Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs Qwen3.6 Max Preview

Qwen3.6 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.1 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B Google

29.7

Rank #292 Confirmed

Qwen3.6 Max Preview Alibaba (Qwen)

51.1

Rank #36 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.6 Max Preview in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads 57.6 to 16.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 4.6% for Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and 91.1% for Qwen3.6 Max Preview.

Side by side

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8BQwen3.6 Max Preview
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index29.751.1
Released2024-10-032026-04-20
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window—262K
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.30
Output $ / M tokens—$7.80
Results tracked2129

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 34.9 (#221), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 48.6 (#50)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Coding12181472
SWE-bench Verified—76.7%
LMArena WebDev—1482

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: —, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: —

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BQwen3.6 Max Preview
Vending-Bench 2—4,254

Reasoning Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 19.2 (#242), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 40.8 (#47)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Hard Prompts12101457
DTBench50%87.2%
SimpleBench—63%
NYT Connections (extended)—74.1%
Chess Puzzles—20%
Mystery Game Puzzles—19%
LMCA—42.5%
Epoch Capabilities Index—149.27

Math Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 13.3 (#296), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 52.2 (#40)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BQwen3.6 Max Preview
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20254.6%91.1%
LMArena Math12071465
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—23.1%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—4.2%

Knowledge Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 16.0 (#285), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 57.6 (#35)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BQwen3.6 Max Preview
GPQA Diamond33%87.4%
LMArena Expert11851476
SimpleQA Verified—52%

Multimodal Not comparable

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

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Vision1044—

Multilingual Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 38.6 (#224), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 54.3 (#46)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Non-English12151436
LMArena Chinese12311487
LMArena French12331449
LMArena Russian12361444
LMArena Spanish12121452
LMArena German1206—
LMArena Japanese1150—
LMArena Korean1140—

Instruction Following Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 63.1 (#231), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 75.8 (#51)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Instruction Following11991437

Long Context Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 36.9 (#220), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 44.6 (#59)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Longer Query12191457

Writing & Preference Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 43.0 (#227), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 64.0 (#58)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Text12261447
LMArena Creative Writing12181435
LMArena Multi-Turn11851456

Frequently asked questions

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

Qwen3.6 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.1 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B or Qwen3.6 Max Preview better for coding?

Qwen3.6 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.6 versus 34.9 in the Noometry coding category.

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

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has 21 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Max Preview has 29.

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