Model comparison

Claude 2 vs Gemini 3.8 Flash

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 25.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.

Claude 2 Anthropic

25.0

Rank #346 Reported

Gemini 3.8 Flash Google

61.8

Rank #11 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 2 scores higher in 0 categories and Gemini 3.8 Flash in 3 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Gemini 3.8 Flash leads 74.8 to 16.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 2.5% for Claude 2 and 98.9% for Gemini 3.8 Flash.

Side by side

Claude 2 and Gemini 3.8 Flash specifications
Claude 2Gemini 3.8 Flash
ProviderAnthropicGoogle
Noometry Index25.061.8
Released2023-07-112026-09-02
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window—1.05M
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.75
Output $ / M tokens—$3.75
Results tracked850

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Claude 2: —, Gemini 3.8 Flash: 59.2 (#15)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 2Gemini 3.8 Flash
DeepSWE—73.8%
FrontierCode—41.2%
CursorBench—39.6%
LMArena WebDev—1584
FrontierSWE—19.6%
SciCode—56.6%
WeirdML—84.8%
LMArena Coding—1510
ALE-Bench—1,270
HumanEval+61.6%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Claude 2: —, Gemini 3.8 Flash: 41.8 (#21)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 2Gemini 3.8 Flash
APEX-Agents—64.3%
Remote Labor Index—5.8%
GDP.pdf—23.4%
Vending-Bench 2—5,094

Reasoning Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Claude 2: 21.7 (#216), Gemini 3.8 Flash: 76.9 (#5)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 2Gemini 3.8 Flash
DTBench51.9%95.7%
Epoch Capabilities Index120.13156.71
ARC-AGI-2—89.2%
NYT Connections (extended)—97.4%
ARC-AGI-1—98.5%
CritPt—18.3%
Chess Puzzles—61%
LMArena Hard Prompts—1508
Mystery Game Puzzles—47%
LMCA—52.9%
Surface Evolver Bench—76.9%

Math Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Claude 2: 9.3 (#320), Gemini 3.8 Flash: 65.3 (#28)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 2Gemini 3.8 Flash
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20252.5%98.9%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—68.4%
FrontierMath Tier 4—22%
ProofBench—48%
LMArena Math—1528
MATH Level 511.7%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Claude 2: 16.9 (#287), Gemini 3.8 Flash: 74.8 (#2)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 2Gemini 3.8 Flash
GPQA Diamond34.7%95.4%
Humanity's Last Exam—44.5%
SimpleQA Verified—69.7%
LMArena Expert—1524
MMLU78.5%—
TriviaQA87.5%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Claude 2: —, Gemini 3.8 Flash: 40.7 (#45)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 2Gemini 3.8 Flash
LMArena Vision—1314
Blueprint-Bench 2—38.6%
Furniture Assembly—31.7%

Multilingual Not comparable

Claude 2: —, Gemini 3.8 Flash: 58.0 (#5)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 2Gemini 3.8 Flash
LMArena Non-English—1491
LMArena Chinese—1554
LMArena French—1498
LMArena German—1493
LMArena Japanese—1502
LMArena Korean—1459
LMArena Russian—1515
LMArena Spanish—1485

Instruction Following Not comparable

Claude 2: —, Gemini 3.8 Flash: 78.0 (#13)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 2Gemini 3.8 Flash
LMArena Instruction Following—1490

Long Context Not comparable

Claude 2: —, Gemini 3.8 Flash: 46.3 (#24)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 2Gemini 3.8 Flash
LMArena Longer Query—1508

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Claude 2: —, Gemini 3.8 Flash: 72.2 (#15)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 2Gemini 3.8 Flash
LMArena Text—1499
LMArena Creative Writing—1492
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1748
LMArena Multi-Turn—1501

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude 2 better than Gemini 3.8 Flash?

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 25.0 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Claude 2 and Gemini 3.8 Flash share?

4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 2 has 8 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 3.8 Flash has 50.

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