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Model comparison

Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Palm 2

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.8 Flash Google

59.5

Rank #13 Confirmed

Palm 2 Google

29.4

Rank #296 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher in 7 categories and Palm 2 in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.8 Flash leads 64.7 to 18.2.

Side by side

Gemini 3.8 FlashPalm 2
ProviderGoogleGoogle
Noometry Index59.529.4
Released2026-09-02—
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.75—
Output $ / M tokens$3.75—
Results tracked4610

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 56.4 (#17), Palm 2: 28.5 (#306)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashPalm 2
LMArena Coding1512995
DeepSWE73.8%—
FrontierCode41.2%—
CursorBench39.6%—
LMArena WebDev1581—
FrontierSWE19.6%—
SciCode56.6%—
ALE-Bench1,270—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 40.3 (#22), Palm 2: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashPalm 2
APEX-Agents64.3%—
GDP.pdf23.4%—
Vending-Bench 25,094—

Reasoning Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 64.7 (#13), Palm 2: 18.2 (#270)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashPalm 2
LMArena Hard Prompts15061005
NYT Connections (extended)97.4%—
CritPt18.3%—
Chess Puzzles61%—
Mystery Game Puzzles47%—
DTBench95.7%—
LMCA52.9%—
Surface Evolver Bench76.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index157.13—

Math Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 65.2 (#22), Palm 2: 28.4 (#229)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashPalm 2
LMArena Math15281049
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)68.4%—
FrontierMath Tier 422%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.9%—
ProofBench48%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 74.9 (#2), Palm 2: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashPalm 2
GPQA Diamond95.4%—
Humanity's Last Exam44.5%—
SimpleQA Verified69.7%—
LMArena Expert1529—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 40.9 (#33), Palm 2: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashPalm 2
LMArena Vision1312—
Blueprint-Bench 238.6%—
Furniture Assembly31.7%—

Multilingual Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 57.9 (#5), Palm 2: 21.1 (#290)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashPalm 2
LMArena Non-English1486916
LMArena Chinese1547887
LMArena French1502—
LMArena German1470—
LMArena Japanese1505—
LMArena Korean1479—
LMArena Russian1507—
LMArena Spanish1492—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 78.2 (#11), Palm 2: 51.3 (#291)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashPalm 2
LMArena Instruction Following14891010

Long Context Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 46.2 (#23), Palm 2: 30.7 (#280)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashPalm 2
LMArena Longer Query15061010

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 72.1 (#16), Palm 2: 25.7 (#299)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashPalm 2
LMArena Text14941027
LMArena Creative Writing1485991
LMArena Multi-Turn1503994
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1748—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash better than Palm 2?

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash or Palm 2 better for coding?

Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 56.4 versus 28.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.8 Flash and Palm 2 share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.8 Flash has 46 scored results on Noometry and Palm 2 has 10.

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