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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.

Last verified

Noometry rank
#301 of 354
Index score
29.9
Evidence
Confirmed 21 results
Provider
Google
Released
October 3, 2024
Weights
Proprietary
Reasoning
Unknown
Context window
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Max output
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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.

  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
CategoryScoreRankResults
Coding35.5#2251
Reasoning20.0#2442
Math14.2#3022
Knowledge16.0#2892
Multimodal28.2#1151
Multilingual38.5#2291
Instruction Following62.8#2361
Long Context37.0#2251
Writing & Preference42.8#2323

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

CategoryScorevs medianRank
Coding35.5−3.3#225 of 340, top 67%
Reasoning20.0−3.6#244 of 350, top 70%
Writing & Preference42.8−11.0#232 of 312, top 75%

Weakest categories

CategoryScorevs medianRank
Math14.2−22.3#302 of 327, top 93%
Knowledge16.0−21.3#289 of 314, top 93%
Multimodal28.2−10.3#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.

ModelRankScoreBlended $/MSpeed
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct#29730.1$1.22—Compare
Palm 2#29830.0——Compare
Gemma 7B#29930.0——Compare
Qwen2-72B#30030.0——Compare
Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct#30229.9$4.2043Compare
Mistral#30329.9——Compare
OLMo 2 Furious 13B#30429.7——Compare
Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct#30529.7——Compare

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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

BenchmarkScorePositionSettingSourceDate
LMArena Coding1218#235 of 294, top 80%LMArena2026-10-08

Reasoning

BenchmarkScorePositionSettingSourceDate
LMArena Hard Prompts1209#232 of 297, top 79%LMArena2026-10-08
DTBench50%#137 of 151, top 91%Epoch AI

Math

BenchmarkScorePositionSettingSourceDate
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20254.6%#149 of 173, top 87%Epoch AI2025-02-25
LMArena Math1207#230 of 285, top 81%LMArena2026-10-08

Knowledge

BenchmarkScorePositionSettingSourceDate
GPQA Diamond33%#165 of 186, top 89%Epoch AI2025-03-12
LMArena Expert1185#223 of 273, top 82%LMArena2026-10-08

Multimodal

BenchmarkScorePositionSettingSourceDate
LMArena Vision1044#114 of 122, top 94%LMArena2026-10-09

Multilingual

BenchmarkScorePositionSettingSourceDate
LMArena Non-English1215#229 of 297, top 78%LMArena2026-10-08
LMArena Chinese1231#217 of 285, top 77%LMArena2026-10-08
LMArena French1234#187 of 223, top 84%LMArena2026-10-08
LMArena German1206#190 of 231, top 83%LMArena2026-10-08
LMArena Japanese1150#176 of 211, top 84%LMArena2026-10-08
LMArena Korean1140#183 of 213, top 86%LMArena2026-10-08
LMArena Russian1236#219 of 283, top 78%LMArena2026-10-08
LMArena Spanish1212#192 of 226, top 85%LMArena2026-10-08

Instruction Following

BenchmarkScorePositionSettingSourceDate
LMArena Instruction Following1199#237 of 298, top 80%LMArena2026-10-08

Long Context

BenchmarkScorePositionSettingSourceDate
LMArena Longer Query1219#235 of 291, top 81%LMArena2026-10-08

Writing & Preference

BenchmarkScorePositionSettingSourceDate
LMArena Text1226#234 of 297, top 79%LMArena2026-10-08
LMArena Creative Writing1218#224 of 295, top 76%LMArena2026-10-08
LMArena Multi-Turn1185#242 of 295, top 83%LMArena2026-10-08

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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.