Model comparison
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) vs Qwen3 Max
Qwen3 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.7 to 32.1 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 Pro (May 2024) scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3 Max in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3 Max leads 48.1 to 29.4.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 23.1% for Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) and 73.3% for Qwen3 Max.
Side by side
| Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Qwen3 Max | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | |
| Noometry Index | 32.1 | 43.7 |
| Released | 2024-02-15 | 2025-09-23 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.20 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $6 |
| Results tracked | 45 | 33 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3 Max leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 34.2 (#241), Qwen3 Max: 43.0 (#93)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1294 | 1456 |
| WeirdML | 22.2% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 43.8% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 57.5% | — |
| CadEval | 34% | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 370.45 |
| HumanEval+ | 79.3% | — |
| MBPP+ | 74.6% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 17.9 (#145), Qwen3 Max: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| TheAgentCompany | 3.4% | — |
| Cybench | 7.5% | — |
| BALROG | 21% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 71.56 |
Reasoning Qwen3 Max leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 12.3 (#338), Qwen3 Max: 22.6 (#190)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1296 | 1448 |
| DTBench | 59% | 82.1% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 131.73 | 142.38 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0.8% | — |
| SimpleBench | 27.1% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 72.5% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 30.1% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 4% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 5% |
| LMCA | — | 28.3% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 89.2% | — |
| ForecastBench | 58.4 | — |
Math Qwen3 Max leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 25.8 (#266), Qwen3 Max: 38.7 (#131)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 23.1% | 73.3% |
| LMArena Math | 1315 | 1446 |
| MATH Level 5 | 70.4% | 97.1% |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 18.9% |
| Omni-MATH | 36.4% | — |
Knowledge Qwen3 Max leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 29.4 (#239), Qwen3 Max: 48.1 (#78)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 57.2% | 72.6% |
| LMArena Expert | 1279 | 1455 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 4.6% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 48.7% |
| 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), Qwen3 Max: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1161 | — |
| Video-MME | 75% | — |
Multilingual Qwen3 Max leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 45.3 (#174), Qwen3 Max: 53.7 (#62)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1312 | 1429 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1331 | 1478 |
| LMArena French | 1302 | 1449 |
| LMArena German | 1286 | 1463 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1292 | 1397 |
| LMArena Korean | 1298 | 1399 |
| LMArena Russian | 1320 | 1428 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1311 | 1462 |
Instruction Following Qwen3 Max leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 68.6 (#185), Qwen3 Max: 74.8 (#87)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1297 | 1419 |
| IFEval | 83.7% | — |
Long Context Qwen3 Max leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 39.8 (#169), Qwen3 Max: 41.6 (#134)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1308 | 1438 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 66.7% |
| CL-bench | — | 14.5% |
Writing & Preference Qwen3 Max leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 52.4 (#172), Qwen3 Max: 62.4 (#76)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1319 | 1439 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1333 | 1402 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1296 | 1446 |
| WildBench | 81.3% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) better than Qwen3 Max?
Qwen3 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.7 to 32.1 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) or Qwen3 Max better for coding?
Qwen3 Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.0 versus 34.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) and Qwen3 Max share?
22 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) has 45 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Max has 33.