Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite vs Qwen Max

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.8 to 34.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite Google

37.8

Rank #194 Confirmed

Qwen Max Alibaba (Qwen)

34.7

Rank #230 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite scores higher in 7 categories and Qwen Max in 1 category; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads 34.1 to 22.3.

Side by side

Gemini 2.0 Flash-LiteQwen Max
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index37.834.7
Released2025-02-052024-04-03
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window—33K
Max output—8K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.60
Output $ / M tokens—$6.40
Results tracked3223

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 37.9 (#185), Qwen Max: 30.7 (#292)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteQwen Max
LMArena Coding13221288
Aider Polyglot—21.8%
LiveBench Coding47.1%—

Reasoning Qwen Max leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 22.0 (#210), Qwen Max: 25.1 (#151)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteQwen Max
LMArena Hard Prompts13241269
LiveBench Reasoning50.1%—
DTBench52.5%—
LiveBench Data Analysis65.5%—
ForecastBench57.1—
LiveBench54.3%—

Math Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 34.1 (#196), Qwen Max: 22.3 (#276)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteQwen Max
LMArena Math13091275
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—16.1%
Omni-MATH37.4%—
LiveBench Math58.1%—
MATH Level 5—67.2%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—1%

Knowledge Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 35.0 (#189), Qwen Max: 30.3 (#228)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteQwen Max
LMArena Expert13051248
GPQA Diamond—56.1%
MMLU-Pro72%—
GPQA (HELM)50%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 31.2 (#109), Qwen Max: —

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteQwen Max
LMArena Vision1100—

Multilingual Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 46.0 (#161), Qwen Max: 41.8 (#202)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteQwen Max
LMArena Non-English13231263
LMArena Chinese13391254
LMArena French13471330
LMArena German13061254
LMArena Japanese13011205
LMArena Korean13251142
LMArena Russian13281274
LMArena Spanish13131290

Instruction Following Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 70.4 (#163), Qwen Max: 66.5 (#208)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteQwen Max
LMArena Instruction Following13051262
LiveBench Instruction Following78.3%—
IFEval82.4%—

Long Context Too close to call

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 40.1 (#160), Qwen Max: 39.4 (#180)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteQwen Max
LMArena Longer Query13201288
Fiction.LiveBench—66.7%

Writing & Preference Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 51.7 (#177), Qwen Max: 47.8 (#205)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteQwen Max
LMArena Text13301282
LMArena Creative Writing13191248
LMArena Multi-Turn13071277
WildBench79%—
LiveBench Language34.3%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite better than Qwen Max?

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.8 to 34.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite or Qwen Max better for coding?

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.9 versus 30.7 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite and Qwen Max share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite has 32 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Max has 23.

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