Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite vs Step 5 Preview

Step 5 Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.9 to 37.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite Google

37.8

Rank #194 Confirmed

Step 5 Preview StepFun

47.9

Rank #58 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite scores higher in 0 categories and Step 5 Preview in 9 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Step 5 Preview leads 40.0 to 22.0.

Side by side

Gemini 2.0 Flash-LiteStep 5 Preview
ProviderGoogleStepFun
Noometry Index37.847.9
Released2025-02-052026-09-16
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window—1.02M
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$1
Output $ / M tokens—$2.70
Results tracked3218

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Category by category

Coding Step 5 Preview leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 37.9 (#185), Step 5 Preview: 51.8 (#36)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteStep 5 Preview
LMArena Coding13221480
LMArena WebDev—1564
SciCode—58.9%
LiveBench Coding47.1%—

Reasoning Step 5 Preview leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 22.0 (#210), Step 5 Preview: 40.0 (#57)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteStep 5 Preview
LMArena Hard Prompts13241465
CritPt—20.9%
LiveBench Reasoning50.1%—
DTBench52.5%—
LiveBench Data Analysis65.5%—
ForecastBench57.1—
LiveBench54.3%—

Math Step 5 Preview leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 34.1 (#196), Step 5 Preview: 46.1 (#72)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteStep 5 Preview
LMArena Math13091470
ProofBench—42%
Omni-MATH37.4%—
LiveBench Math58.1%—

Knowledge Step 5 Preview leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 35.0 (#189), Step 5 Preview: 41.2 (#112)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteStep 5 Preview
LMArena Expert13051470
MMLU-Pro72%—
GPQA (HELM)50%—

Multimodal Step 5 Preview leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 31.2 (#109), Step 5 Preview: 41.0 (#41)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteStep 5 Preview
LMArena Vision11001267

Multilingual Step 5 Preview leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 46.0 (#161), Step 5 Preview: 53.8 (#54)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteStep 5 Preview
LMArena Non-English13231432
LMArena Chinese13391519
LMArena Russian13281436
LMArena Spanish13131439
LMArena French1347—
LMArena German1306—
LMArena Japanese1301—
LMArena Korean1325—

Instruction Following Step 5 Preview leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 70.4 (#163), Step 5 Preview: 76.0 (#50)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteStep 5 Preview
LMArena Instruction Following13051444
LiveBench Instruction Following78.3%—
IFEval82.4%—

Long Context Step 5 Preview leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 40.1 (#160), Step 5 Preview: 44.5 (#64)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteStep 5 Preview
LMArena Longer Query13201455

Writing & Preference Step 5 Preview leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 51.7 (#177), Step 5 Preview: 62.8 (#71)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteStep 5 Preview
LMArena Text13301442
LMArena Creative Writing13191410
LMArena Multi-Turn13071447
WildBench79%—
LiveBench Language34.3%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite better than Step 5 Preview?

Step 5 Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.9 to 37.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite or Step 5 Preview better for coding?

Step 5 Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 51.8 versus 37.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite and Step 5 Preview share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite has 32 scored results on Noometry and Step 5 Preview has 18.

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