Model comparison

Gemini 1.0 Pro vs Gemini 3.8 Flash

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 27.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 1.0 Pro Google

27.3

Rank #332 Confirmed

Gemini 3.8 Flash Google

61.8

Rank #11 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.0 Pro scores higher in 0 categories and Gemini 3.8 Flash in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.8 Flash leads 76.9 to 17.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 1.1% for Gemini 1.0 Pro and 98.9% for Gemini 3.8 Flash.

Side by side

Gemini 1.0 Pro and Gemini 3.8 Flash specifications
Gemini 1.0 ProGemini 3.8 Flash
ProviderGoogleGoogle
Noometry Index27.361.8
Released2023-12-132026-09-02
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window—1.05M
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.75
Output $ / M tokens—$3.75
Results tracked2450

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 32.2 (#275), Gemini 3.8 Flash: 59.2 (#15)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGemini 3.8 Flash
LMArena Coding11081510
DeepSWE—73.8%
FrontierCode—41.2%
CursorBench—39.6%
LMArena WebDev—1584
FrontierSWE—19.6%
SciCode—56.6%
WeirdML—84.8%
ALE-Bench—1,270
HumanEval+55.5%—
MBPP+61.4%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 1.0 Pro: —, Gemini 3.8 Flash: 41.8 (#21)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGemini 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

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 17.1 (#296), Gemini 3.8 Flash: 76.9 (#5)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGemini 3.8 Flash
LMArena Hard Prompts11091508
DTBench45.9%95.7%
Epoch Capabilities Index117.04156.71
ARC-AGI-2—89.2%
NYT Connections (extended)—97.4%
ARC-AGI-1—98.5%
CritPt—18.3%
Chess Puzzles—61%
Mystery Game Puzzles—47%
LMCA—52.9%
Surface Evolver Bench—76.9%

Math Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 9.3 (#321), Gemini 3.8 Flash: 65.3 (#28)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGemini 3.8 Flash
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20251.1%98.9%
LMArena Math11321528
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—68.4%
FrontierMath Tier 4—22%
ProofBench—48%
MATH Level 511.2%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 15.6 (#291), Gemini 3.8 Flash: 74.8 (#2)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGemini 3.8 Flash
GPQA Diamond34%95.4%
LMArena Expert10591524
Humanity's Last Exam—44.5%
SimpleQA Verified—69.7%
MMLU70%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 1.0 Pro: —, Gemini 3.8 Flash: 40.7 (#45)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGemini 3.8 Flash
LMArena Vision—1314
Blueprint-Bench 2—38.6%
Furniture Assembly—31.7%

Multilingual Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 33.4 (#252), Gemini 3.8 Flash: 58.0 (#5)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGemini 3.8 Flash
LMArena Non-English11381491
LMArena Chinese11241554
LMArena French11451498
LMArena German11251493
LMArena Japanese10231502
LMArena Russian11861515
LMArena Spanish11191485
LMArena Korean—1459

Instruction Following Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 57.6 (#267), Gemini 3.8 Flash: 78.0 (#13)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGemini 3.8 Flash
LMArena Instruction Following11141490

Long Context Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 34.3 (#249), Gemini 3.8 Flash: 46.3 (#24)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGemini 3.8 Flash
LMArena Longer Query11321508

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 36.0 (#264), Gemini 3.8 Flash: 72.2 (#15)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGemini 3.8 Flash
LMArena Text11491499
LMArena Creative Writing11311492
LMArena Multi-Turn11391501
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1748

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 1.0 Pro better than Gemini 3.8 Flash?

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 27.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 1.0 Pro or Gemini 3.8 Flash better for coding?

Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 59.2 versus 32.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.0 Pro and Gemini 3.8 Flash share?

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.0 Pro has 24 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 3.8 Flash has 50.

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