Model comparison
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) vs Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B
Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.2 to 33.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.
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Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B in 9 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads 39.0 to 22.1.
- Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | |
| Noometry Index | 33.2 | 43.2 |
| Released | 2024-05-14 | 2025-04 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 33K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.70 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $2.80 |
| Results tracked | 42 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 34.4 (#236), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 42.4 (#100)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1261 | 1439 |
| 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): 26.6 (#102), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| BALROG | 14.6% | — |
Reasoning Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 21.7 (#215), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 29.3 (#92)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1257 | 1428 |
| DTBench | 53.8% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 129.36 | — |
| ForecastBench | 53.9 | — |
| PIQA | 87.5% | — |
Math Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 22.1 (#281), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 39.0 (#118)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1269 | 1426 |
| 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-VL 235B-A22B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 26.2 (#260), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 40.3 (#121)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1233 | 1442 |
| GPQA Diamond | 47.3% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 67.8% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 43.7% | — |
| BoolQ | 85.8% | — |
| MMLU | 77.9% | — |
Multimodal Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 36.0 (#81), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 39.8 (#55)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1141 | 1247 |
| Video-MME | 70.3% | — |
| GeoBench | 76% | — |
Multilingual Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 42.9 (#189), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 51.9 (#97)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1278 | 1405 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1295 | 1463 |
| LMArena French | 1258 | 1452 |
| LMArena German | 1262 | 1424 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1252 | 1385 |
| LMArena Korean | 1221 | 1394 |
| LMArena Russian | 1288 | 1408 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1243 | 1428 |
Instruction Following Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 66.8 (#205), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 74.2 (#101)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1258 | 1406 |
| IFEval | 83.1% | — |
Long Context Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 39.0 (#187), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 43.4 (#98)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1284 | 1420 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 48.7 (#196), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 60.2 (#99)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1287 | 1420 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1285 | 1366 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1253 | 1428 |
| WildBench | 79.2% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) better than Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B?
Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.2 to 33.2 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) or Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B better for coding?
Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.4 versus 34.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) and Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B share?
18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) has 42 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B has 18.