Model comparison

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview vs Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.7 to 35.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.

Summary

  • They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview scores higher in 7 categories and Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads 71.7 to 22.8.
  • Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview and Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b specifications
Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewLlama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b
ProviderGoogleAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index56.735.7
Released2026-02-19—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$2—
Output $ / M tokens$12—
Results tracked7111

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 42.5 (#99), Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b: 34.4 (#235)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewLlama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b
LMArena Coding14841183
SWE-bench Verified75.6%—
DeepSWE11.7%—
LMArena WebDev1447—
SciCode58.9%—
GSO22.6%—
WeirdML72.1%—
MirrorCode8.9%—
ALE-Bench1,161—
AlgoTune2.02—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 37.7 (#34), Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewLlama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b
Terminal-Bench80.2%—
APEX-Agents35.3%—
τ²-bench Banking26%—
DeepResearch Bench47.8%—
PostTrainBench22%—
BALROG57%—
ExploitBench26.1%—
GBAEval0.8%—
GDP.pdf17%—
LMArena Search1211—
METR Time Horizons77%—
Vending-Bench 23,774—

Reasoning Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 71.7 (#12), Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b: 22.8 (#188)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewLlama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b
LMArena Hard Prompts14851174
ARC-AGI-277.1%—
SimpleBench79.6%—
NYT Connections (extended)97.4%—
ARC-AGI-198%—
CritPt17.7%—
Chess Puzzles55%—
EnigmaEval36.8%—
Thematic Generalization79.4%—
EBR-Bench14.3%—
Mystery Game Puzzles34%—
DTBench97.1%—
LMCA53.8%—
Epoch Capabilities Index154.77—
ForecastBench59—

Math Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 62.1 (#34), Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b: 33.9 (#198)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewLlama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b
LMArena Math14851195
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)59.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 426.8%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions86.5%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202595.6%—
ProofBench26%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)36.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)16.7%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 71.8 (#3), Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewLlama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b
GPQA Diamond94.4%—
Humanity's Last Exam46.4%—
SimpleQA Verified73.5%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate10.4%—
LMArena Expert1485—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 37.9 (#69), Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewLlama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b
LMArena Vision1296—
Blueprint-Bench 226.5%—
Furniture Assembly26.7%—
LMArena Document1444—

Multilingual Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 57.0 (#12), Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b: 35.4 (#246)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewLlama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b
LMArena Non-English14771169
LMArena Chinese15291176
LMArena Russian14981193
LMArena French1487—
LMArena German1491—
LMArena Japanese1493—
LMArena Korean1455—
LMArena Spanish1479—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 77.0 (#32), Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b: 61.3 (#246)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewLlama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b
LMArena Instruction Following14661174

Long Context Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 47.4 (#18), Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b: 35.8 (#239)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewLlama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b
LMArena Longer Query14831181
CL-bench20.8%—
CL-bench Life16.9%—

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 66.1 (#37), Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b: 39.7 (#245)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewLlama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b
LMArena Text14811193
LMArena Creative Writing14821182
LMArena Multi-Turn14881154
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1491—
EQ-Bench 41142—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview better than Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b?

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.7 to 35.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview or Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b better for coding?

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.5 versus 34.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview and Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b share?

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview has 71 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b has 11.

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