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Gemini 3.0 Flash vs Code Llama 70B

Google
Gemini 3.0 Flash
Meta
Code Llama 70B
Overview
CompanyGoogleMeta
Release dateDec 17 2025Jan 29 2024
AccessProprietaryOpen Weight
Benchmarks
Agentic coding
SWE-Bench Pro
49.6%
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
78%
Agentic terminal coding
Terminal-Bench 2.1
58%
Multi-step tool use
MCP Atlas
62%
General tool use
Toolathlon
49.4%
Multidisciplinary reasoning
Humanity's Last Exam · no tools
33.7%
Abstract reasoning
ARC-AGI-2
33.6%
Science
GPQA Diamond
90.4%
Agentic computer use
OSWorld-Verified
65.1%
Agentic financial analysis
Finance Agent v2
42.6%
Knowledge work
GDPval-AA
1204
Chart reasoning
CharXiv Reasoning
80.3%
Multimodal reasoning
MMMU-Pro
81.2%
Spatial reasoning
Blueprint-Bench 2
0%
Long context
MRCR v2 (8-needle) · 128k average
67.2%
Long context
MRCR v2 (8-needle) · 1M pointwise
22.1%
Community preference (code)
Arena Elo (Code)
1437
Timeline
Release gapCode Llama 70B shipped 688 days before Gemini 3.0 Flash

Which is better: Gemini 3.0 Flash or Code Llama 70B?

Gemini 3.0 Flash and Code Llama 70B don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Code Llama 70B shipped 688 days before Gemini 3.0 Flash, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Gemini 3.0 Flash is proprietary, while Code Llama 70B is open weight.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Gemini 3.0 Flash and Code Llama 70B don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

Gemini 3.0 Flash was released by Google on Dec 17 2025.

Code Llama 70B was released by Meta on Jan 29 2024.

Gemini 3.0 Flash is a proprietary model released by Google. Code Llama 70B is an open weight model released by Meta.

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