# Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) vs Palm 2

> Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.1 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/gemini-1-5-pro-vs-palm-2
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 10

## Summary

- They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) scores higher in 5 categories and Palm 2 in 2 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) leads 52.4 to 25.6.

## Snapshot

| | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Google | Google |
| Noometry Index | 32.1 | 30.0 |
| Rank | 261 | 298 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 34.2 (#241)
- Palm 2: 29.0 (#311)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1294 | 994 |
| WeirdML | 22.2% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 43.8% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 57.5% | — |
| CadEval | 34% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 79.3% | — |
| MBPP+ | 74.6% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 17.9 (#145)
- Palm 2: —

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| TheAgentCompany | 3.4% | — |
| Cybench | 7.5% | — |
| BALROG | 21% | — |

## Reasoning

- Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 12.3 (#338)
- Palm 2: 19.1 (#271)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1296 | 1005 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0.8% | — |
| SimpleBench | 27.1% | — |
| DTBench | 59% | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 89.2% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 131.73 | — |
| ForecastBench | 58.4 | — |

## Math

- Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 25.8 (#266)
- Palm 2: 30.8 (#231)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1315 | 1049 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 23.1% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 36.4% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 70.4% | — |

## Knowledge

- Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 29.4 (#239)
- Palm 2: —

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 57.2% | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 4.6% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 73.7% | — |
| Confabulations | 13.5% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 53.4% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1279 | — |
| MMLU | 86.9% | — |

## Multimodal

- Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 36.8 (#77)
- Palm 2: —

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1161 | — |
| Video-MME | 75% | — |

## Multilingual

- Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 45.3 (#174)
- Palm 2: 20.9 (#295)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1312 | 916 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1331 | 887 |
| LMArena French | 1302 | — |
| LMArena German | 1286 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1292 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1298 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1320 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1311 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 68.6 (#185)
- Palm 2: 51.0 (#296)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1297 | 1010 |
| IFEval | 83.7% | — |

## Long Context

- Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 39.8 (#169)
- Palm 2: 30.8 (#285)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1308 | 1010 |

## Writing & Preference

- Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 52.4 (#172)
- Palm 2: 25.6 (#304)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1319 | 1027 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1333 | 991 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1296 | 994 |
| WildBench | 81.3% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) better than Palm 2?

Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.1 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) or Palm 2 better for coding?

Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.2 versus 29.0 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) and Palm 2 share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) has 45 scored results on Noometry and Palm 2 has 10.