Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.5 Flash vs Gemma 3 1B

Gemini 3.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.2 to 21.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.5 Flash Google

54.2

Rank #32 Confirmed

Gemma 3 1B Google

21.1

Rank #353 Reported

Summary

  • They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.5 Flash scores higher in 4 categories and Gemma 3 1B in 0 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Gemini 3.5 Flash leads 66.3 to 7.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 95.6% for Gemini 3.5 Flash and 1.1% for Gemma 3 1B.
  • Gemma 3 1B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.5 FlashGemma 3 1B
ProviderGoogleGoogle
Noometry Index54.221.1
Released2026-05-192025-03-12
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.50—
Output $ / M tokens$9—
Results tracked544

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 49.4 (#49), Gemma 3 1B: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashGemma 3 1B
SWE-bench Verified79.3%—
DeepSWE37.4%—
LMArena WebDev1499—
SciCode53.1%—
WeirdML62.6%—
LMArena Coding1492—
ALE-Bench911.02—

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 24.7 (#114), Gemma 3 1B: 13.7 (#152)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashGemma 3 1B
APEX-Agents27.5%—
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—7.2%
GBAEval6.7%—
GDP.pdf14%—
Vending-Bench 25,396—

Reasoning Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 62.8 (#18), Gemma 3 1B: 19.2 (#264)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashGemma 3 1B
Chess Puzzles50%0%
ARC-AGI-272.1%—
SimpleBench76.7%—
NYT Connections (extended)92.6%—
ARC-AGI-192.5%—
CritPt13.1%—
EnigmaEval25.4%—
EBR-Bench4.8%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1488—
Mystery Game Puzzles32%—
DTBench94.7%—
LMCA47.1%—
Surface Evolver Bench58.1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index154.46—
ForecastBench59—

Math Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 60.7 (#36), Gemma 3 1B: 10.2 (#316)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashGemma 3 1B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202595.6%1.1%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)62.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 426.8%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions76.3%—
ProofBench31%—
LMArena Math1504—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)39%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)14.6%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 66.3 (#11), Gemma 3 1B: 7.0 (#314)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashGemma 3 1B
GPQA Diamond92.8%19.9%
SimpleQA Verified66.2%—
LMArena Expert1495—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 45.7 (#15), Gemma 3 1B: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashGemma 3 1B
LMArena Vision1310—
Blueprint-Bench 233.6%—
LMArena Document1463—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 57.0 (#13), Gemma 3 1B: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashGemma 3 1B
LMArena Non-English1476—
LMArena Chinese1526—
LMArena French1490—
LMArena German1492—
LMArena Japanese1486—
LMArena Korean1451—
LMArena Russian1493—
LMArena Spanish1480—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 77.0 (#30), Gemma 3 1B: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashGemma 3 1B
LMArena Instruction Following1467—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 45.4 (#38), Gemma 3 1B: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashGemma 3 1B
LMArena Longer Query1482—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 65.5 (#47), Gemma 3 1B: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashGemma 3 1B
LMArena Text1482—
LMArena Creative Writing1470—
EQ-Bench 41087—
LMArena Multi-Turn1481—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash better than Gemma 3 1B?

Gemini 3.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.2 to 21.1 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.5 Flash and Gemma 3 1B share?

3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.5 Flash has 54 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 3 1B has 4.

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