Model comparison

Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Llama 2-7B

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 28.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.6 Flash Google

54.1

Rank #30 Confirmed

Llama 2-7B Meta

28.6

Rank #315 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Llama 2-7B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.6 Flash leads 58.9 to 15.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Chess Puzzles: 43% for Gemini 3.6 Flash and 0% for Llama 2-7B.
  • Llama 2-7B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.6 Flash and Llama 2-7B specifications
Gemini 3.6 FlashLlama 2-7B
ProviderGoogleMeta
Noometry Index54.128.6
Released2026-07-212023-07-18
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.75—
Output $ / M tokens$3.75—
Results tracked4629

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 49.6 (#45), Llama 2-7B: 28.7 (#302)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashLlama 2-7B
LMArena Coding14921002
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), Llama 2-7B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashLlama 2-7B
APEX-Agents46.9%—
GDP.pdf14%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 58.9 (#20), Llama 2-7B: 15.1 (#309)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashLlama 2-7B
Chess Puzzles43%0%
LMArena Hard Prompts14861009
Epoch Capabilities Index154.3698.54
ARC-AGI-260.4%—
NYT Connections (extended)89%—
ARC-AGI-191.2%—
CritPt10.6%—
Mystery Game Puzzles30%—
DTBench95.5%—
LMCA44.9%—
BIG-Bench Hard—39.2%
HellaSwag—77.2%
LAMBADA—73.3%
PIQA—78.8%
WinoGrande—69.2%

Math Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 57.0 (#33), Llama 2-7B: 28.2 (#231)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashLlama 2-7B
LMArena Math15041042
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)58.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 422%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions70.8%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202594.2%—
ProofBench36%—
GSM8K—16.7%

Knowledge Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 67.8 (#7), Llama 2-7B: 27.7 (#243)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashLlama 2-7B
LMArena Expert14891036
GPQA Diamond94.1%—
SimpleQA Verified66.2%—
ARC (AI2) Challenge—45.9%
BoolQ—77.9%
MMLU—45.8%
OpenBookQA—58.6%
TriviaQA—73.7%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 38.7 (#55), Llama 2-7B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashLlama 2-7B
LMArena Vision1297—
Blueprint-Bench 231.2%—
Furniture Assembly23.3%—
LMArena Document1456—
ScienceQA—43.1%

Multilingual Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 56.8 (#17), Llama 2-7B: 23.9 (#288)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashLlama 2-7B
LMArena Non-English1470973
LMArena Chinese1530973
LMArena French1501969
LMArena German1478978
LMArena Russian1490995
LMArena Spanish14771007
LMArena Japanese1477—
LMArena Korean1435—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 77.2 (#27), Llama 2-7B: 51.0 (#293)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashLlama 2-7B
LMArena Instruction Following14671006

Long Context Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 45.1 (#47), Llama 2-7B: 30.4 (#282)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashLlama 2-7B
LMArena Longer Query1475999

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 68.3 (#26), Llama 2-7B: 28.1 (#293)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashLlama 2-7B
LMArena Text14781053
LMArena Creative Writing14641033
LMArena Multi-Turn14811029
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1604—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash better than Llama 2-7B?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 28.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash or Llama 2-7B better for coding?

Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.6 versus 28.7 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.6 Flash and Llama 2-7B share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.6 Flash has 46 scored results on Noometry and Llama 2-7B has 29.

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