Model comparison

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) vs Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.8 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 6 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) Google

34.8

Rank #223 Confirmed

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct Alibaba (Qwen)

29.7

Rank #291 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 6 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) scores higher in 2 categories and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct in 2 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads 36.1 to 15.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 57.8% for Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) and 7.4% for Qwen2.5 32B Instruct.
  • Qwen2.5 32B Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct specifications
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index34.829.7
Released2024-12-062024-09
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—131K
Max output—8K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.70
Output $ / M tokens—$2.80
Results tracked547

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Category by category

Coding Qwen2.5 32B Instruct leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 28.2 (#308), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 38.1 (#165)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
BigCodeBench Instruct45.9%45%
BigCodeBench Complete59.9%52.3%
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)13.5%—
Aider Polyglot38.2%—
WeirdML25.8%—
LiveBench Coding63.4%—
LMArena Coding1351—
CadEval30%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 28.0 (#85), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
TheAgentCompany11.4%—

Reasoning Qwen2.5 32B Instruct leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 15.2 (#308), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 18.5 (#262)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
Epoch Capabilities Index135.36128.52
ARC-AGI-21.3%—
SimpleBench31.1%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark37.8%—
Chess Puzzles—0%
EnigmaEval1.1%—
LiveBench Reasoning78.2%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1346—
DTBench63.2%—
LiveBench Data Analysis69.4%—
LiveBench66.9%—

Math Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 36.1 (#127), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 15.3 (#289)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202557.8%7.4%
MATH Level 582.2%56.1%
Omni-MATH45.9%—
LiveBench Math75.8%—
LMArena Math1351—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)1.7%—

Knowledge Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 32.0 (#207), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 24.9 (#259)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
GPQA Diamond64.1%46.1%
Humanity's Last Exam6.6%—
MMLU-Pro73.7%—
Confabulations12.4%—
GPQA (HELM)55.6%—
LMArena Expert1340—
MMLU79.7%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 35.9 (#74), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
LMArena Vision1158—
GeoBench77%—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 47.6 (#144), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
LMArena Non-English1342—
LMArena Chinese1373—
LMArena French1390—
LMArena German1354—
LMArena Japanese1293—
LMArena Korean1314—
LMArena Russian1351—
LMArena Spanish1363—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 74.6 (#91), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
LiveBench Instruction Following85.8%—
IFEval84.1%—
LMArena Instruction Following1336—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 38.1 (#198), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
Fiction.LiveBench61.1%—
LMArena Longer Query1345—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 49.8 (#184), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
LMArena Text1354—
LMArena Creative Writing1340—
Short-Story Creative Writing73.8%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1128—
WildBench80%—
LMArena Multi-Turn1350—
LiveBench Language51.3%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) better than Qwen2.5 32B Instruct?

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.8 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) or Qwen2.5 32B Instruct better for coding?

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.1 versus 28.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct share?

6 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) has 54 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct has 7.

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