Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite vs Qwen3 Max

Qwen3 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.7 to 37.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite Google

37.8

Rank #194 Confirmed

Qwen3 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

43.7

Rank #87 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3 Max in 8 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3 Max leads 48.1 to 35.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is DTBench: 52.5% for Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite and 82.1% for Qwen3 Max.

Side by side

Gemini 2.0 Flash-LiteQwen3 Max
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index37.843.7
Released2025-02-052025-09-23
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window—262K
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.20
Output $ / M tokens—$6
Results tracked3233

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3 Max leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 37.9 (#185), Qwen3 Max: 43.0 (#93)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteQwen3 Max
LMArena Coding13221456
LiveBench Coding47.1%—
ALE-Bench—370.45

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: —, Qwen3 Max: —

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteQwen3 Max
Vending-Bench 2—71.56

Reasoning Too close to call

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 22.0 (#210), Qwen3 Max: 22.6 (#190)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteQwen3 Max
LMArena Hard Prompts13241448
DTBench52.5%82.1%
Kagi LLM Benchmark—72.5%
NYT Connections (extended)—30.1%
Chess Puzzles—4%
LiveBench Reasoning50.1%—
Mystery Game Puzzles—5%
LiveBench Data Analysis65.5%—
LMCA—28.3%
Epoch Capabilities Index—142.38
ForecastBench57.1—
LiveBench54.3%—

Math Qwen3 Max leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 34.1 (#196), Qwen3 Max: 38.7 (#131)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteQwen3 Max
LMArena Math13091446
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—18.9%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—73.3%
Omni-MATH37.4%—
LiveBench Math58.1%—
MATH Level 5—97.1%

Knowledge Qwen3 Max leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 35.0 (#189), Qwen3 Max: 48.1 (#78)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteQwen3 Max
LMArena Expert13051455
GPQA Diamond—72.6%
SimpleQA Verified—48.7%
MMLU-Pro72%—
GPQA (HELM)50%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 31.2 (#109), Qwen3 Max: —

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteQwen3 Max
LMArena Vision1100—

Multilingual Qwen3 Max leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 46.0 (#161), Qwen3 Max: 53.7 (#62)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteQwen3 Max
LMArena Non-English13231429
LMArena Chinese13391478
LMArena French13471449
LMArena German13061463
LMArena Japanese13011397
LMArena Korean13251399
LMArena Russian13281428
LMArena Spanish13131462

Instruction Following Qwen3 Max leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 70.4 (#163), Qwen3 Max: 74.8 (#87)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteQwen3 Max
LMArena Instruction Following13051419
LiveBench Instruction Following78.3%—
IFEval82.4%—

Long Context Qwen3 Max leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 40.1 (#160), Qwen3 Max: 41.6 (#134)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteQwen3 Max
LMArena Longer Query13201438
Fiction.LiveBench—66.7%
CL-bench—14.5%

Writing & Preference Qwen3 Max leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 51.7 (#177), Qwen3 Max: 62.4 (#76)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteQwen3 Max
LMArena Text13301439
LMArena Creative Writing13191402
LMArena Multi-Turn13071446
WildBench79%—
LiveBench Language34.3%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite better than Qwen3 Max?

Qwen3 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.7 to 37.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite or Qwen3 Max better for coding?

Qwen3 Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.0 versus 37.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite and Qwen3 Max share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite has 32 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Max has 33.

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