Model comparison
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.1 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 21 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B scores higher in 2 categories and Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) in 7 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads 37.9 to 14.2.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 4.6% for Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and 57.8% for Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025).
Side by side
| Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | ||
| Noometry Index | 29.9 | 35.1 |
| Released | 2024-10-03 | 2024-12-06 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 21 | 54 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 35.5 (#225), Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 28.4 (#315)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1218 | 1350 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | — | 13.5% |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 38.2% |
| WeirdML | — | 25.8% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 45.9% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 63.4% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 59.9% |
| CadEval | — | 30% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: —, Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 28.1 (#92)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) |
|---|---|---|
| TheAgentCompany | — | 11.4% |
Reasoning Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 20.0 (#244), Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 15.2 (#318)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1209 | 1346 |
| DTBench | 50% | 63.2% |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 1.3% |
| SimpleBench | — | 31.1% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 37.8% |
| EnigmaEval | — | 1.1% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 78.2% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 69.4% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 135.36 |
| LiveBench | — | 66.9% |
Math Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 14.2 (#302), Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 37.9 (#146)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 4.6% | 57.8% |
| LMArena Math | 1207 | 1352 |
| Omni-MATH | — | 45.9% |
| LiveBench Math | — | 75.8% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 82.2% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 1.7% |
Knowledge Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 16.0 (#289), Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 32.0 (#213)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 33% | 64.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1185 | 1339 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | — | 6.6% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 73.7% |
| Confabulations | — | 12.4% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 55.6% |
| MMLU | — | 79.7% |
Multimodal Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 28.2 (#115), Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 36.5 (#79)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1044 | 1158 |
| GeoBench | — | 77% |
Multilingual Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 38.5 (#229), Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 47.4 (#149)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1215 | 1342 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1231 | 1373 |
| LMArena French | 1234 | 1391 |
| LMArena German | 1206 | 1353 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1150 | 1294 |
| LMArena Korean | 1140 | 1313 |
| LMArena Russian | 1236 | 1351 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1212 | 1363 |
Instruction Following Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 62.8 (#236), Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 74.4 (#97)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1199 | 1336 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 85.8% |
| IFEval | — | 84.1% |
Long Context Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 37.0 (#225), Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 38.1 (#203)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1219 | 1344 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 61.1% |
Writing & Preference Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 42.8 (#232), Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 49.5 (#190)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1226 | 1354 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1218 | 1340 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1185 | 1350 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 73.8% |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1128 |
| WildBench | — | 80% |
| LiveBench Language | — | 51.3% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B better than Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)?
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.1 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B or Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) better for coding?
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.5 versus 28.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) share?
21 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has 21 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) has 54.