Model comparison
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) vs Qwen2-72B
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.2 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 24 shared benchmarks.
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Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 24 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) scores higher in 7 categories and Qwen2-72B in 2 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in agentic & tool use, where Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads 26.6 to 17.0.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is MATH Level 5: 61.9% for Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) and 39.1% for Qwen2-72B.
- Qwen2-72B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen2-72B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | |
| Noometry Index | 33.2 | 30.0 |
| Released | 2024-05-14 | 2024-06-07 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 42 | 26 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 34.4 (#236), Qwen2-72B: 29.1 (#310)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| WeirdML | 24.9% | 11.3% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 43.5% | 38.5% |
| LMArena Coding | 1261 | 1196 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 55.1% | 54% |
| HumanEval+ | 75.6% | — |
| MBPP+ | 67.5% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 26.6 (#102), Qwen2-72B: 17.0 (#146)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| TheAgentCompany | — | 1.1% |
| BALROG | 14.6% | — |
| METR Time Horizons | — | 29.9% |
Reasoning Qwen2-72B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 21.7 (#215), Qwen2-72B: 23.2 (#181)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1257 | 1191 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 129.36 | 125.28 |
| DTBench | 53.8% | — |
| ForecastBench | 53.9 | — |
| PIQA | 87.5% | — |
Math Qwen2-72B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 22.1 (#281), Qwen2-72B: 30.2 (#236)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1269 | 1235 |
| MATH Level 5 | 61.9% | 39.1% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 16.3% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 30.4% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 0% | — |
| GSM8K | 82.4% | — |
Knowledge Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 26.2 (#260), Qwen2-72B: 21.2 (#275)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 47.3% | 40.8% |
| LMArena Expert | 1233 | 1171 |
| MMLU | 77.9% | 82.4% |
| MMLU-Pro | 67.8% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 43.7% | — |
| BoolQ | 85.8% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 36.0 (#81), Qwen2-72B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1141 | — |
| Video-MME | 70.3% | — |
| GeoBench | 76% | — |
Multilingual Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 42.9 (#189), Qwen2-72B: 35.9 (#244)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1278 | 1176 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1295 | 1240 |
| LMArena French | 1258 | 1170 |
| LMArena German | 1262 | 1151 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1252 | 1111 |
| LMArena Korean | 1221 | 1083 |
| LMArena Russian | 1288 | 1169 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1243 | 1169 |
Instruction Following Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 66.8 (#205), Qwen2-72B: 61.7 (#241)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1258 | 1181 |
| IFEval | 83.1% | — |
Long Context Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 39.0 (#187), Qwen2-72B: 36.1 (#235)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1284 | 1192 |
Writing & Preference Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 48.7 (#196), Qwen2-72B: 40.8 (#241)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1287 | 1203 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1285 | 1181 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1253 | 1196 |
| WildBench | 79.2% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) better than Qwen2-72B?
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.2 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) or Qwen2-72B better for coding?
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.4 versus 29.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) and Qwen2-72B share?
24 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) has 42 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2-72B has 26.