Model comparison

Gemini 3 Flash Preview vs Llama 2-7B

Gemini 3 Flash Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3 Flash Preview Google

52.3

Rank #40 Confirmed

Llama 2-7B Meta

29.1

Rank #317 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3 Flash Preview scores higher in 8 categories and Llama 2-7B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads 65.5 to 28.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Chess Puzzles: 40% for Gemini 3 Flash Preview and 0% for Llama 2-7B.
  • Llama 2-7B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3 Flash Preview and Llama 2-7B specifications
Gemini 3 Flash PreviewLlama 2-7B
ProviderGoogleMeta
Noometry Index52.329.1
Released2025-12-172023-07-18
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.50—
Output $ / M tokens$3—
Results tracked5929

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 50.9 (#42), Llama 2-7B: 29.2 (#307)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewLlama 2-7B
LMArena Coding14601002
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 2-7B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewLlama 2-7B
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 2-7B: 15.7 (#312)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewLlama 2-7B
Chess Puzzles40%0%
LMArena Hard Prompts14651009
Epoch Capabilities Index151.899.06
ARC-AGI-233.6%—
SimpleBench61.1%—
NYT Connections (extended)83.1%—
ARC-AGI-184.7%—
Mystery Game Puzzles26%—
DTBench89.1%—
LMCA43.1%—
BIG-Bench Hard—39.2%
ForecastBench58.5—
HellaSwag—77.2%
LAMBADA—73.3%
PIQA—78.8%
WinoGrande—69.2%

Math Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 51.7 (#55), Llama 2-7B: 30.7 (#233)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewLlama 2-7B
LMArena Math14731042
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—16.7%

Knowledge Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 58.8 (#33), Llama 2-7B: 28.2 (#248)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewLlama 2-7B
LMArena Expert14621036
GPQA Diamond89.4%—
SimpleQA Verified66.8%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate13.5%—
ARC (AI2) Challenge—45.9%
BoolQ—77.9%
MMLU—45.8%
OpenBookQA—58.6%
TriviaQA—73.7%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 45.5 (#16), Llama 2-7B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewLlama 2-7B
LMArena Vision1285—
GeoBench88%—
VPCT72.6%—
Blueprint-Bench 20%—
LMArena Document1413—
ScienceQA—43.1%

Multilingual Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 55.7 (#27), Llama 2-7B: 23.8 (#293)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewLlama 2-7B
LMArena Non-English1458973
LMArena Chinese1511973
LMArena French1477970
LMArena German1497978
LMArena Russian1480995
LMArena Spanish14691007
LMArena Japanese1489—
LMArena Korean1443—

Instruction Following Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 75.7 (#56), Llama 2-7B: 50.8 (#298)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewLlama 2-7B
LMArena Instruction Following14371006

Long Context Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 44.4 (#67), Llama 2-7B: 30.4 (#287)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewLlama 2-7B
LMArena Longer Query1452999

Writing & Preference Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 65.5 (#45), Llama 2-7B: 28.0 (#298)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewLlama 2-7B
LMArena Text14661053
LMArena Creative Writing14571033
LMArena Multi-Turn14711029

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3 Flash Preview better than Llama 2-7B?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3 Flash Preview or Llama 2-7B better for coding?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.9 versus 29.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3 Flash Preview and Llama 2-7B share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3 Flash Preview has 59 scored results on Noometry and Llama 2-7B has 29.

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