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Model comparison

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite vs Gemma 2 2b IT

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 33.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite Google

41.5

Rank #133 Confirmed

Gemma 2 2b IT Google

33.1

Rank #248 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite scores higher in 7 categories and Gemma 2 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 36.5.
  • Gemma 2 2b IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteGemma 2 2b IT
ProviderGoogleGoogle
Noometry Index41.533.1
Released2026-07-21—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.30—
Output $ / M tokens$2.50—
Results tracked3917

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 42.4 (#104), Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.3 (#273)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGemma 2 2b IT
LMArena Coding14531112
LMArena WebDev1440—
SciCode41.3%—
WeirdML39%—
ALE-Bench765.27—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

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

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

Reasoning Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 27.8 (#114), Gemma 2 2b IT: 21.4 (#224)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGemma 2 2b IT
LMArena Hard Prompts14411113
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 2 2b IT leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 25.9 (#264), Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.6 (#212)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGemma 2 2b IT
LMArena Math14331135
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 2 2b IT: 29.9 (#231)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGemma 2 2b IT
LMArena Expert14351096
GPQA Diamond83.3%—

Multimodal Not comparable

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

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGemma 2 2b IT
LMArena Vision1268—

Multilingual Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 53.5 (#63), Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.3 (#257)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGemma 2 2b IT
LMArena Non-English14271121
LMArena Chinese14691132
LMArena French14511157
LMArena German14541114
LMArena Japanese14271083
LMArena Korean14071055
LMArena Russian14431118
LMArena Spanish14421140

Instruction Following Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 74.8 (#85), Gemma 2 2b IT: 57.8 (#263)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGemma 2 2b IT
LMArena Instruction Following14201118

Long Context Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 43.9 (#84), Gemma 2 2b IT: 34.3 (#250)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGemma 2 2b IT
LMArena Longer Query14351130

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 64.2 (#57), Gemma 2 2b IT: 36.5 (#263)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGemma 2 2b IT
LMArena Text14351156
LMArena Creative Writing14201147
LMArena Multi-Turn14451118
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1559—

Frequently asked questions

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

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 33.1 on the Noometry Index.

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

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.4 versus 32.3 in the Noometry coding category.

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

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite has 39 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 2 2b IT has 17.

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