Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs Qwen3.6 Plus

Qwen3.6 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.3 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B Google

29.7

Rank #292 Confirmed

Qwen3.6 Plus Alibaba (Qwen)

47.3

Rank #54 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.6 Plus in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.6 Plus leads 56.1 to 16.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 4.6% for Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and 93.3% for Qwen3.6 Plus.

Side by side

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8BQwen3.6 Plus
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index29.747.3
Released2024-10-032026-03-31
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window—1M
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.50
Output $ / M tokens—$3
Results tracked2137

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 34.9 (#221), Qwen3.6 Plus: 40.6 (#125)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BQwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Coding12181467
SWE-bench Verified—57.9%
LMArena WebDev—1461
SciCode—40.7%
ALE-Bench—670.15

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: —, Qwen3.6 Plus: —

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BQwen3.6 Plus
Vending-Bench 2—5,115

Reasoning Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 19.2 (#242), Qwen3.6 Plus: 28.5 (#89)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BQwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Hard Prompts12101449
DTBench50%81.9%
NYT Connections (extended)—60.3%
CritPt—2.9%
Chess Puzzles—17%
Thematic Generalization—59.5%
Mystery Game Puzzles—12%
LMCA—33.1%
Epoch Capabilities Index—147.67

Math Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 13.3 (#296), Qwen3.6 Plus: 50.6 (#44)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BQwen3.6 Plus
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20254.6%93.3%
LMArena Math12071450
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—38.2%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—26.2%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—8.3%

Knowledge Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 16.0 (#285), Qwen3.6 Plus: 56.1 (#40)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BQwen3.6 Plus
GPQA Diamond33%88.4%
LMArena Expert11851456
SimpleQA Verified—44.1%

Multimodal Not comparable

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

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BQwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Vision1044—

Multilingual Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 38.6 (#224), Qwen3.6 Plus: 53.5 (#66)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BQwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Non-English12151424
LMArena Chinese12311478
LMArena French12331454
LMArena German12061451
LMArena Japanese11501389
LMArena Korean11401381
LMArena Russian12361434
LMArena Spanish12121432

Instruction Following Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 63.1 (#231), Qwen3.6 Plus: 75.2 (#70)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BQwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Instruction Following11991425

Long Context Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 36.9 (#220), Qwen3.6 Plus: 45.1 (#48)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BQwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Longer Query12191440
CL-bench—20.3%

Writing & Preference Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 43.0 (#227), Qwen3.6 Plus: 62.4 (#78)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BQwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Text12261437
LMArena Creative Writing12181405
LMArena Multi-Turn11851438

Frequently asked questions

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

Qwen3.6 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.3 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.

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

Qwen3.6 Plus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.6 versus 34.9 in the Noometry coding category.

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

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has 21 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Plus has 37.

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