Model comparison

Gemini 3 Flash Preview vs Llama 2-13B

Gemini 3 Flash Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3 Flash Preview Google

52.3

Rank #40 Confirmed

Llama 2-13B Meta

29.6

Rank #309 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3 Flash Preview scores higher in 8 categories and Llama 2-13B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads 49.2 to 12.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is DTBench: 89.1% for Gemini 3 Flash Preview and 42.2% for Llama 2-13B.
  • Llama 2-13B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3 Flash Preview and Llama 2-13B specifications
Gemini 3 Flash PreviewLlama 2-13B
ProviderGoogleMeta
Noometry Index52.329.6
Released2025-12-172023-07-18
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.50—
Output $ / M tokens$3—
Results tracked5932

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 50.9 (#42), Llama 2-13B: 30.9 (#291)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewLlama 2-13B
LMArena Coding14601062
SWE-bench Verified75.4%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)75.8%—
LMArena WebDev1439—
SWE-bench Multilingual72.7%—
GSO9.8%—
WeirdML61.6%—
ALE-Bench1,367—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 38.7 (#29), Llama 2-13B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewLlama 2-13B
Terminal-Bench64.3%—
τ²-bench Airline82.5%—
τ²-bench Banking27.3%—
τ²-bench Retail76.8%—
τ²-bench Telecom91.2%—
DeepResearch Bench49.8%—
BALROG48.1%—
GDP.pdf10%—
LMArena Search1198—
Vending-Bench 23,635—

Reasoning Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 49.2 (#37), Llama 2-13B: 12.8 (#337)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewLlama 2-13B
Chess Puzzles40%0%
LMArena Hard Prompts14651051
DTBench89.1%42.2%
Epoch Capabilities Index151.8106.17
ARC-AGI-233.6%—
SimpleBench61.1%—
NYT Connections (extended)83.1%—
ARC-AGI-184.7%—
Mystery Game Puzzles26%—
LMCA43.1%—
BIG-Bench Hard—58.2%
ForecastBench58.5—
HellaSwag—80.7%
LAMBADA—76.5%
PIQA—80.8%
WinoGrande—72.8%

Math Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 51.7 (#55), Llama 2-13B: 31.1 (#229)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewLlama 2-13B
LMArena Math14731065
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)51.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 417.1%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions67.6%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202595.6%—
ProofBench15%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)35.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)4.2%—
GSM8K—36.9%

Knowledge Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 58.8 (#33), Llama 2-13B: 28.1 (#249)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewLlama 2-13B
LMArena Expert14621030
GPQA Diamond89.4%—
SimpleQA Verified66.8%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate13.5%—
ARC (AI2) Challenge—60.3%
BoolQ—82.4%
MMLU—55.6%
OpenBookQA—57%
TriviaQA—79.6%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 45.5 (#16), Llama 2-13B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewLlama 2-13B
LMArena Vision1285—
GeoBench88%—
VPCT72.6%—
Blueprint-Bench 20%—
LMArena Document1413—
ScienceQA—55.8%

Multilingual Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 55.7 (#27), Llama 2-13B: 26.5 (#279)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewLlama 2-13B
LMArena Non-English14581024
LMArena Chinese15111001
LMArena French14771044
LMArena German14971009
LMArena Japanese1489894
LMArena Korean1443953
LMArena Russian14801055
LMArena Spanish14691087

Instruction Following Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 75.7 (#56), Llama 2-13B: 53.3 (#287)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewLlama 2-13B
LMArena Instruction Following14371045

Long Context Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 44.4 (#67), Llama 2-13B: 32.3 (#269)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewLlama 2-13B
LMArena Longer Query14521064

Writing & Preference Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 65.5 (#45), Llama 2-13B: 29.8 (#289)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewLlama 2-13B
LMArena Text14661084
LMArena Creative Writing14571047
LMArena Multi-Turn14711050

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3 Flash Preview better than Llama 2-13B?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3 Flash Preview or Llama 2-13B better for coding?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.9 versus 30.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3 Flash Preview and Llama 2-13B share?

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3 Flash Preview has 59 scored results on Noometry and Llama 2-13B has 32.

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