Model comparison

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite vs Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 31.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 9 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite Google

41.5

Rank #133 Confirmed

Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat NVIDIA

31.8

Rank #268 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 9 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite scores higher in 6 categories and Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat in 1 category; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads 64.2 to 31.6.
  • Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat specifications
Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteLlama2 70b Steerlm Chat
ProviderGoogleNVIDIA
Noometry Index41.531.8
Released2026-07-21—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.30—
Output $ / M tokens$2.50—
Results tracked399

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 42.4 (#104), Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: 29.9 (#300)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteLlama2 70b Steerlm Chat
LMArena Coding14531025
LMArena WebDev1440—
SciCode41.3%—
WeirdML39%—
ALE-Bench765.27—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 25.7 (#107), Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteLlama2 70b Steerlm Chat
APEX-Agents29.3%—
GDP.pdf10%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 27.8 (#114), Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: 20.0 (#246)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteLlama2 70b Steerlm Chat
LMArena Hard Prompts14411047
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 Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 25.9 (#264), Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: 31.3 (#226)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteLlama2 70b Steerlm Chat
LMArena Math14331072
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)26%—
FrontierMath Tier 40%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202571.1%—
ProofBench13%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 50.1 (#72), Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteLlama2 70b Steerlm Chat
GPQA Diamond83.3%—
LMArena Expert1435—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 41.1 (#40), Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteLlama2 70b Steerlm Chat
LMArena Vision1268—

Multilingual Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 53.5 (#63), Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: 28.8 (#270)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteLlama2 70b Steerlm Chat
LMArena Non-English14271063
LMArena Chinese1469—
LMArena French1451—
LMArena German1454—
LMArena Japanese1427—
LMArena Korean1407—
LMArena Russian1443—
LMArena Spanish1442—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 74.8 (#85), Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: 54.2 (#279)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteLlama2 70b Steerlm Chat
LMArena Instruction Following14201060

Long Context Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 43.9 (#84), Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: 30.4 (#288)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteLlama2 70b Steerlm Chat
LMArena Longer Query1435998

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 64.2 (#57), Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: 31.6 (#283)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteLlama2 70b Steerlm Chat
LMArena Text14351098
LMArena Creative Writing14201091
LMArena Multi-Turn14451058
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1559—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite better than Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 31.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite or Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat better for coding?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.4 versus 29.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat share?

9 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite has 39 scored results on Noometry and Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat has 9.

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