Model comparison

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

Gemini 3 Flash Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3 Flash Preview 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 math, where Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads 51.7 to 14.2.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 95.6% for Gemini 3 Flash Preview 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 Flash Preview and Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B specifications
Gemini 3 Flash PreviewTulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
ProviderGoogleAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index52.333.0
Released2025-12-172024-11-21
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.50—
Output $ / M tokens$3—
Results tracked5914

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 50.9 (#42), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 36.0 (#214)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewTulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
LMArena Coding14601235
SWE-bench Verified75.4%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)75.8%—
LMArena WebDev1439—
SWE-bench Multilingual72.7%—
GSO9.8%—
WeirdML61.6%—
ALE-Bench1,367—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 38.7 (#29), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewTulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
Terminal-Bench64.3%—
τ²-bench Airline82.5%—
τ²-bench Banking27.3%—
τ²-bench Retail76.8%—
τ²-bench Telecom91.2%—
DeepResearch Bench49.8%—
BALROG48.1%—
GDP.pdf10%—
LMArena Search1198—
Vending-Bench 23,635—

Reasoning Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 49.2 (#37), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 23.9 (#169)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewTulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
LMArena Hard Prompts14651220
ARC-AGI-233.6%—
SimpleBench61.1%—
NYT Connections (extended)83.1%—
ARC-AGI-184.7%—
Chess Puzzles40%—
Mystery Game Puzzles26%—
DTBench89.1%—
LMCA43.1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index151.8—
ForecastBench58.5—

Math Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 51.7 (#55), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 14.2 (#303)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewTulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202595.6%4.4%
LMArena Math14731242
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)51.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 417.1%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions67.6%—
ProofBench15%—
MATH Level 5—42.7%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)35.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)4.2%—

Knowledge Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 58.8 (#33), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 25.0 (#264)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewTulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
GPQA Diamond89.4%46.3%
SimpleQA Verified66.8%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate13.5%—
LMArena Expert1462—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 45.5 (#16), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewTulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
LMArena Vision1285—
GeoBench88%—
VPCT72.6%—
Blueprint-Bench 20%—
LMArena Document1413—

Multilingual Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 55.7 (#27), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 39.9 (#222)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewTulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
LMArena Non-English14581236
LMArena Chinese15111249
LMArena Russian14801246
LMArena French1477—
LMArena German1497—
LMArena Japanese1489—
LMArena Korean1443—
LMArena Spanish1469—

Instruction Following Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 75.7 (#56), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 64.8 (#227)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewTulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
LMArena Instruction Following14371233

Long Context Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 44.4 (#67), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 37.1 (#222)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewTulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
LMArena Longer Query14521224

Writing & Preference Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 65.5 (#45), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 45.6 (#223)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewTulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
LMArena Text14661256
LMArena Creative Writing14571231
LMArena Multi-Turn14711252

Frequently asked questions

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

Gemini 3 Flash Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.

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

Gemini 3 Flash Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.9 versus 36.0 in the Noometry coding category.

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

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3 Flash Preview has 59 scored results on Noometry and Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B has 14.

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