Model comparison

Gemini 3.5 Flash vs Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B

Gemini 3.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.2 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.5 Flash Google

54.2

Rank #32 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.5 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 3.5 Flash leads 60.7 to 14.2.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 95.6% for Gemini 3.5 Flash and 4.4% for Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B.
  • Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.5 Flash and Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B specifications
Gemini 3.5 FlashTulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
ProviderGoogleAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index54.233.0
Released2026-05-192024-11-21
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.50—
Output $ / M tokens$9—
Results tracked5414

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 49.4 (#49), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 36.0 (#214)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashTulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
LMArena Coding14921235
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), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashTulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
APEX-Agents27.5%—
GBAEval6.7%—
GDP.pdf14%—
Vending-Bench 25,396—

Reasoning Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 62.8 (#18), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 23.9 (#169)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashTulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
LMArena Hard Prompts14881220
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), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 14.2 (#303)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashTulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202595.6%4.4%
LMArena Math15041242
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)62.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 426.8%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions76.3%—
ProofBench31%—
MATH Level 5—42.7%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)39%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)14.6%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 66.3 (#11), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 25.0 (#264)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashTulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
GPQA Diamond92.8%46.3%
SimpleQA Verified66.2%—
LMArena Expert1495—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 45.7 (#15), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashTulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
LMArena Vision1310—
Blueprint-Bench 233.6%—
LMArena Document1463—

Multilingual Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 57.0 (#13), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 39.9 (#222)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashTulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
LMArena Non-English14761236
LMArena Chinese15261249
LMArena Russian14931246
LMArena French1490—
LMArena German1492—
LMArena Japanese1486—
LMArena Korean1451—
LMArena Spanish1480—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 77.0 (#30), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 64.8 (#227)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashTulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
LMArena Instruction Following14671233

Long Context Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 45.4 (#38), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 37.1 (#222)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashTulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
LMArena Longer Query14821224

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 65.5 (#47), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 45.6 (#223)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashTulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
LMArena Text14821256
LMArena Creative Writing14701231
LMArena Multi-Turn14811252
EQ-Bench 41087—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash better than Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B?

Gemini 3.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.2 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash or Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B better for coding?

Gemini 3.5 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.4 versus 36.0 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.5 Flash and Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.5 Flash has 54 scored results on Noometry and Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B has 14.

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