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Model comparison

Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Gemma 2 2b IT

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 32.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.6 Flash Google

54.1

Rank #30 Confirmed

Gemma 2 2b IT Google

32.5

Rank #244 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Gemma 2 2b IT in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Gemini 3.6 Flash leads 67.8 to 29.3.
  • Gemma 2 2b IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.6 FlashGemma 2 2b IT
ProviderGoogleGoogle
Noometry Index54.132.5
Released2026-07-21—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.75—
Output $ / M tokens$3.75—
Results tracked4617

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 49.6 (#45), Gemma 2 2b IT: 31.8 (#268)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemma 2 2b IT
LMArena Coding14921112
DeepSWE46.7%—
FrontierCode34.4%—
LMArena WebDev1536—
SciCode52.7%—
WeirdML56.1%—
ALE-Bench715.52—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 32.4 (#56), Gemma 2 2b IT: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemma 2 2b IT
APEX-Agents46.9%—
GDP.pdf14%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 58.9 (#20), Gemma 2 2b IT: 20.5 (#219)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemma 2 2b IT
LMArena Hard Prompts14861113
ARC-AGI-260.4%—
NYT Connections (extended)89%—
ARC-AGI-191.2%—
CritPt10.6%—
Chess Puzzles43%—
Mystery Game Puzzles30%—
DTBench95.5%—
LMCA44.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index154.36—

Math Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 57.0 (#33), Gemma 2 2b IT: 30.1 (#212)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemma 2 2b IT
LMArena Math15041135
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)58.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 422%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions70.8%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202594.2%—
ProofBench36%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 67.8 (#7), Gemma 2 2b IT: 29.3 (#229)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemma 2 2b IT
LMArena Expert14891096
GPQA Diamond94.1%—
SimpleQA Verified66.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 38.7 (#55), Gemma 2 2b IT: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemma 2 2b IT
LMArena Vision1297—
Blueprint-Bench 231.2%—
Furniture Assembly23.3%—
LMArena Document1456—

Multilingual Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 56.8 (#17), Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.5 (#252)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemma 2 2b IT
LMArena Non-English14701121
LMArena Chinese15301132
LMArena French15011156
LMArena German14781114
LMArena Japanese14771083
LMArena Korean14351055
LMArena Russian14901118
LMArena Spanish14771140

Instruction Following Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 77.2 (#27), Gemma 2 2b IT: 58.1 (#258)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemma 2 2b IT
LMArena Instruction Following14671118

Long Context Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 45.1 (#47), Gemma 2 2b IT: 34.2 (#245)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemma 2 2b IT
LMArena Longer Query14751130

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 68.3 (#26), Gemma 2 2b IT: 36.6 (#258)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemma 2 2b IT
LMArena Text14781156
LMArena Creative Writing14641147
LMArena Multi-Turn14811118
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1604—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash better than Gemma 2 2b IT?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 32.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash or Gemma 2 2b IT better for coding?

Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.6 versus 31.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.6 Flash and Gemma 2 2b IT share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.6 Flash has 46 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 2 2b IT has 17.

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