Model comparison

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) vs o1-mini

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.1 to 34.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 35 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) Google

35.1

Rank #228 Confirmed

o1-mini OpenAI

34.0

Rank #235 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 35 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) scores higher in 6 categories and o1-mini in 3 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in instruction following, where Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads 74.4 to 66.7.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is LiveBench Instruction Following: 85.8% for Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) and 65.4% for o1-mini.

Side by side

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) and o1-mini specifications
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)o1-mini
ProviderGoogleOpenAI
Noometry Index35.134.0
Released2024-12-062024-09-12
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
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Results tracked5439

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Category by category

Coding o1-mini leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 28.4 (#315), o1-mini: 35.5 (#224)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)o1-mini
Aider Polyglot38.2%32.9%
WeirdML25.8%36.3%
LiveBench Coding63.4%48%
LMArena Coding13501362
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)13.5%—
BigCodeBench Instruct45.9%—
BigCodeBench Complete59.9%—
CadEval30%—
HumanEval+—89%
MBPP+—78.8%

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 28.1 (#92), o1-mini: 24.6 (#118)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)o1-mini
TheAgentCompany11.4%—
Cybench—10%

Reasoning Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 15.2 (#318), o1-mini: 8.8 (#346)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)o1-mini
ARC-AGI-21.3%0.8%
SimpleBench31.1%18.1%
LiveBench Reasoning78.2%72.3%
LMArena Hard Prompts13461333
LiveBench Data Analysis69.4%57.9%
Epoch Capabilities Index135.36135.82
LiveBench66.9%57.8%
Kagi LLM Benchmark37.8%—
ARC-AGI-1—14%
EnigmaEval1.1%—
DTBench63.2%—

Math Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 37.9 (#146), o1-mini: 35.4 (#186)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)o1-mini
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202557.8%46.9%
LiveBench Math75.8%62%
LMArena Math13521358
MATH Level 582.2%89.2%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)1.7%1.7%
Omni-MATH45.9%—

Knowledge o1-mini leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 32.0 (#213), o1-mini: 34.9 (#192)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)o1-mini
GPQA Diamond64.1%62.4%
Confabulations12.4%18.6%
LMArena Expert13391316
Humanity's Last Exam6.6%—
MMLU-Pro73.7%—
GPQA (HELM)55.6%—
MMLU79.7%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 36.5 (#79), o1-mini: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)o1-mini
LMArena Vision1158—
GeoBench77%—

Multilingual Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 47.4 (#149), o1-mini: 43.6 (#182)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)o1-mini
LMArena Non-English13421289
LMArena Chinese13731314
LMArena French13911293
LMArena German13531278
LMArena Japanese12941245
LMArena Korean13131223
LMArena Russian13511283
LMArena Spanish13631303

Instruction Following Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 74.4 (#97), o1-mini: 66.7 (#206)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)o1-mini
LiveBench Instruction Following85.8%65.4%
LMArena Instruction Following13361304
IFEval84.1%—

Long Context o1-mini leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 38.1 (#203), o1-mini: 40.1 (#161)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)o1-mini
LMArena Longer Query13441320
Fiction.LiveBench61.1%—

Writing & Preference Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 49.5 (#190), o1-mini: 48.4 (#202)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)o1-mini
LMArena Text13541317
LMArena Creative Writing13401244
Short-Story Creative Writing73.8%64.9%
LMArena Multi-Turn13501314
LiveBench Language51.3%40.9%
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1128—
WildBench80%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) better than o1-mini?

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.1 to 34.0 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) or o1-mini better for coding?

o1-mini scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.5 versus 28.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) and o1-mini share?

35 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) has 54 scored results on Noometry and o1-mini has 39.

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