Model comparison
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) vs Qwen3.6 27B
Qwen3.6 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.2 to 33.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.
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Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.6 27B in 5 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3.6 27B leads 48.5 to 22.1.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 16.3% for Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) and 91.1% for Qwen3.6 27B.
- Qwen3.6 27B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen3.6 27B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | |
| Noometry Index | 33.2 | 42.2 |
| Released | 2024-05-14 | 2026-04-22 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.60 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $3.60 |
| Results tracked | 42 | 11 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.6 27B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 34.4 (#236), Qwen3.6 27B: 39.1 (#163)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen3.6 27B |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 37.3% |
| WeirdML | 24.9% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 43.5% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1261 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 55.1% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 75.6% | — |
| MBPP+ | 67.5% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 26.6 (#102), Qwen3.6 27B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen3.6 27B |
|---|---|---|
| BALROG | 14.6% | — |
Reasoning Qwen3.6 27B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 21.7 (#215), Qwen3.6 27B: 25.0 (#153)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen3.6 27B |
|---|---|---|
| DTBench | 53.8% | 78.1% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 129.36 | 146.5 |
| CritPt | — | 0.9% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 22% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1257 | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 7% |
| LMCA | — | 34.5% |
| ForecastBench | 53.9 | — |
| PIQA | 87.5% | — |
Math Qwen3.6 27B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 22.1 (#281), Qwen3.6 27B: 48.5 (#62)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen3.6 27B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 16.3% | 91.1% |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 35.1% |
| Omni-MATH | 30.4% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1269 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 61.9% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 0% | — |
| GSM8K | 82.4% | — |
Knowledge Qwen3.6 27B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 26.2 (#260), Qwen3.6 27B: 52.4 (#63)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen3.6 27B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 47.3% | 85.9% |
| MMLU-Pro | 67.8% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 43.7% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1233 | — |
| BoolQ | 85.8% | — |
| MMLU | 77.9% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 36.0 (#81), Qwen3.6 27B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen3.6 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1141 | — |
| Video-MME | 70.3% | — |
| GeoBench | 76% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 42.9 (#189), Qwen3.6 27B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen3.6 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1278 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1295 | — |
| LMArena French | 1258 | — |
| LMArena German | 1262 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1252 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1221 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1288 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1243 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 66.8 (#205), Qwen3.6 27B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen3.6 27B |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 83.1% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1258 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 39.0 (#187), Qwen3.6 27B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen3.6 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1284 | — |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.6 27B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 48.7 (#196), Qwen3.6 27B: 50.3 (#181)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen3.6 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1287 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1285 | — |
| WildBench | 79.2% | — |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 1026 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1253 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) better than Qwen3.6 27B?
Qwen3.6 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.2 to 33.2 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) or Qwen3.6 27B better for coding?
Qwen3.6 27B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.1 versus 34.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) and Qwen3.6 27B share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) has 42 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 27B has 11.