# Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Llama 2-13B

> Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/gemini-3-8-flash-vs-llama-2-13b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 20

## Summary

- They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Llama 2-13B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.8 Flash leads 64.7 to 12.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Chess Puzzles: 61% for Gemini 3.8 Flash and 0% for Llama 2-13B.
- Llama 2-13B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Gemini 3.8 Flash | Llama 2-13B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Google | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 59.5 | 29.1 |
| Rank | 13 | 304 |
| Context | 1.05M | — |
| Input $/M | $0.75 | — |
| Output $/M | $3.75 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Gemini 3.8 Flash: 56.4 (#17)
- Llama 2-13B: 30.4 (#287)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.8 Flash | Llama 2-13B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1512 | 1062 |
| DeepSWE | 73.8% | — |
| FrontierCode | 41.2% | — |
| CursorBench | 39.6% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1581 | — |
| FrontierSWE | 19.6% | — |
| SciCode | 56.6% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 1,270 | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Gemini 3.8 Flash: 40.3 (#22)
- Llama 2-13B: —

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.8 Flash | Llama 2-13B |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 64.3% | — |
| GDP.pdf | 23.4% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 5,094 | — |

## Reasoning

- Gemini 3.8 Flash: 64.7 (#13)
- Llama 2-13B: 12.3 (#333)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.8 Flash | Llama 2-13B |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 61% | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1506 | 1051 |
| DTBench | 95.7% | 42.2% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 157.13 | 105.8 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 97.4% | — |
| CritPt | 18.3% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 47% | — |
| LMCA | 52.9% | — |
| Surface Evolver Bench | 76.9% | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 58.2% |
| HellaSwag | — | 80.7% |
| LAMBADA | — | 76.5% |
| PIQA | — | 80.8% |
| WinoGrande | — | 72.8% |

## Math

- Gemini 3.8 Flash: 65.2 (#22)
- Llama 2-13B: 28.7 (#226)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.8 Flash | Llama 2-13B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1528 | 1065 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 68.4% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 22% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 98.9% | — |
| ProofBench | 48% | — |
| GSM8K | — | 36.9% |

## Knowledge

- Gemini 3.8 Flash: 74.9 (#2)
- Llama 2-13B: 27.5 (#244)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.8 Flash | Llama 2-13B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1529 | 1030 |
| GPQA Diamond | 95.4% | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 44.5% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 69.7% | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 60.3% |
| BoolQ | — | 82.4% |
| MMLU | — | 55.6% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 57% |
| TriviaQA | — | 79.6% |

## Multimodal

- Gemini 3.8 Flash: 40.9 (#33)
- Llama 2-13B: —

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.8 Flash | Llama 2-13B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1312 | — |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 38.6% | — |
| Furniture Assembly | 31.7% | — |
| ScienceQA | — | 55.8% |

## Multilingual

- Gemini 3.8 Flash: 57.9 (#5)
- Llama 2-13B: 26.7 (#274)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.8 Flash | Llama 2-13B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1486 | 1024 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1547 | 1001 |
| LMArena French | 1502 | 1043 |
| LMArena German | 1470 | 1009 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1505 | 894 |
| LMArena Korean | 1479 | 953 |
| LMArena Russian | 1507 | 1055 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1492 | 1086 |

## Instruction Following

- Gemini 3.8 Flash: 78.2 (#11)
- Llama 2-13B: 53.5 (#282)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.8 Flash | Llama 2-13B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1489 | 1046 |

## Long Context

- Gemini 3.8 Flash: 46.2 (#23)
- Llama 2-13B: 32.3 (#264)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.8 Flash | Llama 2-13B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1506 | 1064 |

## Writing & Preference

- Gemini 3.8 Flash: 72.1 (#16)
- Llama 2-13B: 30.0 (#284)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.8 Flash | Llama 2-13B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1494 | 1085 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1485 | 1047 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1503 | 1050 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1748 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Gemini 3.8 Flash better than Llama 2-13B?

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Gemini 3.8 Flash or Llama 2-13B better for coding?

Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 56.4 versus 30.4 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.8 Flash and Llama 2-13B share?

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.8 Flash has 46 scored results on Noometry and Llama 2-13B has 32.