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Gemini 3 Flash vs Gemma 3 1B

Gemini 3 Flash leads the LLM Stats Score 36.9 to -10.5.

Google · Google · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Gemini 3 Flash leads the overall LLM Stats Score 36.9 to -10.5, ranking #72 overall.

In the 3 individual benchmarks reported for both models, Gemini 3 Flash wins 3; this is a narrower head-to-head signal than the composite indexes.

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

Choose Gemini 3 Flash

  • overall performance matters — it scores 36.9 and ranks #72 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning and coding — it leads those capability indexes
  • you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 3 of 3 exact shared results
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Dec 2025

Choose Gemma 3 1B

  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Gemini 3 Flash
Google
Gemma 3 1B
Google
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
36.9
#72
-10.5
#366
Reasoning
37.6
#64
-12.2
#360
Coding
22.4
#80
-10.2
#263
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
3 of 3
0 of 3
Input price
$0.50 / M
— / M
Output price
$3.00 / M
— / M
Context window
1,000,000
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Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

2 shared
Index
Gemini 3 Flash
Gemma 3 1B
Math
37.0#32
-9.2#325
Factuality
17.9#14
-4.1#52
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

24 reported for Gemini 3 Flash · 18 for Gemma 3 1B

3 shared

Gemini 3 Flash outperforms in 3 benchmarks (FACTS Grounding, GPQA, SimpleQA), while Gemma 3 1B is better at 0 benchmarks.

Gemini 3 Flash significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Sun Sep 13 2026 • llm-stats.com

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Gemini 3 Flash specifies input context (1,000,000 tokens). Only Gemini 3 Flash specifies output context (65,536 tokens).

Google
Gemini 3 Flash
Input1,000,000 tokens
Output65,536 tokens
Google
Gemma 3 1B
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Sun Sep 13 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Gemini 3 Flash supports multimodal inputs, whereas Gemma 3 1B does not.

Gemini 3 Flash can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Gemini 3 Flash

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Gemma 3 1B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Gemini 3 Flash is licensed under a proprietary license, while Gemma 3 1B uses Gemma.

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

Gemini 3 Flash

Proprietary

Closed source

Gemma 3 1B

Gemma

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Gemini 3 Flash was released on 2025-12-17, while Gemma 3 1B was released on 2025-03-12.

Gemini 3 Flash is 9 months newer than Gemma 3 1B.

Gemini 3 Flash

Dec 17, 2025

9 months ago

9mo newer
Gemma 3 1B

Mar 12, 2025

1.5 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Gemini 3 Flash has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2025-01-31, while Gemma 3 1B's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Gemini 3 Flash's training data extends to 2025-01-31, but cannot make a direct comparison without Gemma 3 1B's cutoff date.

Gemini 3 Flash

Jan 2025

Gemma 3 1B

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Outputs Comparison

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Run your own prompts against Gemini 3 Flash and Gemma 3 1B side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

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FAQ

Common questions about Gemini 3 Flash vs Gemma 3 1B.

Which is better, Gemini 3 Flash or Gemma 3 1B?

Gemini 3 Flash leads the LLM Stats Score 36.9 to -10.5. Gemini 3 Flash is made by Google and Gemma 3 1B is made by Google. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Gemini 3 Flash compare to Gemma 3 1B in benchmarks?

Gemini 3 Flash scores Vending-Bench 2: 100.0%, AIME 2025: 99.7%, Global PIQA: 92.8%, MMMLU: 91.8%, GPQA: 90.4%. Gemma 3 1B scores IFEval: 80.2%, GSM8k: 62.8%, Natural2Code: 56.0%, MATH: 48.0%, HumanEval: 41.5%.

What are the context window sizes for Gemini 3 Flash and Gemma 3 1B?

Gemini 3 Flash supports 1.0M tokens and Gemma 3 1B 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 3 Flash and Gemma 3 1B?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (36.9 vs -10.5), multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Proprietary vs Gemma). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

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