Model comparison
Gemma 3 1B vs Llama 3.1-70B
Llama 3.1-70B is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.4 to 20.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
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MetaSummary
- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3 1B scores higher in 0 categories and Llama 3.1-70B in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Llama 3.1-70B leads 24.1 to 7.1.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 19.9% for Gemma 3 1B and 44.2% for Llama 3.1-70B.
Side by side
| Gemma 3 1B | Llama 3.1-70B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | |
| Noometry Index | 20.7 | 29.4 |
| Released | 2025-03-12 | 2024-07-23 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 128K |
| Max output | — | 4K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.40 |
| Results tracked | 4 | 35 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Gemma 3 1B: —, Llama 3.1-70B: 29.8 (#292)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Llama 3.1-70B |
|---|---|---|
| WeirdML | — | 9% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 46.1% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1260 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 54.8% |
Agentic & Tool Use Llama 3.1-70B leads
Gemma 3 1B: 13.5 (#144), Llama 3.1-70B: 24.9 (#104)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Llama 3.1-70B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 7.2% | — |
| TheAgentCompany | — | 6.9% |
| BALROG | — | 27.9% |
Reasoning Llama 3.1-70B leads
Gemma 3 1B: 18.5 (#260), Llama 3.1-70B: 20.8 (#215)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Llama 3.1-70B |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1241 |
| DTBench | — | 60% |
| LMCA | — | 14.8% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 125.91 |
Math Llama 3.1-70B leads
Gemma 3 1B: 9.6 (#310), Llama 3.1-70B: 12.7 (#298)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Llama 3.1-70B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.1% | 3.6% |
| Omni-MATH | — | 21% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1252 |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 36.7% |
Knowledge Llama 3.1-70B leads
Gemma 3 1B: 7.1 (#309), Llama 3.1-70B: 24.1 (#264)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Llama 3.1-70B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 19.9% | 44.2% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 65.3% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 42.6% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1209 |
| MMLU | — | 80.1% |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemma 3 1B: —, Llama 3.1-70B: 38.9 (#220)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Llama 3.1-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1219 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1215 |
| LMArena French | — | 1260 |
| LMArena German | — | 1222 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1132 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1140 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1234 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1253 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Gemma 3 1B: —, Llama 3.1-70B: 65.5 (#218)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Llama 3.1-70B |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | — | 82.1% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1231 |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemma 3 1B: —, Llama 3.1-70B: 37.6 (#208)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Llama 3.1-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1241 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Gemma 3 1B: —, Llama 3.1-70B: 35.6 (#262)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Llama 3.1-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1261 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1232 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 784 |
| WildBench | — | 75.8% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1256 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 3 1B better than Llama 3.1-70B?
Llama 3.1-70B is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.4 to 20.7 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 1B and Llama 3.1-70B share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 1B has 4 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.1-70B has 35.