Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs Qwen3.6 Flash

Qwen3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.4 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B Google

29.7

Rank #292 Confirmed

Qwen3.6 Flash Alibaba (Qwen)

38.4

Rank #176 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.6 Flash in 3 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.6 Flash leads 42.2 to 16.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 4.6% for Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and 84.4% for Qwen3.6 Flash.

Side by side

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8BQwen3.6 Flash
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index29.738.4
Released2024-10-032026-04-27
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window—1M
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.19
Output $ / M tokens—$1.13
Results tracked2113

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 34.9 (#221), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BQwen3.6 Flash
LMArena Coding1218—
ALE-Bench—326.4

Reasoning Qwen3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 19.2 (#242), Qwen3.6 Flash: 28.4 (#90)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BQwen3.6 Flash
DTBench50%77.1%
SimpleBench—35.2%
Chess Puzzles—20%
LMArena Hard Prompts1210—
Mystery Game Puzzles—18%
LMCA—31%
Epoch Capabilities Index—143.26

Math Qwen3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 13.3 (#296), Qwen3.6 Flash: 38.0 (#88)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BQwen3.6 Flash
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20254.6%84.4%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—22.5%
LMArena Math1207—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—10.3%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—0%

Knowledge Qwen3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 16.0 (#285), Qwen3.6 Flash: 42.2 (#90)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BQwen3.6 Flash
GPQA Diamond33%83.3%
SimpleQA Verified—15.9%
LMArena Expert1185—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 27.6 (#110), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BQwen3.6 Flash
LMArena Vision1044—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 38.6 (#224), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BQwen3.6 Flash
LMArena Non-English1215—
LMArena Chinese1231—
LMArena French1233—
LMArena German1206—
LMArena Japanese1150—
LMArena Korean1140—
LMArena Russian1236—
LMArena Spanish1212—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 63.1 (#231), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BQwen3.6 Flash
LMArena Instruction Following1199—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 36.9 (#220), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BQwen3.6 Flash
LMArena Longer Query1219—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 43.0 (#227), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BQwen3.6 Flash
LMArena Text1226—
LMArena Creative Writing1218—
LMArena Multi-Turn1185—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B better than Qwen3.6 Flash?

Qwen3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.4 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and Qwen3.6 Flash share?

3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has 21 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Flash has 13.

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