Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Gemma 3 1B

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 21.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.6 Flash Google

54.1

Rank #33 Confirmed

Gemma 3 1B Google

21.1

Rank #353 Reported

Summary

  • They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher in 4 categories and Gemma 3 1B in 0 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Gemini 3.6 Flash leads 67.8 to 7.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 94.2% for Gemini 3.6 Flash and 1.1% for Gemma 3 1B.
  • Gemma 3 1B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.6 FlashGemma 3 1B
ProviderGoogleGoogle
Noometry Index54.121.1
Released2026-07-212025-03-12
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.75—
Output $ / M tokens$3.75—
Results tracked464

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 50.0 (#48), Gemma 3 1B: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemma 3 1B
DeepSWE46.7%—
FrontierCode34.4%—
LMArena WebDev1538—
SciCode52.7%—
WeirdML56.1%—
LMArena Coding1491—
ALE-Bench715.52—

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 32.3 (#65), Gemma 3 1B: 13.7 (#152)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemma 3 1B
APEX-Agents46.9%—
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—7.2%
GDP.pdf14%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 58.8 (#22), Gemma 3 1B: 19.2 (#264)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemma 3 1B
Chess Puzzles43%0%
ARC-AGI-260.4%—
NYT Connections (extended)89%—
ARC-AGI-191.2%—
CritPt10.6%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1485—
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 3 1B: 10.2 (#316)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemma 3 1B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202594.2%1.1%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)58.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 422%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions70.8%—
ProofBench36%—
LMArena Math1505—

Knowledge Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 67.8 (#8), Gemma 3 1B: 7.0 (#314)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemma 3 1B
GPQA Diamond94.1%19.9%
SimpleQA Verified66.2%—
LMArena Expert1488—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 38.5 (#64), Gemma 3 1B: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemma 3 1B
LMArena Vision1298—
Blueprint-Bench 231.2%—
Furniture Assembly23.3%—
LMArena Document1456—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 56.5 (#19), Gemma 3 1B: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemma 3 1B
LMArena Non-English1469—
LMArena Chinese1531—
LMArena French1504—
LMArena German1478—
LMArena Japanese1476—
LMArena Korean1431—
LMArena Russian1487—
LMArena Spanish1475—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 77.0 (#33), Gemma 3 1B: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemma 3 1B
LMArena Instruction Following1466—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 45.1 (#50), Gemma 3 1B: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemma 3 1B
LMArena Longer Query1474—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 68.2 (#27), Gemma 3 1B: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemma 3 1B
LMArena Text1479—
LMArena Creative Writing1465—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1604—
LMArena Multi-Turn1481—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash better than Gemma 3 1B?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 21.1 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.6 Flash and Gemma 3 1B share?

3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.6 Flash has 46 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 3 1B has 4.

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