Model comparison
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs Qwen1.5-14B
Qwen1.5-14B is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.7 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.
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Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B scores higher in 5 categories and Qwen1.5-14B in 3 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Qwen1.5-14B leads 32.4 to 14.2.
- Qwen1.5-14B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Qwen1.5-14B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | |
| Noometry Index | 29.9 | 32.7 |
| Released | 2024-10-03 | 2024-02-04 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 21 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 35.5 (#225), Qwen1.5-14B: 33.1 (#263)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Qwen1.5-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1218 | 1138 |
Reasoning Qwen1.5-14B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 20.0 (#244), Qwen1.5-14B: 21.4 (#223)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Qwen1.5-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1209 | 1113 |
| DTBench | 50% | — |
Math Qwen1.5-14B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 14.2 (#302), Qwen1.5-14B: 32.4 (#215)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Qwen1.5-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1207 | 1125 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 4.6% | — |
Knowledge Qwen1.5-14B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 16.0 (#289), Qwen1.5-14B: 29.8 (#232)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Qwen1.5-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1185 | 1094 |
| GPQA Diamond | 33% | — |
| MMLU | — | 68.6% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 28.2 (#115), Qwen1.5-14B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Qwen1.5-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1044 | — |
Multilingual Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 38.5 (#229), Qwen1.5-14B: 30.7 (#262)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Qwen1.5-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1215 | 1095 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1231 | 1147 |
| LMArena French | 1234 | 1116 |
| LMArena German | 1206 | 1043 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1150 | 1019 |
| LMArena Russian | 1236 | 1046 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1212 | 1085 |
| LMArena Korean | 1140 | — |
Instruction Following Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 62.8 (#236), Qwen1.5-14B: 56.8 (#271)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Qwen1.5-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1199 | 1102 |
Long Context Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 37.0 (#225), Qwen1.5-14B: 33.7 (#257)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Qwen1.5-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1219 | 1113 |
Writing & Preference Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 42.8 (#232), Qwen1.5-14B: 33.6 (#276)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Qwen1.5-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1226 | 1128 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1218 | 1091 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1185 | 1110 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B better than Qwen1.5-14B?
Qwen1.5-14B is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.7 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B or Qwen1.5-14B better for coding?
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.5 versus 33.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and Qwen1.5-14B share?
16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has 21 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-14B has 17.