Model comparison
Gemini 3.5 Flash vs Gemma 7B
Gemini 3.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.2 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.5 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Gemma 7B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.5 Flash leads 62.8 to 19.9.
- Gemma 7B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | Gemma 7B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | ||
| Noometry Index | 54.2 | 30.0 |
| Released | 2026-05-19 | 2024-02-21 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1.05M | — |
| Max output | 66K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $1.50 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $9 | — |
| Results tracked | 54 | 27 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemini 3.5 Flash leads
Gemini 3.5 Flash: 49.4 (#49), Gemma 7B: 30.5 (#294)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Gemma 7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1492 | 1048 |
| SWE-bench Verified | 79.3% | — |
| DeepSWE | 37.4% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1499 | — |
| SciCode | 53.1% | — |
| WeirdML | 62.6% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 911.02 | — |
| HumanEval+ | — | 28.7% |
| MBPP+ | — | 43.4% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 3.5 Flash: 24.7 (#114), Gemma 7B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Gemma 7B |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 27.5% | — |
| GBAEval | 6.7% | — |
| GDP.pdf | 14% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 5,396 | — |
Reasoning Gemini 3.5 Flash leads
Gemini 3.5 Flash: 62.8 (#18), Gemma 7B: 19.9 (#249)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Gemma 7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1488 | 1042 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 154.46 | 111.99 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 72.1% | — |
| SimpleBench | 76.7% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 92.6% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 92.5% | — |
| CritPt | 13.1% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 50% | — |
| EnigmaEval | 25.4% | — |
| EBR-Bench | 4.8% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 32% | — |
| DTBench | 94.7% | — |
| LMCA | 47.1% | — |
| Surface Evolver Bench | 58.1% | — |
| Adversarial NLI | — | 48.7% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 55.1% |
| ForecastBench | 59 | — |
| HellaSwag | — | 82.2% |
| PIQA | — | 81.2% |
| WinoGrande | — | 79% |
Math Gemini 3.5 Flash leads
Gemini 3.5 Flash: 60.7 (#36), Gemma 7B: 31.2 (#228)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Gemma 7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1504 | 1066 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 62.8% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 26.8% | — |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | 76.3% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 95.6% | — |
| ProofBench | 31% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 39% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 14.6% | — |
| GSM8K | — | 46.4% |
Knowledge Gemini 3.5 Flash leads
Gemini 3.5 Flash: 66.3 (#11), Gemma 7B: 27.3 (#252)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Gemma 7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1495 | 1001 |
| GPQA Diamond | 92.8% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 66.2% | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 78.3% |
| BoolQ | — | 83.2% |
| MMLU | — | 66.1% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 78.6% |
| TriviaQA | — | 72.3% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 3.5 Flash: 45.7 (#15), Gemma 7B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Gemma 7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1310 | — |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 33.6% | — |
| LMArena Document | 1463 | — |
Multilingual Gemini 3.5 Flash leads
Gemini 3.5 Flash: 57.0 (#13), Gemma 7B: 25.1 (#287)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Gemma 7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1476 | 999 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1526 | 1035 |
| LMArena French | 1490 | 1025 |
| LMArena Russian | 1493 | 993 |
| LMArena German | 1492 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1486 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1451 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1480 | — |
Instruction Following Gemini 3.5 Flash leads
Gemini 3.5 Flash: 77.0 (#30), Gemma 7B: 51.5 (#295)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Gemma 7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1467 | 1017 |
Long Context Gemini 3.5 Flash leads
Gemini 3.5 Flash: 45.4 (#38), Gemma 7B: 31.1 (#282)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Gemma 7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1482 | 1022 |
Writing & Preference Gemini 3.5 Flash leads
Gemini 3.5 Flash: 65.5 (#47), Gemma 7B: 27.1 (#302)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Gemma 7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1482 | 1056 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1470 | 1024 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1481 | 963 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 1087 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 3.5 Flash better than Gemma 7B?
Gemini 3.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.2 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 3.5 Flash or Gemma 7B better for coding?
Gemini 3.5 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.4 versus 30.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.5 Flash and Gemma 7B share?
14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.5 Flash has 54 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 7B has 27.