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Atria Dawn Preview vs Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

Atria Dawn Preview leads the LLM Stats Score 52.3 to -0.8.

Shanghai AI Laboratory · Google · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Atria Dawn Preview leads the overall LLM Stats Score 52.3 to -0.8, ranking #10 overall.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Atria Dawn Preview

  • overall performance matters — it scores 52.3 and ranks #10 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Sep 2026
  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

Choose Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

  • you want predictable pricing at $0.07/M input and $0.30/M output

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Atria Dawn Preview
Shanghai AI Laboratory
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B
Google
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
52.3
#10
-0.8
#331
Reasoning
50.5
#12
-0.4
#322
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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—
Input price
— / M
$0.07 / M
Output price
— / M
$0.30 / M
Context window
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1,048,576

Individual benchmarks

12 reported for Atria Dawn Preview · 13 for Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

No common benchmarks found

Atria Dawn Preview and Gemini 1.5 Flash 8Bdon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

736.0B diff

Atria Dawn Preview has 736.0B more parameters than Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B, making it 9200.0% larger.

Shanghai AI Laboratory
Atria Dawn Preview
744.0Bparameters
Google
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B
8.0Bparameters
744.0B
Atria Dawn Preview
8.0B
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B specifies input context (1,048,576 tokens). Only Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B specifies output context (8,192 tokens).

Shanghai AI Laboratory
Atria Dawn Preview
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Google
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B
Input1,048,576 tokens
Output8,192 tokens
Tue Sep 15 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B supports multimodal inputs, whereas Atria Dawn Preview does not.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Atria Dawn Preview

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Atria Dawn Preview is licensed under MIT, while Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B uses a proprietary license.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Atria Dawn Preview

MIT

Open weights

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Atria Dawn Preview was released on 2026-09-11, while Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B was released on 2024-03-15.

Atria Dawn Preview is 30 months newer than Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B.

Atria Dawn Preview

Sep 11, 2026

4 days ago

2.5yr newer
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

Mar 15, 2024

2.5 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-10-01, while Atria Dawn Preview's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B's training data extends to 2024-10-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Atria Dawn Preview's cutoff date.

Atria Dawn Preview

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Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

Oct 2024

Outputs Comparison

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Run your own prompts against Atria Dawn Preview and Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

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FAQ

Common questions about Atria Dawn Preview vs Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B.

Which is better, Atria Dawn Preview or Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B?

Atria Dawn Preview leads the LLM Stats Score 52.3 to -0.8. Atria Dawn Preview is made by Shanghai AI Laboratory and Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B is made by Google. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Atria Dawn Preview compare to Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B in benchmarks?

Atria Dawn Preview scores DeepSearchQA: 96.0%, BrowseComp: 92.5%, CyberGym: 86.5%, MLE-Bench Lite: 86.2%, WideSearch: 81.9%. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B scores XSTest: 92.6%, FLEURS: 86.4%, Natural2Code: 75.5%, WMT23: 72.6%, Video-MME: 66.2%.

What are the context window sizes for Atria Dawn Preview and Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B?

Atria Dawn Preview supports an unknown number of tokens and Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B supports 1.0M tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Atria Dawn Preview and Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (52.3 vs -0.8), multimodal support (no vs yes), licensing (MIT vs Proprietary). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Atria Dawn Preview and Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B?

Atria Dawn Preview is developed by Shanghai AI Laboratory and Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B is developed by Google.

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