Model comparison
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs Qwen1.5-72B
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and Qwen1.5-72B score almost the same on the Noometry Index (29.7 vs 30.3), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.
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Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B scores higher in 6 categories and Qwen1.5-72B in 2 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Qwen1.5-72B leads 30.7 to 13.3.
- Qwen1.5-72B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Qwen1.5-72B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | |
| Noometry Index | 29.7 | 30.3 |
| Released | 2024-10-03 | 2024-02-04 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 21 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 34.9 (#221), Qwen1.5-72B: 31.4 (#272)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1218 | 1166 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 33.2% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 40.3% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 59.1% |
| MBPP+ | — | 61.6% |
Reasoning Qwen1.5-72B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 19.2 (#242), Qwen1.5-72B: 21.2 (#201)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1210 | 1148 |
| DTBench | 50% | — |
Math Qwen1.5-72B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 13.3 (#296), Qwen1.5-72B: 30.7 (#205)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1207 | 1164 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 4.6% | — |
Knowledge Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 16.0 (#285), Qwen1.5-72B: 11.5 (#295)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 33% | 28.8% |
| LMArena Expert | 1185 | 1136 |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 27.6 (#110), Qwen1.5-72B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1044 | — |
Multilingual Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 38.6 (#224), Qwen1.5-72B: 33.4 (#248)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1215 | 1135 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1231 | 1186 |
| LMArena French | 1233 | 1158 |
| LMArena German | 1206 | 1084 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1150 | 1061 |
| LMArena Korean | 1140 | 1049 |
| LMArena Russian | 1236 | 1104 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1212 | 1110 |
Instruction Following Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 63.1 (#231), Qwen1.5-72B: 59.6 (#251)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1199 | 1142 |
Long Context Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 36.9 (#220), Qwen1.5-72B: 35.0 (#238)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1219 | 1157 |
Writing & Preference Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 43.0 (#227), Qwen1.5-72B: 37.4 (#253)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1226 | 1166 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1218 | 1137 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1185 | 1160 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B better than Qwen1.5-72B?
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and Qwen1.5-72B score almost the same on the Noometry Index (29.7 vs 30.3), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B or Qwen1.5-72B better for coding?
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.9 versus 31.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and Qwen1.5-72B share?
18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has 21 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-72B has 22.