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Model comparison

Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Gemma 1.1 2b IT

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.6 Flash Google

54.1

Rank #30 Confirmed

Gemma 1.1 2b IT Google

28.8

Rank #313 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Gemma 1.1 2b IT in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 3.6 Flash leads 68.3 to 25.3.
  • Gemma 1.1 2b IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.6 FlashGemma 1.1 2b IT
ProviderGoogleGoogle
Noometry Index54.128.8
Released2026-07-21—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.75—
Output $ / M tokens$3.75—
Results tracked4616

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 49.6 (#45), Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 29.6 (#294)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemma 1.1 2b IT
LMArena Coding14921034
DeepSWE46.7%—
FrontierCode34.4%—
LMArena WebDev1536—
SciCode52.7%—
WeirdML56.1%—
ALE-Bench715.52—
HumanEval+—17.7%
MBPP+—23.3%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 32.4 (#56), Gemma 1.1 2b IT: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemma 1.1 2b IT
APEX-Agents46.9%—
GDP.pdf14%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 58.9 (#20), Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 18.2 (#268)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemma 1.1 2b IT
LMArena Hard Prompts14861005
ARC-AGI-260.4%—
NYT Connections (extended)89%—
ARC-AGI-191.2%—
CritPt10.6%—
Chess Puzzles43%—
Mystery Game Puzzles30%—
DTBench95.5%—
LMCA44.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index154.36—

Math Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 57.0 (#33), Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 28.3 (#230)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemma 1.1 2b IT
LMArena Math15041047
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)58.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 422%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions70.8%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202594.2%—
ProofBench36%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 67.8 (#7), Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 26.0 (#255)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemma 1.1 2b IT
LMArena Expert1489970
GPQA Diamond94.1%—
SimpleQA Verified66.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 38.7 (#55), Gemma 1.1 2b IT: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemma 1.1 2b IT
LMArena Vision1297—
Blueprint-Bench 231.2%—
Furniture Assembly23.3%—
LMArena Document1456—

Multilingual Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 56.8 (#17), Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 24.7 (#284)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemma 1.1 2b IT
LMArena Non-English1470988
LMArena Chinese15301011
LMArena German1478944
LMArena Korean1435899
LMArena Russian1490990
LMArena French1501—
LMArena Japanese1477—
LMArena Spanish1477—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 77.2 (#27), Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 50.1 (#294)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemma 1.1 2b IT
LMArena Instruction Following1467992

Long Context Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 45.1 (#47), Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.5 (#281)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemma 1.1 2b IT
LMArena Longer Query14751003

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 68.3 (#26), Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 25.3 (#301)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemma 1.1 2b IT
LMArena Text14781022
LMArena Creative Writing1464998
LMArena Multi-Turn1481958
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1604—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash better than Gemma 1.1 2b IT?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash or Gemma 1.1 2b IT better for coding?

Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.6 versus 29.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.6 Flash and Gemma 1.1 2b IT share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.6 Flash has 46 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 1.1 2b IT has 16.

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