Model comparison
Gemini 3 Flash Preview vs Llama 13b
Gemini 3 Flash Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 9 shared benchmarks.
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MetaSummary
- They share 9 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3 Flash Preview 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 Flash Preview leads 65.5 to 13.8.
- Llama 13b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 3 Flash Preview | Llama 13b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | |
| Noometry Index | 52.3 | 24.4 |
| Released | 2025-12-17 | 2023-02-24 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1.05M | — |
| Max output | 66K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.50 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $3 | — |
| Results tracked | 59 | 21 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads
Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 50.9 (#42), Llama 13b: 21.4 (#337)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1460 | 683 |
| SWE-bench Verified | 75.4% | — |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 75.8% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1439 | — |
| SWE-bench Multilingual | 72.7% | — |
| GSO | 9.8% | — |
| WeirdML | 61.6% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 1,367 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 38.7 (#29), Llama 13b: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | 64.3% | — |
| τ²-bench Airline | 82.5% | — |
| τ²-bench Banking | 27.3% | — |
| τ²-bench Retail | 76.8% | — |
| τ²-bench Telecom | 91.2% | — |
| DeepResearch Bench | 49.8% | — |
| BALROG | 48.1% | — |
| GDP.pdf | 10% | — |
| LMArena Search | 1198 | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 3,635 | — |
Reasoning Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads
Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 49.2 (#37), Llama 13b: 14.0 (#329)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1465 | 728 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 151.8 | 100.58 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 33.6% | — |
| SimpleBench | 61.1% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 83.1% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 84.7% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 40% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 26% | — |
| DTBench | 89.1% | — |
| LMCA | 43.1% | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 37.9% |
| ForecastBench | 58.5 | — |
| HellaSwag | — | 79.2% |
| LAMBADA | — | 75.2% |
| PIQA | — | 80.1% |
| WinoGrande | — | 73% |
Math Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads
Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 51.7 (#55), Llama 13b: 26.7 (#256)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1473 | 838 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 51.2% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 17.1% | — |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | 67.6% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 95.6% | — |
| ProofBench | 15% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 35.6% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 4.2% | — |
| GSM8K | — | 20.6% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 58.8 (#33), Llama 13b: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 89.4% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 66.8% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 13.5% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1462 | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 52.7% |
| BoolQ | — | 78.7% |
| MMLU | — | 47.7% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 56.4% |
| TriviaQA | — | 77.9% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 45.5 (#16), Llama 13b: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1285 | — |
| GeoBench | 88% | — |
| VPCT | 72.6% | — |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 0% | — |
| LMArena Document | 1413 | — |
| ScienceQA | — | 43.3% |
Multilingual Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads
Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 55.7 (#27), Llama 13b: 16.6 (#297)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1458 | 819 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1511 | — |
| LMArena French | 1477 | — |
| LMArena German | 1497 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1489 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1443 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1480 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1469 | — |
Instruction Following Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads
Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 75.7 (#56), Llama 13b: 36.7 (#305)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1437 | 781 |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 44.4 (#67), Llama 13b: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1452 | — |
Writing & Preference Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads
Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 65.5 (#45), Llama 13b: 13.8 (#312)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1466 | 834 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1457 | 794 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1471 | 753 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 3 Flash Preview better than Llama 13b?
Gemini 3 Flash Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 3 Flash Preview or Llama 13b better for coding?
Gemini 3 Flash Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.9 versus 21.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 3 Flash Preview and Llama 13b share?
9 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3 Flash Preview has 59 scored results on Noometry and Llama 13b has 21.