Model comparison

Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Llama 13b

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 23.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 9 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.6 Flash Google

54.1

Rank #30 Confirmed

Llama 13b Meta

23.9

Rank #344 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 9 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher in 6 categories and Llama 13b in 0 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 3.6 Flash leads 68.3 to 13.9.
  • Llama 13b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.6 Flash and Llama 13b specifications
Gemini 3.6 FlashLlama 13b
ProviderGoogleMeta
Noometry Index54.123.9
Released2026-07-212023-02-24
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.75—
Output $ / M tokens$3.75—
Results tracked4621

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 49.6 (#45), Llama 13b: 20.9 (#332)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashLlama 13b
LMArena Coding1492683
DeepSWE46.7%—
FrontierCode34.4%—
LMArena WebDev1536—
SciCode52.7%—
WeirdML56.1%—
ALE-Bench715.52—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 32.4 (#56), Llama 13b: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashLlama 13b
APEX-Agents46.9%—
GDP.pdf14%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 58.9 (#20), Llama 13b: 13.4 (#327)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashLlama 13b
LMArena Hard Prompts1486728
Epoch Capabilities Index154.36100.09
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—37.9%
HellaSwag—79.2%
LAMBADA—75.2%
PIQA—80.1%
WinoGrande—73%

Math Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 57.0 (#33), Llama 13b: 24.4 (#259)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashLlama 13b
LMArena Math1504838
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)58.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 422%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions70.8%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202594.2%—
ProofBench36%—
GSM8K—20.6%

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 67.8 (#7), Llama 13b: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashLlama 13b
GPQA Diamond94.1%—
SimpleQA Verified66.2%—
LMArena Expert1489—
ARC (AI2) Challenge—52.7%
BoolQ—78.7%
MMLU—47.7%
OpenBookQA—56.4%
TriviaQA—77.9%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 38.7 (#55), Llama 13b: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashLlama 13b
LMArena Vision1297—
Blueprint-Bench 231.2%—
Furniture Assembly23.3%—
LMArena Document1456—
ScienceQA—43.3%

Multilingual Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 56.8 (#17), Llama 13b: 16.8 (#292)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashLlama 13b
LMArena Non-English1470819
LMArena Chinese1530—
LMArena French1501—
LMArena German1478—
LMArena Japanese1477—
LMArena Korean1435—
LMArena Russian1490—
LMArena Spanish1477—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 77.2 (#27), Llama 13b: 36.9 (#300)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashLlama 13b
LMArena Instruction Following1467781

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 45.1 (#47), Llama 13b: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashLlama 13b
LMArena Longer Query1475—

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 68.3 (#26), Llama 13b: 13.9 (#307)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashLlama 13b
LMArena Text1478834
LMArena Creative Writing1464794
LMArena Multi-Turn1481753
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1604—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash better than Llama 13b?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 23.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash or Llama 13b better for coding?

Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.6 versus 20.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.6 Flash and Llama 13b share?

9 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.6 Flash has 46 scored results on Noometry and Llama 13b has 21.

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