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Model comparison

Gemini 3 Flash Preview vs Llama 3.2 1B

Gemini 3 Flash Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 20.1 on the Noometry Index. Llama 3.2 1B costs 16× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3 Flash Preview's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3 Flash Preview Google

52.3

Rank #40 Confirmed

Llama 3.2 1B Meta

20.1

Rank #354 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3 Flash Preview scores higher in 9 categories and Llama 3.2 1B in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads 58.8 to 7.2.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 95.6% for Gemini 3 Flash Preview and 0.6% for Llama 3.2 1B.
  • Llama 3.2 1B is cheaper at $0.027 / $0.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.50 / $3 for Gemini 3 Flash Preview.
  • Gemini 3 Flash Preview accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 60K.
  • Llama 3.2 1B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3 Flash PreviewLlama 3.2 1B
ProviderGoogleMeta
Noometry Index52.320.1
Released2025-12-172024-09-24
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M60K
Max output66K54K
Input $ / M tokens$0.50$0.027
Output $ / M tokens$3$0.20
Results tracked5922

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 50.9 (#42), Llama 3.2 1B: 21.1 (#338)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewLlama 3.2 1B
LMArena Coding14601070
SWE-bench Verified75.4%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)75.8%—
LMArena WebDev1439—
SWE-bench Multilingual72.7%—
GSO9.8%—
WeirdML61.6%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—8.2%
BigCodeBench Complete—11.3%
ALE-Bench1,367—

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 38.7 (#29), Llama 3.2 1B: 14.6 (#150)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewLlama 3.2 1B
BALROG48.1%6.6%
Terminal-Bench64.3%—
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—10.8%
τ²-bench Airline82.5%—
τ²-bench Banking27.3%—
τ²-bench Retail76.8%—
τ²-bench Telecom91.2%—
DeepResearch Bench49.8%—
GDP.pdf10%—
LMArena Search1198—
Vending-Bench 23,635—

Reasoning Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 49.2 (#37), Llama 3.2 1B: 16.2 (#308)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewLlama 3.2 1B
Chess Puzzles40%0%
LMArena Hard Prompts14651044
Epoch Capabilities Index151.8101.99
ARC-AGI-233.6%—
SimpleBench61.1%—
NYT Connections (extended)83.1%—
ARC-AGI-184.7%—
Mystery Game Puzzles26%—
DTBench89.1%—
LMCA43.1%—
ForecastBench58.5—

Math Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 51.7 (#55), Llama 3.2 1B: 10.4 (#313)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewLlama 3.2 1B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202595.6%0.6%
LMArena Math14731086
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)51.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 417.1%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions67.6%—
ProofBench15%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)35.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)4.2%—

Knowledge Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 58.8 (#33), Llama 3.2 1B: 7.2 (#312)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewLlama 3.2 1B
GPQA Diamond89.4%23.9%
LMArena Expert14621007
SimpleQA Verified66.8%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate13.5%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 45.5 (#16), Llama 3.2 1B: —

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewLlama 3.2 1B
LMArena Vision1285—
GeoBench88%—
VPCT72.6%—
Blueprint-Bench 20%—
LMArena Document1413—

Multilingual Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 55.7 (#27), Llama 3.2 1B: 23.8 (#292)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewLlama 3.2 1B
LMArena Non-English1458973
LMArena Chinese1511959
LMArena German14971014
LMArena Russian1480941
LMArena French1477—
LMArena Japanese1489—
LMArena Korean1443—
LMArena Spanish1469—

Instruction Following Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 75.7 (#56), Llama 3.2 1B: 52.4 (#290)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewLlama 3.2 1B
LMArena Instruction Following14371031

Long Context Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 44.4 (#67), Llama 3.2 1B: 31.9 (#274)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewLlama 3.2 1B
LMArena Longer Query14521050

Writing & Preference Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 65.5 (#45), Llama 3.2 1B: 21.3 (#310)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewLlama 3.2 1B
LMArena Text14661055
LMArena Creative Writing14571033
LMArena Multi-Turn14711030
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—200

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3 Flash Preview better than Llama 3.2 1B?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 20.1 on the Noometry Index. Llama 3.2 1B costs 16× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3 Flash Preview's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3 Flash Preview or Llama 3.2 1B?

Llama 3.2 1B is cheaper. It lists at $0.027 per million input tokens and $0.20 per million output tokens; Gemini 3 Flash Preview lists at $0.50 and $3.

Is Gemini 3 Flash Preview or Llama 3.2 1B better for coding?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.9 versus 21.1 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview does, with 1.05M tokens against 60K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3 Flash Preview and Llama 3.2 1B share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3 Flash Preview has 59 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.2 1B has 22.

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