Model comparison
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs Gemini 2.0 Pro
Gemini 2.0 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.6 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B scores higher in 1 category and Gemini 2.0 Pro in 6 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 2.0 Pro leads 37.1 to 13.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 33% for Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and 65.7% for Gemini 2.0 Pro.
Side by side
| Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Gemini 2.0 Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | ||
| Noometry Index | 29.7 | 38.6 |
| Released | 2024-10-03 | 2025-02-05 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 21 | 14 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemini 2.0 Pro leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 34.9 (#221), Gemini 2.0 Pro: 37.4 (#182)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Gemini 2.0 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Aider Polyglot | — | 35.6% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 63.5% |
| LMArena Coding | 1218 | — |
Reasoning Gemini 2.0 Pro leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 19.2 (#242), Gemini 2.0 Pro: 21.6 (#194)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Gemini 2.0 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| EnigmaEval | — | 0.7% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 60.1% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1210 | — |
| DTBench | 50% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 68% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 135.06 |
| LiveBench | — | 65.1% |
Math Gemini 2.0 Pro leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 13.3 (#296), Gemini 2.0 Pro: 37.1 (#101)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Gemini 2.0 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 4.6% | — |
| LiveBench Math | — | 71% |
| LMArena Math | 1207 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 83.5% |
Knowledge Gemini 2.0 Pro leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 16.0 (#285), Gemini 2.0 Pro: 36.5 (#156)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Gemini 2.0 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 33% | 65.7% |
| Confabulations | — | 18.4% |
| LMArena Expert | 1185 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 27.6 (#110), Gemini 2.0 Pro: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Gemini 2.0 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1044 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 38.6 (#224), Gemini 2.0 Pro: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Gemini 2.0 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1215 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1231 | — |
| LMArena French | 1233 | — |
| LMArena German | 1206 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1150 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1140 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1236 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1212 | — |
Instruction Following Gemini 2.0 Pro leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 63.1 (#231), Gemini 2.0 Pro: 75.6 (#57)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Gemini 2.0 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 83.4% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1199 | — |
Long Context Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 36.9 (#220), Gemini 2.0 Pro: 29.1 (#287)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Gemini 2.0 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 41.7% |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1219 | — |
Writing & Preference Gemini 2.0 Pro leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 43.0 (#227), Gemini 2.0 Pro: 52.7 (#164)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Gemini 2.0 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1226 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1218 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1185 | — |
| LiveBench Language | — | 44.9% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B better than Gemini 2.0 Pro?
Gemini 2.0 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.6 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B or Gemini 2.0 Pro better for coding?
Gemini 2.0 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.4 versus 34.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and Gemini 2.0 Pro share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has 21 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 2.0 Pro has 14.