Model comparison
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs Qwen1.5-7B
Qwen1.5-7B is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.8 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
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Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B scores higher in 5 categories and Qwen1.5-7B in 3 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Qwen1.5-7B leads 29.0 to 13.3.
- Qwen1.5-7B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Qwen1.5-7B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | |
| Noometry Index | 29.7 | 30.8 |
| Released | 2024-10-03 | 2024-02-04 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 21 | 13 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 34.9 (#221), Qwen1.5-7B: 31.6 (#271)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1218 | 1107 |
Reasoning Too close to call
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 19.2 (#242), Qwen1.5-7B: 19.5 (#237)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1210 | 1066 |
| DTBench | 50% | — |
Math Qwen1.5-7B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 13.3 (#296), Qwen1.5-7B: 29.0 (#222)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1207 | 1080 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 4.6% | — |
Knowledge Qwen1.5-7B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 16.0 (#285), Qwen1.5-7B: 28.2 (#239)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1185 | 1055 |
| GPQA Diamond | 33% | — |
| MMLU | — | 62.6% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 27.6 (#110), Qwen1.5-7B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1044 | — |
Multilingual Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 38.6 (#224), Qwen1.5-7B: 28.6 (#266)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1215 | 1058 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1231 | 1140 |
| LMArena Russian | 1236 | 1006 |
| LMArena French | 1233 | — |
| LMArena German | 1206 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1150 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1140 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1212 | — |
Instruction Following Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 63.1 (#231), Qwen1.5-7B: 54.4 (#276)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1199 | 1058 |
Long Context Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 36.9 (#220), Qwen1.5-7B: 33.1 (#261)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1219 | 1090 |
Writing & Preference Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 43.0 (#227), Qwen1.5-7B: 29.8 (#288)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1226 | 1084 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1218 | 1035 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1185 | 1061 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B better than Qwen1.5-7B?
Qwen1.5-7B is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.8 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B or Qwen1.5-7B better for coding?
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.9 versus 31.6 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and Qwen1.5-7B share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has 21 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-7B has 13.