Model comparison

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview vs Palm 2

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.7 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Google

56.7

Rank #23 Confirmed

Palm 2 Google

30.0

Rank #298 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview scores higher in 7 categories and Palm 2 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 19.1.

Side by side

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview and Palm 2 specifications
Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewPalm 2
ProviderGoogleGoogle
Noometry Index56.730.0
Released2026-02-19—
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$2—
Output $ / M tokens$12—
Results tracked7110

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 42.5 (#99), Palm 2: 29.0 (#311)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewPalm 2
LMArena Coding1484994
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), Palm 2: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewPalm 2
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), Palm 2: 19.1 (#271)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewPalm 2
LMArena Hard Prompts14851005
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), Palm 2: 30.8 (#231)

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 71.8 (#3), Palm 2: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewPalm 2
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), Palm 2: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewPalm 2
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), Palm 2: 20.9 (#295)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewPalm 2
LMArena Non-English1477916
LMArena Chinese1529887
LMArena French1487—
LMArena German1491—
LMArena Japanese1493—
LMArena Korean1455—
LMArena Russian1498—
LMArena Spanish1479—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 77.0 (#32), Palm 2: 51.0 (#296)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewPalm 2
LMArena Instruction Following14661010

Long Context Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 47.4 (#18), Palm 2: 30.8 (#285)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewPalm 2
LMArena Longer Query14831010
CL-bench20.8%—
CL-bench Life16.9%—

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 66.1 (#37), Palm 2: 25.6 (#304)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewPalm 2
LMArena Text14811027
LMArena Creative Writing1482991
LMArena Multi-Turn1488994
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1491—
EQ-Bench 41142—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview better than Palm 2?

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.7 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview or Palm 2 better for coding?

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.5 versus 29.0 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview and Palm 2 share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview has 71 scored results on Noometry and Palm 2 has 10.

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