Model comparison
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) vs Qwen Max
Qwen Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.7 to 32.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.
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Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) scores higher in 6 categories and Qwen Max in 2 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen Max leads 25.1 to 12.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 23.1% for Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) and 16.1% for Qwen Max.
Side by side
| Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Qwen Max | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | |
| Noometry Index | 32.1 | 34.7 |
| Released | 2024-02-15 | 2024-04-03 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 33K |
| Max output | — | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.60 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $6.40 |
| Results tracked | 45 | 23 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 34.2 (#241), Qwen Max: 30.7 (#292)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1294 | 1288 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 21.8% |
| WeirdML | 22.2% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 43.8% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 57.5% | — |
| CadEval | 34% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 79.3% | — |
| MBPP+ | 74.6% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 17.9 (#145), Qwen Max: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| TheAgentCompany | 3.4% | — |
| Cybench | 7.5% | — |
| BALROG | 21% | — |
Reasoning Qwen Max leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 12.3 (#338), Qwen Max: 25.1 (#151)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1296 | 1269 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0.8% | — |
| SimpleBench | 27.1% | — |
| DTBench | 59% | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 89.2% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 131.73 | — |
| ForecastBench | 58.4 | — |
Math Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 25.8 (#266), Qwen Max: 22.3 (#276)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 23.1% | 16.1% |
| LMArena Math | 1315 | 1275 |
| MATH Level 5 | 70.4% | 67.2% |
| Omni-MATH | 36.4% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 1% |
Knowledge Too close to call
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 29.4 (#239), Qwen Max: 30.3 (#228)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 57.2% | 56.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1279 | 1248 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 4.6% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 73.7% | — |
| Confabulations | 13.5% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 53.4% | — |
| MMLU | 86.9% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 36.8 (#77), Qwen Max: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1161 | — |
| Video-MME | 75% | — |
Multilingual Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 45.3 (#174), Qwen Max: 41.8 (#202)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1312 | 1263 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1331 | 1254 |
| LMArena French | 1302 | 1330 |
| LMArena German | 1286 | 1254 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1292 | 1205 |
| LMArena Korean | 1298 | 1142 |
| LMArena Russian | 1320 | 1274 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1311 | 1290 |
Instruction Following Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 68.6 (#185), Qwen Max: 66.5 (#208)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1297 | 1262 |
| IFEval | 83.7% | — |
Long Context Too close to call
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 39.8 (#169), Qwen Max: 39.4 (#180)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1308 | 1288 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 66.7% |
Writing & Preference Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 52.4 (#172), Qwen Max: 47.8 (#205)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1319 | 1282 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1333 | 1248 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1296 | 1277 |
| WildBench | 81.3% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) better than Qwen Max?
Qwen Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.7 to 32.1 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) or Qwen Max better for coding?
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.2 versus 30.7 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) and Qwen Max share?
20 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) has 45 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Max has 23.