Model comparison

Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Llama 2-13B

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.8 Flash Google

61.8

Rank #11 Confirmed

Llama 2-13B Meta

29.6

Rank #309 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Llama 2-13B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.8 Flash leads 76.9 to 12.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Chess Puzzles: 61% for Gemini 3.8 Flash and 0% for Llama 2-13B.
  • Llama 2-13B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.8 Flash and Llama 2-13B specifications
Gemini 3.8 FlashLlama 2-13B
ProviderGoogleMeta
Noometry Index61.829.6
Released2026-09-022023-07-18
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.75—
Output $ / M tokens$3.75—
Results tracked5032

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 59.2 (#15), Llama 2-13B: 30.9 (#291)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashLlama 2-13B
LMArena Coding15101062
DeepSWE73.8%—
FrontierCode41.2%—
CursorBench39.6%—
LMArena WebDev1584—
FrontierSWE19.6%—
SciCode56.6%—
WeirdML84.8%—
ALE-Bench1,270—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 41.8 (#21), Llama 2-13B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashLlama 2-13B
APEX-Agents64.3%—
Remote Labor Index5.8%—
GDP.pdf23.4%—
Vending-Bench 25,094—

Reasoning Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 76.9 (#5), Llama 2-13B: 12.8 (#337)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashLlama 2-13B
Chess Puzzles61%0%
LMArena Hard Prompts15081051
DTBench95.7%42.2%
Epoch Capabilities Index156.71106.17
ARC-AGI-289.2%—
NYT Connections (extended)97.4%—
ARC-AGI-198.5%—
CritPt18.3%—
Mystery Game Puzzles47%—
LMCA52.9%—
Surface Evolver Bench76.9%—
BIG-Bench Hard—58.2%
HellaSwag—80.7%
LAMBADA—76.5%
PIQA—80.8%
WinoGrande—72.8%

Math Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 65.3 (#28), Llama 2-13B: 31.1 (#229)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashLlama 2-13B
LMArena Math15281065
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)68.4%—
FrontierMath Tier 422%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.9%—
ProofBench48%—
GSM8K—36.9%

Knowledge Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 74.8 (#2), Llama 2-13B: 28.1 (#249)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashLlama 2-13B
LMArena Expert15241030
GPQA Diamond95.4%—
Humanity's Last Exam44.5%—
SimpleQA Verified69.7%—
ARC (AI2) Challenge—60.3%
BoolQ—82.4%
MMLU—55.6%
OpenBookQA—57%
TriviaQA—79.6%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 40.7 (#45), Llama 2-13B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashLlama 2-13B
LMArena Vision1314—
Blueprint-Bench 238.6%—
Furniture Assembly31.7%—
ScienceQA—55.8%

Multilingual Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 58.0 (#5), Llama 2-13B: 26.5 (#279)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashLlama 2-13B
LMArena Non-English14911024
LMArena Chinese15541001
LMArena French14981044
LMArena German14931009
LMArena Japanese1502894
LMArena Korean1459953
LMArena Russian15151055
LMArena Spanish14851087

Instruction Following Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 78.0 (#13), Llama 2-13B: 53.3 (#287)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashLlama 2-13B
LMArena Instruction Following14901045

Long Context Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 46.3 (#24), Llama 2-13B: 32.3 (#269)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashLlama 2-13B
LMArena Longer Query15081064

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 72.2 (#15), Llama 2-13B: 29.8 (#289)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashLlama 2-13B
LMArena Text14991084
LMArena Creative Writing14921047
LMArena Multi-Turn15011050
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1748—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash better than Llama 2-13B?

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash or Llama 2-13B better for coding?

Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 59.2 versus 30.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.8 Flash and Llama 2-13B share?

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.8 Flash has 50 scored results on Noometry and Llama 2-13B has 32.

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