Model comparison
Gemini 1.0 Pro vs Qwen3 8B
Qwen3 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.7 to 27.3 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.
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Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.0 Pro scores higher in 1 category and Qwen3 8B in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3 8B leads 34.9 to 9.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 1.1% for Gemini 1.0 Pro and 56.1% for Qwen3 8B.
- Qwen3 8B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 1.0 Pro | Qwen3 8B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | |
| Noometry Index | 27.3 | 33.7 |
| Released | 2023-12-13 | 2025-04 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.18 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.70 |
| Results tracked | 24 | 11 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3 8B leads
Gemini 1.0 Pro: 32.2 (#275), Qwen3 8B: 34.0 (#248)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 22.6% |
| LMArena Coding | 1108 | — |
| HumanEval+ | 55.5% | — |
| MBPP+ | 61.4% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 1.0 Pro: —, Qwen3 8B: 30.2 (#78)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 42.6% |
Reasoning Too close to call
Gemini 1.0 Pro: 17.1 (#296), Qwen3 8B: 16.6 (#303)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| DTBench | 45.9% | 59.7% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 117.04 | 136.17 |
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 5% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1109 | — |
| LMCA | — | 8.8% |
Math Qwen3 8B leads
Gemini 1.0 Pro: 9.3 (#321), Qwen3 8B: 34.9 (#191)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.1% | 56.1% |
| LMArena Math | 1132 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.2% | — |
Knowledge Qwen3 8B leads
Gemini 1.0 Pro: 15.6 (#291), Qwen3 8B: 36.1 (#173)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 34% | 56.8% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 4.8% |
| LMArena Expert | 1059 | — |
| MMLU | 70% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemini 1.0 Pro: 33.4 (#252), Qwen3 8B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1138 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1124 | — |
| LMArena French | 1145 | — |
| LMArena German | 1125 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1023 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1186 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1119 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Gemini 1.0 Pro: 57.6 (#267), Qwen3 8B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1114 | — |
Long Context Qwen3 8B leads
Gemini 1.0 Pro: 34.3 (#249), Qwen3 8B: 37.9 (#210)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 62.1% |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1132 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Gemini 1.0 Pro: 36.0 (#264), Qwen3 8B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1149 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1131 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1139 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 1.0 Pro better than Qwen3 8B?
Qwen3 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.7 to 27.3 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 1.0 Pro or Qwen3 8B better for coding?
Qwen3 8B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.0 versus 32.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.0 Pro and Qwen3 8B share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.0 Pro has 24 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 8B has 11.