Model comparison
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite vs Llama 4 Scout
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 27.7 on the Noometry Index. Llama 4 Scout costs 5.7× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 28 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 28 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite scores higher in 10 categories and Llama 4 Scout in 0 categories; 10 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads 64.2 to 37.0.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 71.1% for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and 7.8% for Llama 4 Scout.
- Llama 4 Scout is cheaper at $0.10 / $0.30 per million input/output tokens, against $0.30 / $2.50 for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite.
- Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 128K.
- Llama 4 Scout has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Llama 4 Scout | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | |
| Noometry Index | 41.5 | 27.7 |
| Released | 2026-07-21 | 2025-04-05 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1.05M | 128K |
| Max output | 66K | 4K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.30 | $0.10 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $2.50 | $0.30 |
| Results tracked | 39 | 43 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 42.4 (#104), Llama 4 Scout: 20.2 (#339)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Llama 4 Scout |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 41.3% | 17% |
| LMArena Coding | 1453 | 1286 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | — | 9.1% |
| LMArena WebDev | 1440 | — |
| WeirdML | 39% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 43.1% |
| ALE-Bench | 765.27 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 25.7 (#107), Llama 4 Scout: 24.6 (#119)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Llama 4 Scout |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 29.3% | — |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 28.1% |
| GDP.pdf | 10% | — |
Reasoning Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 27.8 (#114), Llama 4 Scout: 9.1 (#345)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Llama 4 Scout |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 10.3% | 0% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 53.5% | 0.5% |
| CritPt | 0% | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1441 | 1266 |
| DTBench | 83.5% | 57.9% |
| LMCA | 37.6% | 12% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 145.13 | 129.64 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 36.9% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 60.4% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 22% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 19% | — |
| ForecastBench | — | 57.5 |
Math Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 25.9 (#264), Llama 4 Scout: 19.6 (#286)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Llama 4 Scout |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 71.1% | 7.8% |
| LMArena Math | 1433 | 1287 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 26% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 0% | — |
| ProofBench | 13% | — |
| Omni-MATH | — | 37.3% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 62.3% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 0% |
Knowledge Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 50.1 (#72), Llama 4 Scout: 31.9 (#217)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Llama 4 Scout |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 83.3% | 51.8% |
| LMArena Expert | 1435 | 1235 |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 74.2% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 7.7% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 50.7% |
Multimodal Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 41.1 (#40), Llama 4 Scout: 32.2 (#102)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Llama 4 Scout |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1268 | 1118 |
| SpatialViz-Bench | — | 34.2% |
Multilingual Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 53.5 (#63), Llama 4 Scout: 41.0 (#212)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Llama 4 Scout |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1427 | 1252 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1469 | 1255 |
| LMArena French | 1451 | 1282 |
| LMArena German | 1454 | 1272 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1427 | 1206 |
| LMArena Korean | 1407 | 1207 |
| LMArena Russian | 1443 | 1263 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1442 | 1278 |
Instruction Following Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 74.8 (#85), Llama 4 Scout: 65.8 (#217)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Llama 4 Scout |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1420 | 1248 |
| IFEval | — | 81.8% |
Long Context Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 43.9 (#84), Llama 4 Scout: 27.5 (#294)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Llama 4 Scout |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1435 | 1265 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 36% |
Writing & Preference Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 64.2 (#57), Llama 4 Scout: 37.0 (#261)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Llama 4 Scout |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1435 | 1279 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1420 | 1249 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1559 | 783 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1445 | 1280 |
| WildBench | — | 78% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite better than Llama 4 Scout?
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 27.7 on the Noometry Index. Llama 4 Scout costs 5.7× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite or Llama 4 Scout?
Llama 4 Scout is cheaper. It lists at $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.30 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite lists at $0.30 and $2.50.
Is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite or Llama 4 Scout better for coding?
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.4 versus 20.2 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite does, with 1.05M tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Llama 4 Scout share?
28 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite has 39 scored results on Noometry and Llama 4 Scout has 43.