Model comparison

Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Llama 2-7B

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.8 Flash Google

61.8

Rank #11 Confirmed

Llama 2-7B Meta

29.1

Rank #317 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.8 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 3.8 Flash leads 76.9 to 15.7.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Chess Puzzles: 61% for Gemini 3.8 Flash and 0% for Llama 2-7B.
  • Llama 2-7B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.8 Flash and Llama 2-7B specifications
Gemini 3.8 FlashLlama 2-7B
ProviderGoogleMeta
Noometry Index61.829.1
Released2026-09-022023-07-18
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.75—
Output $ / M tokens$3.75—
Results tracked5029

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 59.2 (#15), Llama 2-7B: 29.2 (#307)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashLlama 2-7B
LMArena Coding15101002
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 2-7B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashLlama 2-7B
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 2-7B: 15.7 (#312)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashLlama 2-7B
Chess Puzzles61%0%
LMArena Hard Prompts15081009
Epoch Capabilities Index156.7199.06
ARC-AGI-289.2%—
NYT Connections (extended)97.4%—
ARC-AGI-198.5%—
CritPt18.3%—
Mystery Game Puzzles47%—
DTBench95.7%—
LMCA52.9%—
Surface Evolver Bench76.9%—
BIG-Bench Hard—39.2%
HellaSwag—77.2%
LAMBADA—73.3%
PIQA—78.8%
WinoGrande—69.2%

Math Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 65.3 (#28), Llama 2-7B: 30.7 (#233)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashLlama 2-7B
LMArena Math15281042
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)68.4%—
FrontierMath Tier 422%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.9%—
ProofBench48%—
GSM8K—16.7%

Knowledge Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 74.8 (#2), Llama 2-7B: 28.2 (#248)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashLlama 2-7B
LMArena Expert15241036
GPQA Diamond95.4%—
Humanity's Last Exam44.5%—
SimpleQA Verified69.7%—
ARC (AI2) Challenge—45.9%
BoolQ—77.9%
MMLU—45.8%
OpenBookQA—58.6%
TriviaQA—73.7%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 40.7 (#45), Llama 2-7B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashLlama 2-7B
LMArena Vision1314—
Blueprint-Bench 238.6%—
Furniture Assembly31.7%—
ScienceQA—43.1%

Multilingual Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 58.0 (#5), Llama 2-7B: 23.8 (#293)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashLlama 2-7B
LMArena Non-English1491973
LMArena Chinese1554973
LMArena French1498970
LMArena German1493978
LMArena Russian1515995
LMArena Spanish14851007
LMArena Japanese1502—
LMArena Korean1459—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 78.0 (#13), Llama 2-7B: 50.8 (#298)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashLlama 2-7B
LMArena Instruction Following14901006

Long Context Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 46.3 (#24), Llama 2-7B: 30.4 (#287)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashLlama 2-7B
LMArena Longer Query1508999

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 72.2 (#15), Llama 2-7B: 28.0 (#298)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashLlama 2-7B
LMArena Text14991053
LMArena Creative Writing14921033
LMArena Multi-Turn15011029
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1748—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash better than Llama 2-7B?

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash or Llama 2-7B better for coding?

Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 59.2 versus 29.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.8 Flash and Llama 2-7B share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.8 Flash has 50 scored results on Noometry and Llama 2-7B has 29.

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