VERIFIEDOct 142026
Is Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite Preview 02.05 state of the art?
No.Best recorded rank is #9 in Vision.
As of Oct 14, 2026, Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite Preview 02.05 from Google DeepMind. Best recorded rank is #9 in Vision. Last listed at #9 in Vision on 2025-04-16.
Why
The ruling, in plain English
Last listed at #11 in General LLM on 2025-02-27.
Receipts
Evidence
| Source | Score | Date | Type | Receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text (style-controlled, overall) gemini-2.0-flash-lite-preview-02-05 | 1266.3058420930313 1260.3–1271.3 | 2025-02-27 | INDEP. | snap_9a4e972507c9 |
| LMArena Text (style-controlled, hard prompts) gemini-2.0-flash-lite-preview-02-05 | 1267.3303128453501 1255.5–1276.8 | 2025-02-27 | INDEP. | snap_9a4e972507c9 |
| LMArena Text (style-controlled, math) gemini-2.0-flash-lite-preview-02-05 | 1250.9289010801888 1231.5–1267.6 | 2025-02-17 | INDEP. | snap_9a4e972507c9 |
| LMArena Text (style-controlled, longer query) gemini-2.0-flash-lite-preview-02-05 | 1283.3485979845454 1265.9–1302.3 | 2025-02-17 | INDEP. | snap_9a4e972507c9 |
| LMArena Vision (style-controlled) gemini-2.0-flash-lite-preview-02-05 | 1135.320017997622 1125.1–1142.7 | 2025-04-16 | INDEP. | snap_ae2e1c2545e6 |
Reign history
Where it sits in the succession
No closed or open crown interval includes this model.
Honest about the gaps
Where it is not the crown
| Category | This model | Why |
|---|---|---|
| General LLM | Not SOTA · #11 | Last listed at #11 in General LLM on 2025-02-27. |
| Reasoning | Not SOTA · #10 | Last listed at #10 in Reasoning on 2025-02-27. |
| Math | Not SOTA · #10 | Last listed at #10 in Math on 2025-02-17. |
| Long context | Not SOTA · #10 | Last listed at #10 in Long context on 2025-02-17. |
| Vision | Not SOTA · #9 | Last listed at #9 in Vision on 2025-04-16. |