Model comparison
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) vs Qwen3.5 Max Preview
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.7 to 32.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
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Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.5 Max Preview in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads 66.1 to 48.9.
Side by side
| Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | |
| Noometry Index | 32.9 | 44.7 |
| Released | 2024-05-14 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 42 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 33.9 (#233), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 43.4 (#79)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1262 | 1488 |
| WeirdML | 24.9% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 43.5% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 55.1% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 75.6% | — |
| MBPP+ | 67.5% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 26.3 (#97), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| BALROG | 14.6% | — |
Reasoning Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 20.8 (#212), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 29.6 (#81)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1257 | 1483 |
| DTBench | 53.8% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 129.37 | — |
| ForecastBench | 53.9 | — |
| PIQA | 87.5% | — |
Math Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 20.8 (#274), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 37.3 (#99)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1269 | 1473 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 16.3% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 30.4% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 61.9% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 0% | — |
| GSM8K | 82.4% | — |
Knowledge Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 26.2 (#253), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.1 (#104)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1233 | 1489 |
| GPQA Diamond | 47.3% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 67.8% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 43.7% | — |
| BoolQ | 85.8% | — |
| MMLU | 77.9% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 35.3 (#76), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1141 | — |
| Video-MME | 70.3% | — |
| GeoBench | 76% | — |
Multilingual Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 43.1 (#184), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.4 (#21)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1278 | 1465 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1295 | 1534 |
| LMArena French | 1257 | 1483 |
| LMArena German | 1262 | 1487 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1252 | 1497 |
| LMArena Korean | 1220 | 1438 |
| LMArena Russian | 1288 | 1472 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1242 | 1470 |
Instruction Following Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 67.0 (#199), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 77.2 (#28)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1258 | 1467 |
| IFEval | 83.1% | — |
Long Context Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 39.0 (#182), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#44)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1284 | 1477 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 48.9 (#190), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.1 (#39)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1287 | 1471 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1285 | 1464 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1253 | 1478 |
| WildBench | 79.2% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) better than Qwen3.5 Max Preview?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.7 to 32.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) or Qwen3.5 Max Preview better for coding?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.4 versus 33.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) and Qwen3.5 Max Preview share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) has 42 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Max Preview has 17.