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# Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

> Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B by Google, released October 2024. Ranked #301 of 354 with a Noometry Index of 29.9. Scores, sources and comparisons.
- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/models/gemini-1-5-flash-8b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Title: Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B Benchmarks, Price & Rank (October 2026)

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B by Google ranks 301st of 354 ranked models on the Noometry Index as of October 2026, with a score of 29.9. Its strongest category is multimodal, where it ranks 115th.

Last verified October 10, 2026

## Specifications

- **Noometry rank:** #301 of 354
- **Index score:** 29.9
- **Evidence:** Confirmed 21 results
- **Provider:** [![](/logos/google.svg) Google](https://noometry.com/providers/google)
- **Released:** October 3, 2024
- **Weights:** Proprietary
- **Reasoning:** Unknown
- **Context window:** —
- **Max output:** —
- **Input price:** Not listed
- **Output price:** Not listed
- **Blended price:** Not listed
- **Output speed:** Not measured
- **Value:** Not ranked
- **Knowledge cutoff:** Unknown

## Category scores

Each category score combines every public result we have in that category.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B category scores

1.  Coding 35.5
2.  Reasoning 20.0
3.  Math 14.2
4.  Knowledge 16.0
5.  Multimodal 28.2
6.  Multilingual 38.5
7.  Instruction Following 62.8
8.  Long Context 37.0
9.  Writing & Preference 42.8
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Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B category ranks
| Category | Score | Rank | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Coding](https://noometry.com/best/coding) | 35.5 | #225 | 1 |
| [Reasoning](https://noometry.com/best/reasoning) | 20.0 | #244 | 2 |
| [Math](https://noometry.com/best/math) | 14.2 | #302 | 2 |
| [Knowledge](https://noometry.com/best/knowledge) | 16.0 | #289 | 2 |
| [Multimodal](https://noometry.com/best/multimodal) | 28.2 | #115 | 1 |
| [Multilingual](https://noometry.com/best/multilingual) | 38.5 | #229 | 1 |
| [Instruction Following](https://noometry.com/best/instruction-following) | 62.8 | #236 | 1 |
| [Long Context](https://noometry.com/best/long-context) | 37.0 | #225 | 1 |
| [Writing & Preference](https://noometry.com/best/writing) | 42.8 | #232 | 3 |

## Strengths and weaknesses

Categories where Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B places highest and lowest among the models ranked in each, with its score against that category's median.

### Strongest categories

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: strongest categories
| Category | Score | vs median | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Coding](https://noometry.com/best/coding) | 35.5 | −3.3 | #225 of 340, top 67% |
| [Reasoning](https://noometry.com/best/reasoning) | 20.0 | −3.6 | #244 of 350, top 70% |
| [Writing & Preference](https://noometry.com/best/writing) | 42.8 | −11.0 | #232 of 312, top 75% |

### Weakest categories

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: weakest categories
| Category | Score | vs median | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Math](https://noometry.com/best/math) | 14.2 | −22.3 | #302 of 327, top 93% |
| [Knowledge](https://noometry.com/best/knowledge) | 16.0 | −21.3 | #289 of 314, top 93% |
| [Multimodal](https://noometry.com/best/multimodal) | 28.2 | −10.3 | #115 of 128, top 90% |

## Closest competitors

The models ranked just above and below Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B. When scores are this close, price and speed are often the better way to choose.

Models ranked closest to Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B
| Model | Rank | Score | Blended $/M | Speed |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Qwen2.5 32B Instruct](https://noometry.com/models/qwen2-5-32b-instruct) | #297 | 30.1 | $1.22 | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/gemini-1-5-flash-8b-vs-qwen2-5-32b-instruct) |
| [Palm 2](https://noometry.com/models/palm-2) | #298 | 30.0 | — | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/gemini-1-5-flash-8b-vs-palm-2) |
| [Gemma 7B](https://noometry.com/models/gemma-7b) | #299 | 30.0 | — | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/gemini-1-5-flash-8b-vs-gemma-7b) |
| [Qwen2-72B](https://noometry.com/models/qwen2-72b) | #300 | 30.0 | — | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/gemini-1-5-flash-8b-vs-qwen2-72b) |
| [Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct](https://noometry.com/models/qwen2-5-vl-72b-instruct) | #302 | 29.9 | $4.20 | 43 | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/gemini-1-5-flash-8b-vs-qwen2-5-vl-72b-instruct) |
| [Mistral](https://noometry.com/models/mistral) | #303 | 29.9 | — | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/gemini-1-5-flash-8b-vs-mistral) |
| [OLMo 2 Furious 13B](https://noometry.com/models/olmo-2-furious-13b) | #304 | 29.7 | — | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/gemini-1-5-flash-8b-vs-olmo-2-furious-13b) |
| [Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct](https://noometry.com/models/phi-3-mini-128k-instruct) | #305 | 29.7 | — | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/gemini-1-5-flash-8b-vs-phi-3-mini-128k-instruct) |

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## Benchmark results

Every published result we track, with its source. Bold rows are the ones used for ranking; where several exist we prefer independent runs over self-reported numbers.

### Coding

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B Coding benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LMArena Coding](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-coding) | 1218 | #235 of 294, top 80% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |

### Reasoning

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B Reasoning benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LMArena Hard Prompts](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-hard-prompts) | 1209 | #232 of 297, top 79% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [DTBench](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/dtbench) | 50% | #137 of 151, top 91% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |

### Math

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B Math benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/otis-mock-aime) | 4.6% | #149 of 173, top 87% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) | 2025-02-25 |
| [LMArena Math](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-math) | 1207 | #230 of 285, top 81% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |

### Knowledge

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B Knowledge benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [GPQA Diamond](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/gpqa-diamond) | 33% | #165 of 186, top 89% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) | 2025-03-12 |
| [LMArena Expert](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-expert) | 1185 | #223 of 273, top 82% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |

### Multimodal

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B Multimodal benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LMArena Vision](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-vision) | 1044 | #114 of 122, top 94% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/vision) | 2026-10-09 |

### Multilingual

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B Multilingual benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LMArena Non-English](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-non-english) | 1215 | #229 of 297, top 78% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [LMArena Chinese](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-chinese) | 1231 | #217 of 285, top 77% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [LMArena French](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-french) | 1234 | #187 of 223, top 84% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [LMArena German](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-german) | 1206 | #190 of 231, top 83% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [LMArena Japanese](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-japanese) | 1150 | #176 of 211, top 84% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [LMArena Korean](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-korean) | 1140 | #183 of 213, top 86% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [LMArena Russian](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-russian) | 1236 | #219 of 283, top 78% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [LMArena Spanish](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-spanish) | 1212 | #192 of 226, top 85% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |

### Instruction Following

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B Instruction Following benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LMArena Instruction Following](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-instruction-following) | 1199 | #237 of 298, top 80% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |

### Long Context

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B Long Context benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LMArena Longer Query](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-longer-query) | 1219 | #235 of 291, top 81% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |

### Writing & Preference

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B Writing & Preference benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LMArena Text](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-text) | 1226 | #234 of 297, top 79% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [LMArena Creative Writing](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-creative-writing) | 1218 | #224 of 295, top 76% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [LMArena Multi-Turn](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-multi-turn) | 1185 | #242 of 295, top 83% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |

## Compare Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

-   [Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs Qwen2-72B](https://noometry.com/compare/gemini-1-5-flash-8b-vs-qwen2-72b)
-   [Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct](https://noometry.com/compare/gemini-1-5-flash-8b-vs-qwen2-5-vl-72b-instruct)
-   [Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs Gemma 7B](https://noometry.com/compare/gemini-1-5-flash-8b-vs-gemma-7b)
-   [Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs Mistral](https://noometry.com/compare/gemini-1-5-flash-8b-vs-mistral)
-   [Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs Palm 2](https://noometry.com/compare/gemini-1-5-flash-8b-vs-palm-2)
-   [Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs OLMo 2 Furious 13B](https://noometry.com/compare/gemini-1-5-flash-8b-vs-olmo-2-furious-13b)
-   [Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs GPT-6 Astra](https://noometry.com/compare/gemini-1-5-flash-8b-vs-gpt-6-astra)
-   [Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs Claude Fable 5.1](https://noometry.com/compare/claude-fable-5-1-vs-gemini-1-5-flash-8b)
-   [Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs Kimi K3](https://noometry.com/compare/gemini-1-5-flash-8b-vs-kimi-k3)
-   [Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs Grok 4.6](https://noometry.com/compare/gemini-1-5-flash-8b-vs-grok-4-6)
-   [Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs Qwen3.8 Max](https://noometry.com/compare/gemini-1-5-flash-8b-vs-qwen3-8-max)
-   [Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs GLM-5.3](https://noometry.com/compare/gemini-1-5-flash-8b-vs-glm-5-3)
-   [Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs Muse Spark 1.3](https://noometry.com/compare/gemini-1-5-flash-8b-vs-muse-spark-1-3)
-   [Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs DeepSeek V4 Pro](https://noometry.com/compare/deepseek-v4-pro-vs-gemini-1-5-flash-8b)

## Other Google models

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-   [Gemini 3.7 Flash](https://noometry.com/models/gemini-3-7-flash)59.8
-   [Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview](https://noometry.com/models/gemini-3-1-pro-preview)56.7
-   [Gemini 4 Argon](https://noometry.com/models/gemini-4-argon)56.5
-   [Gemini 3 Pro](https://noometry.com/models/gemini-3-pro)54.8
-   [Gemini 3.5 Flash](https://noometry.com/models/gemini-3-5-flash)54.2
-   [Gemini 3.6 Flash](https://noometry.com/models/gemini-3-6-flash)54.1
-   [Gemini 3 Flash Preview](https://noometry.com/models/gemini-3-flash-preview)52.3

## Frequently asked questions

### How good is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B?

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B by Google ranks 301st of 354 ranked models on the Noometry Index as of October 2026, with a score of 29.9. Its strongest category is multimodal, where it ranks 115th.

### Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B open source?

No. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B is proprietary and available only through Google's API and partner platforms.

### What are Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B's strengths and weaknesses?

Relative to other ranked models, Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B places best in coding, reasoning, writing & preference and lowest in math, knowledge, multimodal.

### What is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B best at?

Its best category is multimodal, where it ranks 115th on Noometry.

### Cite this page

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