Model comparison
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) vs Gemma 2 9B
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.2 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 27 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 27 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) scores higher in 8 categories and Gemma 2 9B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads 48.7 to 32.1.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is MATH Level 5: 61.9% for Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) and 21% for Gemma 2 9B.
- Gemma 2 9B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Gemma 2 9B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | ||
| Noometry Index | 33.2 | 25.9 |
| Released | 2024-05-14 | 2024-06-24 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 42 | 35 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 34.4 (#236), Gemma 2 9B: 29.4 (#304)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 43.5% | 34.7% |
| LMArena Coding | 1261 | 1173 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 55.1% | 40.6% |
| WeirdML | 24.9% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 22.5% |
| HumanEval+ | 75.6% | — |
| MBPP+ | 67.5% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 26.6 (#102), Gemma 2 9B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| BALROG | 14.6% | — |
Reasoning Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 21.7 (#215), Gemma 2 9B: 15.9 (#309)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1257 | 1171 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 129.36 | 119.83 |
| PIQA | 87.5% | 83.7% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 15.2% |
| DTBench | 53.8% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 36.4% |
| ForecastBench | 53.9 | — |
| LiveBench | — | 28.7% |
Math Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 22.1 (#281), Gemma 2 9B: 9.9 (#318)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 16.3% | 0.6% |
| LMArena Math | 1269 | 1183 |
| MATH Level 5 | 61.9% | 21% |
| GSM8K | 82.4% | 84.9% |
| Omni-MATH | 30.4% | — |
| LiveBench Math | — | 19.8% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 0% | — |
Knowledge Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 26.2 (#260), Gemma 2 9B: 9.7 (#305)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 47.3% | 27.5% |
| LMArena Expert | 1233 | 1147 |
| BoolQ | 85.8% | 85.7% |
| MMLU | 77.9% | 72.1% |
| MMLU-Pro | 67.8% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 43.7% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 36.0 (#81), Gemma 2 9B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1141 | — |
| Video-MME | 70.3% | — |
| GeoBench | 76% | — |
Multilingual Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 42.9 (#189), Gemma 2 9B: 36.6 (#238)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1278 | 1188 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1295 | 1185 |
| LMArena French | 1258 | 1190 |
| LMArena German | 1262 | 1186 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1252 | 1144 |
| LMArena Korean | 1221 | 1137 |
| LMArena Russian | 1288 | 1200 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1243 | 1200 |
Instruction Following Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 66.8 (#205), Gemma 2 9B: 57.6 (#269)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1258 | 1178 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 52.6% |
| IFEval | 83.1% | — |
Long Context Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 39.0 (#187), Gemma 2 9B: 36.3 (#233)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1284 | 1197 |
Writing & Preference Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 48.7 (#196), Gemma 2 9B: 32.1 (#281)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1287 | 1207 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1285 | 1206 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1253 | 1193 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 841 |
| WildBench | 79.2% | — |
| LiveBench Language | — | 25.5% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) better than Gemma 2 9B?
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.2 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) or Gemma 2 9B better for coding?
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.4 versus 29.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) and Gemma 2 9B share?
27 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) has 42 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 2 9B has 35.