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Model comparison

Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Gemma 1.1 7b IT

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 31.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.6 Flash Google

54.1

Rank #33 Confirmed

Gemma 1.1 7b IT Google

31.3

Rank #277 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Gemma 1.1 7b IT in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Gemini 3.6 Flash leads 67.8 to 28.3.
  • Gemma 1.1 7b IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.6 FlashGemma 1.1 7b IT
ProviderGoogleGoogle
Noometry Index54.131.3
Released2026-07-21—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.75—
Output $ / M tokens$3.75—
Results tracked4619

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 50.0 (#48), Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 31.5 (#284)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemma 1.1 7b IT
LMArena Coding14911084
DeepSWE46.7%—
FrontierCode34.4%—
LMArena WebDev1538—
SciCode52.7%—
WeirdML56.1%—
ALE-Bench715.52—
HumanEval+—35.4%
MBPP+—45%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 32.3 (#65), Gemma 1.1 7b IT: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemma 1.1 7b IT
APEX-Agents46.9%—
GDP.pdf14%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 58.8 (#22), Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 20.5 (#238)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemma 1.1 7b IT
LMArena Hard Prompts14851071
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 Index154.25—

Math Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 57.3 (#40), Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 32.0 (#220)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemma 1.1 7b IT
LMArena Math15051107
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 (#8), Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 28.3 (#247)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemma 1.1 7b IT
LMArena Expert14881039
GPQA Diamond94.1%—
SimpleQA Verified66.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 38.5 (#64), Gemma 1.1 7b IT: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemma 1.1 7b IT
LMArena Vision1298—
Blueprint-Bench 231.2%—
Furniture Assembly23.3%—
LMArena Document1456—

Multilingual Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 56.5 (#19), Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 28.1 (#273)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemma 1.1 7b IT
LMArena Non-English14691052
LMArena Chinese15311061
LMArena French15041065
LMArena German14781054
LMArena Japanese1476971
LMArena Korean1431988
LMArena Russian14871046
LMArena Spanish14751049

Instruction Following Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 77.0 (#33), Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 54.0 (#283)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemma 1.1 7b IT
LMArena Instruction Following14661057

Long Context Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 45.1 (#50), Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 32.1 (#272)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemma 1.1 7b IT
LMArena Longer Query14741056

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 68.2 (#27), Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 30.4 (#288)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemma 1.1 7b IT
LMArena Text14791094
LMArena Creative Writing14651060
LMArena Multi-Turn14811040
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1604—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash better than Gemma 1.1 7b IT?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 31.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash or Gemma 1.1 7b IT better for coding?

Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.0 versus 31.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.6 Flash and Gemma 1.1 7b IT share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.6 Flash has 46 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 1.1 7b IT has 19.

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