Model comparison
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs Qwen3-1.7B
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.7 to 26.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
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Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B scores higher in 1 category and Qwen3-1.7B in 2 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3-1.7B leads 19.6 to 16.0.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 33% for Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and 38% for Qwen3-1.7B.
- Qwen3-1.7B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Qwen3-1.7B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | |
| Noometry Index | 29.7 | 26.2 |
| Released | 2024-10-03 | 2025-04-29 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 21 | 4 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 34.9 (#221), Qwen3-1.7B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1218 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: —, Qwen3-1.7B: 24.5 (#108)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 28.4% |
Reasoning Too close to call
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 19.2 (#242), Qwen3-1.7B: 18.5 (#263)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1210 | — |
| DTBench | 50% | — |
Math Qwen3-1.7B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 13.3 (#296), Qwen3-1.7B: 15.4 (#288)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 4.6% | 8.1% |
| LMArena Math | 1207 | — |
Knowledge Qwen3-1.7B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 16.0 (#285), Qwen3-1.7B: 19.6 (#273)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 33% | 38% |
| LMArena Expert | 1185 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 27.6 (#110), Qwen3-1.7B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1044 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 38.6 (#224), Qwen3-1.7B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1215 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1231 | — |
| LMArena French | 1233 | — |
| LMArena German | 1206 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1150 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1140 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1236 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1212 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 63.1 (#231), Qwen3-1.7B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1199 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 36.9 (#220), Qwen3-1.7B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1219 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 43.0 (#227), Qwen3-1.7B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1226 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1218 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1185 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B better than Qwen3-1.7B?
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.7 to 26.2 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and Qwen3-1.7B share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has 21 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-1.7B has 4.