Model comparison

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite vs Llama 13b

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.8 to 23.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 9 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite Google

41.8

Rank #113 Confirmed

Llama 13b Meta

23.9

Rank #344 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 9 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite scores higher in 6 categories and Llama 13b in 0 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads 64.4 to 13.9.
  • Llama 13b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Llama 13b specifications
Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteLlama 13b
ProviderGoogleMeta
Noometry Index41.823.9
Released2026-07-212023-02-24
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.30—
Output $ / M tokens$2.50—
Results tracked3821

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 42.1 (#96), Llama 13b: 20.9 (#332)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteLlama 13b
LMArena Coding1455683
LMArena WebDev1440—
SciCode41.3%—
WeirdML39%—
ALE-Bench765.27—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 28.6 (#82), Llama 13b: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteLlama 13b
GDP.pdf10%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 27.8 (#95), Llama 13b: 13.4 (#327)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteLlama 13b
LMArena Hard Prompts1441728
Epoch Capabilities Index145.12100.09
ARC-AGI-210.3%—
NYT Connections (extended)60.4%—
ARC-AGI-153.5%—
CritPt0%—
Chess Puzzles22%—
Mystery Game Puzzles19%—
DTBench83.5%—
LMCA37.6%—
BIG-Bench Hard—37.9%
HellaSwag—79.2%
LAMBADA—75.2%
PIQA—80.1%
WinoGrande—73%

Math Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 25.7 (#245), Llama 13b: 24.4 (#259)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteLlama 13b
LMArena Math1431838
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)26%—
FrontierMath Tier 40%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202571.1%—
ProofBench13%—
GSM8K—20.6%

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 50.0 (#66), Llama 13b: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteLlama 13b
GPQA Diamond83.3%—
LMArena Expert1430—
ARC (AI2) Challenge—52.7%
BoolQ—78.7%
MMLU—47.7%
OpenBookQA—56.4%
TriviaQA—77.9%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 40.3 (#38), Llama 13b: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteLlama 13b
LMArena Vision1266—
ScienceQA—43.3%

Multilingual Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 53.8 (#59), Llama 13b: 16.8 (#292)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteLlama 13b
LMArena Non-English1428819
LMArena Chinese1467—
LMArena French1452—
LMArena German1454—
LMArena Japanese1428—
LMArena Korean1406—
LMArena Russian1443—
LMArena Spanish1440—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 75.0 (#77), Llama 13b: 36.9 (#300)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteLlama 13b
LMArena Instruction Following1420781

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 43.8 (#80), Llama 13b: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteLlama 13b
LMArena Longer Query1435—

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 64.4 (#55), Llama 13b: 13.9 (#307)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteLlama 13b
LMArena Text1436834
LMArena Creative Writing1419794
LMArena Multi-Turn1445753
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1559—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite better than Llama 13b?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.8 to 23.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite or Llama 13b better for coding?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.1 versus 20.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Llama 13b share?

9 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite has 38 scored results on Noometry and Llama 13b has 21.

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