Model comparison

Gemini 3.5 Flash vs Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat

Gemini 3.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 31.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 9 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.5 Flash Google

54.1

Rank #29 Confirmed

Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat NVIDIA

31.2

Rank #265 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 9 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.5 Flash scores higher in 7 categories and Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.5 Flash leads 62.7 to 19.1.
  • Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.5 Flash and Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat specifications
Gemini 3.5 FlashLlama2 70b Steerlm Chat
ProviderGoogleNVIDIA
Noometry Index54.131.2
Released2026-05-19—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.50—
Output $ / M tokens$9—
Results tracked549

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 49.1 (#46), Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: 29.3 (#295)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashLlama2 70b Steerlm Chat
LMArena Coding14921025
SWE-bench Verified79.3%—
DeepSWE37.4%—
LMArena WebDev1499—
SciCode53.1%—
WeirdML62.6%—
ALE-Bench911.02—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 24.8 (#107), Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashLlama2 70b Steerlm Chat
APEX-Agents27.5%—
GBAEval6.7%—
GDP.pdf14%—
Vending-Bench 25,396—

Reasoning Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 62.7 (#16), Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: 19.1 (#245)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashLlama2 70b Steerlm Chat
LMArena Hard Prompts14881047
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%—
Epoch Capabilities Index154.55—
ForecastBench59—

Math Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 60.5 (#30), Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: 28.8 (#223)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashLlama2 70b Steerlm Chat
LMArena Math15021072
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)62.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 426.8%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions76.3%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202595.6%—
ProofBench31%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)39%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)14.6%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 66.3 (#10), Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashLlama2 70b Steerlm Chat
GPQA Diamond92.8%—
SimpleQA Verified66.2%—
LMArena Expert1493—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 45.7 (#13), Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashLlama2 70b Steerlm Chat
LMArena Vision1311—
Blueprint-Bench 233.6%—
LMArena Document1463—

Multilingual Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 57.1 (#12), Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: 28.9 (#265)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashLlama2 70b Steerlm Chat
LMArena Non-English14751064
LMArena Chinese1525—
LMArena French1490—
LMArena German1500—
LMArena Japanese1481—
LMArena Korean1453—
LMArena Russian1491—
LMArena Spanish1478—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 77.2 (#29), Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: 54.5 (#274)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashLlama2 70b Steerlm Chat
LMArena Instruction Following14661061

Long Context Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 45.3 (#39), Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: 30.4 (#283)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashLlama2 70b Steerlm Chat
LMArena Longer Query1481998

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 65.5 (#46), Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: 31.8 (#278)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashLlama2 70b Steerlm Chat
LMArena Text14811098
LMArena Creative Writing14671091
LMArena Multi-Turn14821058
EQ-Bench 41087—

Frequently asked questions

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

Gemini 3.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 31.2 on the Noometry Index.

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

Gemini 3.5 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.1 versus 29.3 in the Noometry coding category.

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

9 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.5 Flash has 54 scored results on Noometry and Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat has 9.

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