Model comparison
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) vs Qwen3.6 Max Preview
Qwen3.6 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.1 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.
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Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.6 Max Preview in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads 40.8 to 12.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 23.1% for Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) and 91.1% for Qwen3.6 Max Preview.
Side by side
| Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Qwen3.6 Max Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 51.1 |
| Released | 2024-02-15 | 2026-04-20 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $7.80 |
| Results tracked | 45 | 29 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 33.8 (#239), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 48.6 (#50)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1294 | 1472 |
| SWE-bench Verified | — | 76.7% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1482 |
| 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): 17.8 (#137), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| TheAgentCompany | 3.4% | — |
| Cybench | 7.5% | — |
| BALROG | 21% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 4,254 |
Reasoning Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 12.3 (#332), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 40.8 (#47)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| SimpleBench | 27.1% | 63% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1296 | 1457 |
| DTBench | 59% | 87.2% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 131.73 | 149.27 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0.8% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 74.1% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 20% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 19% |
| LMCA | — | 42.5% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 89.2% | — |
| ForecastBench | 58.4 | — |
Math Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 24.4 (#260), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 52.2 (#40)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 23.1% | 91.1% |
| LMArena Math | 1315 | 1465 |
| Omni-MATH | 36.4% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 70.4% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 23.1% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 4.2% |
Knowledge Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 29.3 (#228), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 57.6 (#35)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 57.2% | 87.4% |
| LMArena Expert | 1279 | 1476 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 4.6% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 52% |
| MMLU-Pro | 73.7% | — |
| Confabulations | 13.5% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 53.4% | — |
| MMLU | 86.9% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 36.2 (#72), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1161 | — |
| Video-MME | 75% | — |
Multilingual Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 45.5 (#169), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 54.3 (#46)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1312 | 1436 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1331 | 1487 |
| LMArena French | 1301 | 1449 |
| LMArena Russian | 1320 | 1444 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1310 | 1452 |
| LMArena German | 1286 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1292 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1298 | — |
Instruction Following Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 68.8 (#180), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 75.8 (#51)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1297 | 1437 |
| IFEval | 83.7% | — |
Long Context Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 39.7 (#164), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 44.6 (#59)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1308 | 1457 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 52.5 (#167), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 64.0 (#58)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1319 | 1447 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1333 | 1435 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1296 | 1456 |
| WildBench | 81.3% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) better than Qwen3.6 Max Preview?
Qwen3.6 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.1 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) or Qwen3.6 Max Preview better for coding?
Qwen3.6 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.6 versus 33.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) and Qwen3.6 Max Preview share?
19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) has 45 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Max Preview has 29.