

Instruction Following Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 75.0 (#77), Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 54.3 (#278)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGemma 1.1 7b IT
LMArena Instruction Following14201057

Long Context Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 43.8 (#80), Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 32.0 (#267)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGemma 1.1 7b IT
LMArena Longer Query14351056

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 64.4 (#55), Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 30.6 (#283)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGemma 1.1 7b IT
LMArena Text14361094
LMArena Creative Writing14191059
LMArena Multi-Turn14451040
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1559—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite better than Gemma 1.1 7b IT?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.8 to 30.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite or Gemma 1.1 7b IT better for coding?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.1 versus 31.0 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Gemma 1.1 7b IT share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite has 38 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 1.1 7b IT has 19.

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