Model comparison
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) vs Qwen3.6 Plus
Qwen3.6 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.3 to 32.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 22 shared benchmarks.
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Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 22 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) 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 26.2.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 16.3% for Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) and 93.3% for Qwen3.6 Plus.
Side by side
| Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen3.6 Plus | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | |
| Noometry Index | 32.9 | 47.3 |
| Released | 2024-05-14 | 2026-03-31 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1M |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $3 |
| Results tracked | 42 | 37 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.6 Plus leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 33.9 (#233), Qwen3.6 Plus: 40.6 (#125)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1262 | 1467 |
| SWE-bench Verified | — | 57.9% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1461 |
| SciCode | — | 40.7% |
| WeirdML | 24.9% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 43.5% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 55.1% | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 670.15 |
| HumanEval+ | 75.6% | — |
| MBPP+ | 67.5% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 26.3 (#97), Qwen3.6 Plus: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| BALROG | 14.6% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 5,115 |
Reasoning Qwen3.6 Plus leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 20.8 (#212), Qwen3.6 Plus: 28.5 (#89)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1257 | 1449 |
| DTBench | 53.8% | 81.9% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 129.37 | 147.67 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 60.3% |
| CritPt | — | 2.9% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 17% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 59.5% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 12% |
| LMCA | — | 33.1% |
| ForecastBench | 53.9 | — |
| PIQA | 87.5% | — |
Math Qwen3.6 Plus leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 20.8 (#274), Qwen3.6 Plus: 50.6 (#44)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 16.3% | 93.3% |
| LMArena Math | 1269 | 1450 |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 0% | 26.2% |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 38.2% |
| Omni-MATH | 30.4% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 61.9% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 8.3% |
| GSM8K | 82.4% | — |
Knowledge Qwen3.6 Plus leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 26.2 (#253), Qwen3.6 Plus: 56.1 (#40)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 47.3% | 88.4% |
| LMArena Expert | 1233 | 1456 |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 44.1% |
| 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), Qwen3.6 Plus: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1141 | — |
| Video-MME | 70.3% | — |
| GeoBench | 76% | — |
Multilingual Qwen3.6 Plus leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 43.1 (#184), Qwen3.6 Plus: 53.5 (#66)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1278 | 1424 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1295 | 1478 |
| LMArena French | 1257 | 1454 |
| LMArena German | 1262 | 1451 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1252 | 1389 |
| LMArena Korean | 1220 | 1381 |
| LMArena Russian | 1288 | 1434 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1242 | 1432 |
Instruction Following Qwen3.6 Plus leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 67.0 (#199), Qwen3.6 Plus: 75.2 (#70)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1258 | 1425 |
| IFEval | 83.1% | — |
Long Context Qwen3.6 Plus leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 39.0 (#182), Qwen3.6 Plus: 45.1 (#48)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1284 | 1440 |
| CL-bench | — | 20.3% |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.6 Plus leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 48.9 (#190), Qwen3.6 Plus: 62.4 (#78)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1287 | 1437 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1285 | 1405 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1253 | 1438 |
| WildBench | 79.2% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) better than Qwen3.6 Plus?
Qwen3.6 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.3 to 32.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) or Qwen3.6 Plus better for coding?
Qwen3.6 Plus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.6 versus 33.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) and Qwen3.6 Plus share?
22 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) has 42 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Plus has 37.