# Gemini 1.0 Pro vs Llama 3.1-8B

> Gemini 1.0 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 27.3 to 23.0 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/gemini-1-0-pro-vs-llama-3-1-8b
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 24

## Summary

- They share 24 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.0 Pro scores higher in 4 categories and Llama 3.1-8B in 4 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Gemini 1.0 Pro leads 32.2 to 20.2.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is MATH Level 5: 11.2% for Gemini 1.0 Pro and 22.9% for Llama 3.1-8B.
- Llama 3.1-8B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Llama 3.1-8B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Google | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 27.3 | 23.0 |
| Rank | 332 | 352 |
| Context | — | 128K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.05 |
| Output $/M | — | $0.08 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Gemini 1.0 Pro: 32.2 (#275)
- Llama 3.1-8B: 20.2 (#340)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Llama 3.1-8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1108 | 1195 |
| HumanEval+ | 55.5% | 62.8% |
| MBPP+ | 61.4% | 55.6% |
| SciCode | — | 13.2% |
| WeirdML | — | 1.7% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 32.8% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 40.5% |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Gemini 1.0 Pro: —
- Llama 3.1-8B: 22.5 (#131)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Llama 3.1-8B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 25.8% |
| BALROG | — | 15.1% |

## Reasoning

- Gemini 1.0 Pro: 17.1 (#296)
- Llama 3.1-8B: 14.9 (#321)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Llama 3.1-8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1109 | 1175 |
| DTBench | 45.9% | 50.9% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 117.04 | 116.57 |
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| LMCA | — | 5.4% |
| PIQA | — | 81.2% |

## Math

- Gemini 1.0 Pro: 9.3 (#321)
- Llama 3.1-8B: 10.2 (#317)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Llama 3.1-8B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.1% | 1.7% |
| LMArena Math | 1132 | 1179 |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.2% | 22.9% |
| Omni-MATH | — | 13.7% |
| GSM8K | — | 82.4% |

## Knowledge

- Gemini 1.0 Pro: 15.6 (#291)
- Llama 3.1-8B: 8.0 (#307)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Llama 3.1-8B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 34% | 27% |
| LMArena Expert | 1059 | 1144 |
| MMLU | 70% | 56.1% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 40.6% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 24.7% |
| BoolQ | — | 82.8% |

## Multilingual

- Gemini 1.0 Pro: 33.4 (#252)
- Llama 3.1-8B: 34.0 (#249)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Llama 3.1-8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1138 | 1148 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1124 | 1151 |
| LMArena French | 1145 | 1177 |
| LMArena German | 1125 | 1144 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1023 | 1061 |
| LMArena Russian | 1186 | 1158 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1119 | 1169 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1053 |

## Instruction Following

- Gemini 1.0 Pro: 57.6 (#267)
- Llama 3.1-8B: 58.9 (#258)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Llama 3.1-8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1114 | 1159 |
| IFEval | — | 74.3% |

## Long Context

- Gemini 1.0 Pro: 34.3 (#249)
- Llama 3.1-8B: 35.8 (#238)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Llama 3.1-8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1132 | 1182 |

## Writing & Preference

- Gemini 1.0 Pro: 36.0 (#264)
- Llama 3.1-8B: 29.7 (#290)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Llama 3.1-8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1149 | 1187 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1131 | 1154 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1139 | 1172 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 713 |
| WildBench | — | 68.7% |

## FAQ

### Is Gemini 1.0 Pro better than Llama 3.1-8B?

Gemini 1.0 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 27.3 to 23.0 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Gemini 1.0 Pro or Llama 3.1-8B better for coding?

Gemini 1.0 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 32.2 versus 20.2 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.0 Pro and Llama 3.1-8B share?

24 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.0 Pro has 24 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.1-8B has 43.