Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite vs Qwen3 Max

Qwen3 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.7 to 37.0 on the Noometry Index. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite costs 14× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3 Max's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 23 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Google

37.0

Rank #211 Confirmed

Qwen3 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

43.7

Rank #87 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 23 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3 Max in 8 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3 Max leads 48.1 to 32.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Kagi LLM Benchmark: 40.5% for Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite and 72.5% for Qwen3 Max.
  • Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is cheaper at $0.10 / $0.40 per million input/output tokens, against $1.20 / $6 for Qwen3 Max.
  • Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.

Side by side

Gemini 2.5 Flash-LiteQwen3 Max
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index37.043.7
Released2025-06-172025-09-23
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M262K
Max output66K66K
Input $ / M tokens$0.10$1.20
Output $ / M tokens$0.40$6
Results tracked3333

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3 Max leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 38.5 (#173), Qwen3 Max: 43.0 (#93)

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteQwen3 Max
LMArena Coding13731456
ALE-Bench325.9370.45
WeirdML35.2%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 28.0 (#96), Qwen3 Max: —

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteQwen3 Max
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard36.9%—
Vending-Bench 2—71.56

Reasoning Too close to call

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 22.2 (#205), Qwen3 Max: 22.6 (#190)

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteQwen3 Max
Kagi LLM Benchmark40.5%72.5%
LMArena Hard Prompts13771448
DTBench62.8%82.1%
LMCA18.1%28.3%
Epoch Capabilities Index133.94142.38
NYT Connections (extended)—30.1%
Chess Puzzles—4%
Mystery Game Puzzles—5%

Math Too close to call

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 38.0 (#144), Qwen3 Max: 38.7 (#131)

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteQwen3 Max
LMArena Math13731446
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—18.9%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—73.3%
Omni-MATH48%—
MATH Level 5—97.1%

Knowledge Qwen3 Max leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 32.5 (#210), Qwen3 Max: 48.1 (#78)

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteQwen3 Max
LMArena Expert13731455
GPQA Diamond—72.6%
SimpleQA Verified—48.7%
MMLU-Pro53.7%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate3.3%—
GPQA (HELM)30.9%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 29.1 (#114), Qwen3 Max: —

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteQwen3 Max
LMArena Vision1198—
VPCT30%—

Multilingual Qwen3 Max leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 49.3 (#134), Qwen3 Max: 53.7 (#62)

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteQwen3 Max
LMArena Non-English13691429
LMArena Chinese14041478
LMArena French13881449
LMArena German13891463
LMArena Japanese13591397
LMArena Korean13601399
LMArena Russian13731428
LMArena Spanish13961462

Instruction Following Qwen3 Max leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 70.0 (#168), Qwen3 Max: 74.8 (#87)

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteQwen3 Max
LMArena Instruction Following13671419
IFEval81%—

Long Context Qwen3 Max leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 33.3 (#262), Qwen3 Max: 41.6 (#134)

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteQwen3 Max
Fiction.LiveBench47.2%66.7%
LMArena Longer Query13731438
CL-bench—14.5%

Writing & Preference Qwen3 Max leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 56.8 (#135), Qwen3 Max: 62.4 (#76)

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteQwen3 Max
LMArena Text13791439
LMArena Creative Writing13671402
LMArena Multi-Turn13661446
WildBench81.8%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite better than Qwen3 Max?

Qwen3 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.7 to 37.0 on the Noometry Index. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite costs 14× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3 Max's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite or Qwen3 Max?

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.40 per million output tokens; Qwen3 Max lists at $1.20 and $6.

Is Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite or Qwen3 Max better for coding?

Qwen3 Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.0 versus 38.5 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite and Qwen3 Max share?

23 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite has 33 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Max has 33.

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