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Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite vs Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Google · NVIDIA · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 is better at 3 benchmarks (AIME 2025, GPQA, LiveCodeBench). Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Based on current benchmark, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite

  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Jun 2025

Choose Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1

  • you want the strongest raw capability — it leads on 3 of 3 shared benchmarks

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite
Google
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1
NVIDIA
Benchmark wins
0 of 3
3 of 3
Input price
$0.10 / M
— / M
Output price
$0.40 / M
— / M
Context window
1,048,576
—
Released
Jun 2025
Apr 2025
License
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
Llama 3.1 Community License

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

3 benchmarks

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 is better at 3 benchmarks (AIME 2025, GPQA, LiveCodeBench).

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Wed Aug 26 2026 • llm-stats.com

Arena Performance

Playground indexes and blind preference scores

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite specifies input context (1,048,576 tokens). Only Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite specifies output context (65,536 tokens).

Google
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite
Input1,048,576 tokens
Output65,536 tokens
NVIDIA
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Wed Aug 26 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite supports multimodal inputs, whereas Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 does not.

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License, while Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 uses Llama 3.1 Community License.

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

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

Open weights

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1

Llama 3.1 Community License

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite was released on 2025-06-17, while Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 was released on 2025-04-07.

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is 2 months newer than Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1.

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite

Jun 17, 2025

1.2 years ago

2mo newer
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1

Apr 7, 2025

1.4 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite has a knowledge cutoff of 2025-01-01, while Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 has a cutoff of 2023-12-01.

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite has more recent training data (up to 2025-01-01), making it potentially better informed about events through that date compared to Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 (2023-12-01).

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite

Jan 2025

1.1 yr newer
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1

Dec 2023

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite
✓ Preferred
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1
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FAQ

Common questions about Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite vs Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1.

Which is better, Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite or Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1?

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is made by Google and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 is made by NVIDIA. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.

How does Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite compare to Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 in benchmarks?

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite scores FACTS Grounding: 84.1%, Global-MMLU-Lite: 81.1%, MMMU: 72.9%, GPQA: 64.6%, Vibe-Eval: 51.3%. Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 scores MATH-500: 97.0%, IFEval: 89.5%, GPQA: 76.0%, BFCL v2: 74.1%, AIME 2025: 72.5%.

What are the context window sizes for Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1?

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite supports 1.0M tokens and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1?

Key differences include multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License vs Llama 3.1 Community License). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1?

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is developed by Google and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 is developed by NVIDIA.

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