Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.7 Flash vs Gemma 2 9B

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 21 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.7 Flash Google

59.8

Rank #14 Confirmed

Gemma 2 9B Google

25.9

Rank #341 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.7 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Gemma 2 9B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Gemini 3.7 Flash leads 69.7 to 9.7.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 97.2% for Gemini 3.7 Flash and 0.6% for Gemma 2 9B.
  • Gemma 2 9B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.7 FlashGemma 2 9B
ProviderGoogleGoogle
Noometry Index59.825.9
Released2026-08-132024-06-24
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.75—
Output $ / M tokens$3.75—
Results tracked4435

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 56.2 (#22), Gemma 2 9B: 29.4 (#304)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGemma 2 9B
LMArena Coding14971173
DeepSWE65.5%—
FrontierCode43.6%—
LMArena WebDev1592—
FrontierSWE20.3%—
SciCode59.8%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—34.7%
LiveBench Coding—22.5%
BigCodeBench Complete—40.6%
ALE-Bench904.3—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 42.1 (#19), Gemma 2 9B: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGemma 2 9B
APEX-Agents67.8%—
Remote Labor Index5%—
GDP.pdf23.8%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 70.0 (#15), Gemma 2 9B: 15.9 (#309)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGemma 2 9B
LMArena Hard Prompts14941171
Epoch Capabilities Index157.27119.83
ARC-AGI-284.6%—
NYT Connections (extended)94%—
ARC-AGI-195.5%—
CritPt14.3%—
Chess Puzzles47%—
LiveBench Reasoning—15.2%
Mystery Game Puzzles37%—
DTBench96.8%—
LiveBench Data Analysis—36.4%
LMCA50.4%—
LiveBench—28.7%
PIQA—83.7%

Math Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.6 (#23), Gemma 2 9B: 9.9 (#318)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGemma 2 9B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202597.2%0.6%
LMArena Math15071183
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)71.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 436.6%—
ProofBench58%—
LiveBench Math—19.8%
MATH Level 5—21%
GSM8K—84.9%

Knowledge Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.7 (#5), Gemma 2 9B: 9.7 (#305)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGemma 2 9B
GPQA Diamond94.8%27.5%
LMArena Expert15081147
SimpleQA Verified69.2%—
BoolQ—85.7%
MMLU—72.1%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 37.3 (#73), Gemma 2 9B: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGemma 2 9B
LMArena Vision1316—
Furniture Assembly26.7%—

Multilingual Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 57.6 (#7), Gemma 2 9B: 36.6 (#238)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGemma 2 9B
LMArena Non-English14841188
LMArena Chinese15481185
LMArena French15051190
LMArena German14981186
LMArena Japanese15121144
LMArena Korean14831137
LMArena Russian15161200
LMArena Spanish15031200

Instruction Following Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 77.7 (#15), Gemma 2 9B: 57.6 (#269)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGemma 2 9B
LMArena Instruction Following14831178
LiveBench Instruction Following—52.6%

Long Context Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 45.7 (#30), Gemma 2 9B: 36.3 (#233)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGemma 2 9B
LMArena Longer Query14921197

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 71.2 (#20), Gemma 2 9B: 32.1 (#281)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGemma 2 9B
LMArena Text14861207
LMArena Creative Writing14901206
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1723841
LMArena Multi-Turn14891193
LiveBench Language—25.5%

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.7 Flash better than Gemma 2 9B?

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.7 Flash or Gemma 2 9B better for coding?

Gemini 3.7 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 56.2 versus 29.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.7 Flash and Gemma 2 9B share?

21 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.7 Flash has 44 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 2 9B has 35.

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