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Model comparison

Gemini 3.5 Flash vs Palm 2

Gemini 3.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.2 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.5 Flash Google

54.2

Rank #32 Confirmed

Palm 2 Google

30.0

Rank #298 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.5 Flash scores higher in 7 categories and Palm 2 in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.5 Flash leads 62.8 to 19.1.

Side by side

Gemini 3.5 FlashPalm 2
ProviderGoogleGoogle
Noometry Index54.230.0
Released2026-05-19—
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.50—
Output $ / M tokens$9—
Results tracked5410

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 49.4 (#49), Palm 2: 29.0 (#311)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashPalm 2
LMArena Coding1492994
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), Palm 2: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashPalm 2
APEX-Agents27.5%—
GBAEval6.7%—
GDP.pdf14%—
Vending-Bench 25,396—

Reasoning Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 62.8 (#18), Palm 2: 19.1 (#271)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashPalm 2
LMArena Hard Prompts14881005
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 Index154.46—
ForecastBench59—

Math Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 60.7 (#36), Palm 2: 30.8 (#231)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashPalm 2
LMArena Math15041049
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 (#11), Palm 2: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashPalm 2
GPQA Diamond92.8%—
SimpleQA Verified66.2%—
LMArena Expert1495—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 45.7 (#15), Palm 2: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashPalm 2
LMArena Vision1310—
Blueprint-Bench 233.6%—
LMArena Document1463—

Multilingual Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 57.0 (#13), Palm 2: 20.9 (#295)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashPalm 2
LMArena Non-English1476916
LMArena Chinese1526887
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), Palm 2: 51.0 (#296)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashPalm 2
LMArena Instruction Following14671010

Long Context Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 45.4 (#38), Palm 2: 30.8 (#285)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashPalm 2
LMArena Longer Query14821010

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 65.5 (#47), Palm 2: 25.6 (#304)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashPalm 2
LMArena Text14821027
LMArena Creative Writing1470991
LMArena Multi-Turn1481994
EQ-Bench 41087—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash better than Palm 2?

Gemini 3.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.2 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash or Palm 2 better for coding?

Gemini 3.5 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.4 versus 29.0 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.5 Flash and Palm 2 share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.5 Flash has 54 scored results on Noometry and Palm 2 has 10.

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