Model comparison

Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 37.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.8 Flash Google

61.8

Rank #11 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.8 Flash leads 76.9 to 25.0.
  • Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.8 Flash and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct specifications
Gemini 3.8 FlashLlama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct
ProviderGoogleNVIDIA
Noometry Index61.837.6
Released2026-09-022024-12-18
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.75—
Output $ / M tokens$3.75—
Results tracked5014

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 59.2 (#15), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 35.9 (#216)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashLlama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct
LMArena Coding15101272
DeepSWE73.8%—
FrontierCode41.2%—
CursorBench39.6%—
LMArena WebDev1584—
FrontierSWE19.6%—
SciCode56.6%—
WeirdML84.8%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—38.7%
BigCodeBench Complete—48.2%
ALE-Bench1,270—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 41.8 (#21), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashLlama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct
APEX-Agents64.3%—
Remote Labor Index5.8%—
GDP.pdf23.4%—
Vending-Bench 25,094—

Reasoning Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 76.9 (#5), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 25.0 (#152)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashLlama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts15081266
ARC-AGI-289.2%—
NYT Connections (extended)97.4%—
ARC-AGI-198.5%—
CritPt18.3%—
Chess Puzzles61%—
Mystery Game Puzzles47%—
DTBench95.7%—
LMCA52.9%—
Surface Evolver Bench76.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index156.71—

Math Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 65.3 (#28), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 35.5 (#182)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashLlama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct
LMArena Math15281271
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)68.4%—
FrontierMath Tier 422%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.9%—
ProofBench48%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 74.8 (#2), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 34.1 (#199)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashLlama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct
LMArena Expert15241242
GPQA Diamond95.4%—
Humanity's Last Exam44.5%—
SimpleQA Verified69.7%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 40.7 (#45), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashLlama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct
LMArena Vision1314—
Blueprint-Bench 238.6%—
Furniture Assembly31.7%—

Multilingual Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 58.0 (#5), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 40.5 (#217)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashLlama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct
LMArena Non-English14911245
LMArena Chinese15541263
LMArena Russian15151227
LMArena French1498—
LMArena German1493—
LMArena Japanese1502—
LMArena Korean1459—
LMArena Spanish1485—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 78.0 (#13), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 65.9 (#213)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashLlama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following14901252

Long Context Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 46.3 (#24), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 37.6 (#215)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashLlama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query15081238

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 72.2 (#15), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 48.4 (#203)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashLlama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct
LMArena Text14991283
LMArena Creative Writing14921269
LMArena Multi-Turn15011275
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1748—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash better than Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct?

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 37.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash or Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct better for coding?

Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 59.2 versus 35.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.8 Flash and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.8 Flash has 50 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct has 14.

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