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Model comparison

Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.8 Flash Google

61.8

Rank #11 Confirmed

Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)

33.0

Rank #251 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B 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 23.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 98.9% for Gemini 3.8 Flash and 4.4% for Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B.
  • Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.8 FlashTulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
ProviderGoogleAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index61.833.0
Released2026-09-022024-11-21
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.75—
Output $ / M tokens$3.75—
Results tracked5014

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 59.2 (#15), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 36.0 (#214)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashTulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
LMArena Coding15101235
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), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashTulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
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), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 23.9 (#169)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashTulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
LMArena Hard Prompts15081220
ARC-AGI-289.2%—
NYT Connections (extended)97.4%—
ARC-AGI-198.5%—
CritPt18.3%—
Chess Puzzles61%—
Mystery Game Puzzles47%—
DTBench95.7%—
LMCA52.9%—
Surface Evolver Bench76.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index156.71—

Math Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 65.3 (#28), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 14.2 (#303)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashTulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.9%4.4%
LMArena Math15281242
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)68.4%—
FrontierMath Tier 422%—
ProofBench48%—
MATH Level 5—42.7%

Knowledge Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 74.8 (#2), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 25.0 (#264)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashTulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
GPQA Diamond95.4%46.3%
Humanity's Last Exam44.5%—
SimpleQA Verified69.7%—
LMArena Expert1524—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 40.7 (#45), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashTulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
LMArena Vision1314—
Blueprint-Bench 238.6%—
Furniture Assembly31.7%—

Multilingual Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 58.0 (#5), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 39.9 (#222)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashTulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
LMArena Non-English14911236
LMArena Chinese15541249
LMArena Russian15151246
LMArena French1498—
LMArena German1493—
LMArena Japanese1502—
LMArena Korean1459—
LMArena Spanish1485—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 78.0 (#13), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 64.8 (#227)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashTulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
LMArena Instruction Following14901233

Long Context Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 46.3 (#24), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 37.1 (#222)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashTulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
LMArena Longer Query15081224

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 72.2 (#15), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 45.6 (#223)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashTulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
LMArena Text14991256
LMArena Creative Writing14921231
LMArena Multi-Turn15011252
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1748—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash better than Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B?

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash or Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B better for coding?

Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 59.2 versus 36.0 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.8 Flash and Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.8 Flash has 50 scored results on Noometry and Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B has 14.

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