Model comparison

Gemini 3.5 Flash vs Llama 13b

Gemini 3.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.2 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 9 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.5 Flash Google

54.2

Rank #32 Confirmed

Llama 13b Meta

24.4

Rank #348 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 9 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.5 Flash 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 leads 65.5 to 13.8.
  • Llama 13b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.5 Flash and Llama 13b specifications
Gemini 3.5 FlashLlama 13b
ProviderGoogleMeta
Noometry Index54.224.4
Released2026-05-192023-02-24
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.50—
Output $ / M tokens$9—
Results tracked5421

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 49.4 (#49), Llama 13b: 21.4 (#337)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashLlama 13b
LMArena Coding1492683
SWE-bench Verified79.3%—
DeepSWE37.4%—
LMArena WebDev1499—
SciCode53.1%—
WeirdML62.6%—
ALE-Bench911.02—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 24.7 (#114), Llama 13b: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashLlama 13b
APEX-Agents27.5%—
GBAEval6.7%—
GDP.pdf14%—
Vending-Bench 25,396—

Reasoning Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 62.8 (#18), Llama 13b: 14.0 (#329)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashLlama 13b
LMArena Hard Prompts1488728
Epoch Capabilities Index154.46100.58
ARC-AGI-272.1%—
SimpleBench76.7%—
NYT Connections (extended)92.6%—
ARC-AGI-192.5%—
CritPt13.1%—
Chess Puzzles50%—
EnigmaEval25.4%—
EBR-Bench4.8%—
Mystery Game Puzzles32%—
DTBench94.7%—
LMCA47.1%—
Surface Evolver Bench58.1%—
BIG-Bench Hard—37.9%
ForecastBench59—
HellaSwag—79.2%
LAMBADA—75.2%
PIQA—80.1%
WinoGrande—73%

Math Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 60.7 (#36), Llama 13b: 26.7 (#256)

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 66.3 (#11), Llama 13b: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashLlama 13b
GPQA Diamond92.8%—
SimpleQA Verified66.2%—
LMArena Expert1495—
ARC (AI2) Challenge—52.7%
BoolQ—78.7%
MMLU—47.7%
OpenBookQA—56.4%
TriviaQA—77.9%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 45.7 (#15), Llama 13b: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashLlama 13b
LMArena Vision1310—
Blueprint-Bench 233.6%—
LMArena Document1463—
ScienceQA—43.3%

Multilingual Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 57.0 (#13), Llama 13b: 16.6 (#297)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashLlama 13b
LMArena Non-English1476819
LMArena Chinese1526—
LMArena French1490—
LMArena German1492—
LMArena Japanese1486—
LMArena Korean1451—
LMArena Russian1493—
LMArena Spanish1480—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 77.0 (#30), Llama 13b: 36.7 (#305)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashLlama 13b
LMArena Instruction Following1467781

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 45.4 (#38), Llama 13b: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashLlama 13b
LMArena Longer Query1482—

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 65.5 (#47), Llama 13b: 13.8 (#312)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashLlama 13b
LMArena Text1482834
LMArena Creative Writing1470794
LMArena Multi-Turn1481753
EQ-Bench 41087—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash better than Llama 13b?

Gemini 3.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.2 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.

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

Gemini 3.5 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.4 versus 21.4 in the Noometry coding category.

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

9 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.5 Flash has 54 scored results on Noometry and Llama 13b has 21.

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