Model comparison
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs Qwen3 14B
Qwen3 14B is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.0 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.
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Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B scores higher in 1 category and Qwen3 14B in 4 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3 14B leads 37.0 to 13.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 4.6% for Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and 66.4% for Qwen3 14B.
- Qwen3 14B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Qwen3 14B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | |
| Noometry Index | 29.7 | 35.0 |
| Released | 2024-10-03 | 2025-04 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.35 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.40 |
| Results tracked | 21 | 12 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3 14B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 34.9 (#221), Qwen3 14B: 36.7 (#191)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Qwen3 14B |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 31.6% |
| LMArena Coding | 1218 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: —, Qwen3 14B: 29.4 (#78)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Qwen3 14B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 41% |
Reasoning Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 19.2 (#242), Qwen3 14B: 18.1 (#272)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Qwen3 14B |
|---|---|---|
| DTBench | 50% | 64% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 49.1% |
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 4% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1210 | — |
| LMCA | — | 18.2% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 138.23 |
Math Qwen3 14B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 13.3 (#296), Qwen3 14B: 37.0 (#102)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Qwen3 14B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 4.6% | 66.4% |
| LMArena Math | 1207 | — |
Knowledge Qwen3 14B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 16.0 (#285), Qwen3 14B: 39.2 (#124)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Qwen3 14B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 33% | 63.8% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 5.4% |
| LMArena Expert | 1185 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 27.6 (#110), Qwen3 14B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Qwen3 14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1044 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 38.6 (#224), Qwen3 14B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Qwen3 14B |
|---|---|---|
| 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 14B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Qwen3 14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1199 | — |
Long Context Qwen3 14B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 36.9 (#220), Qwen3 14B: 38.0 (#201)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Qwen3 14B |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 62.5% |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1219 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 43.0 (#227), Qwen3 14B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Qwen3 14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1226 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1218 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1185 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B better than Qwen3 14B?
Qwen3 14B is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.0 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B or Qwen3 14B better for coding?
Qwen3 14B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.7 versus 34.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and Qwen3 14B share?
3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has 21 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 14B has 12.