Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Gemma 2B

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.6 Flash Google

54.1

Rank #33 Confirmed

Gemma 2B Google

29.6

Rank #307 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher in 7 categories and Gemma 2B in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 3.6 Flash leads 68.2 to 24.0.
  • Gemma 2B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.6 FlashGemma 2B
ProviderGoogleGoogle
Noometry Index54.129.6
Released2026-07-212024-02-21
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.75—
Output $ / M tokens$3.75—
Results tracked4623

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 50.0 (#48), Gemma 2B: 29.4 (#305)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemma 2B
LMArena Coding14911010
DeepSWE46.7%—
FrontierCode34.4%—
LMArena WebDev1538—
SciCode52.7%—
WeirdML56.1%—
ALE-Bench715.52—
HumanEval+—20.7%
MBPP+—34.1%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 32.3 (#65), Gemma 2B: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemma 2B
APEX-Agents46.9%—
GDP.pdf14%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 58.8 (#22), Gemma 2B: 18.8 (#275)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemma 2B
LMArena Hard Prompts1485989
Epoch Capabilities Index154.2594.2
ARC-AGI-260.4%—
NYT Connections (extended)89%—
ARC-AGI-191.2%—
CritPt10.6%—
Chess Puzzles43%—
Mystery Game Puzzles30%—
DTBench95.5%—
LMCA44.9%—
BIG-Bench Hard—35.2%
HellaSwag—71.4%
PIQA—77.3%
WinoGrande—65.4%

Math Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 57.3 (#40), Gemma 2B: 30.0 (#239)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemma 2B
LMArena Math15051009
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)58.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 422%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions70.8%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202594.2%—
ProofBench36%—
GSM8K—17.7%

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 67.8 (#8), Gemma 2B: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemma 2B
GPQA Diamond94.1%—
SimpleQA Verified66.2%—
LMArena Expert1488—
ARC (AI2) Challenge—42.1%
BoolQ—69.4%
MMLU—42.3%
TriviaQA—53.2%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 38.5 (#64), Gemma 2B: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemma 2B
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 2B: 23.0 (#294)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemma 2B
LMArena Non-English1469958
LMArena Chinese1531986
LMArena Russian1487937
LMArena French1504—
LMArena German1478—
LMArena Japanese1476—
LMArena Korean1431—
LMArena Spanish1475—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 77.0 (#33), Gemma 2B: 48.5 (#302)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemma 2B
LMArena Instruction Following1466970

Long Context Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 45.1 (#50), Gemma 2B: 29.9 (#291)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemma 2B
LMArena Longer Query1474981

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 68.2 (#27), Gemma 2B: 24.0 (#308)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemma 2B
LMArena Text14791002
LMArena Creative Writing1465987
LMArena Multi-Turn1481945
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1604—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash better than Gemma 2B?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash or Gemma 2B better for coding?

Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.0 versus 29.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.6 Flash and Gemma 2B share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.6 Flash has 46 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 2B has 23.

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