Model comparison

Gemini 2.5 Flash vs Qwen1.5 4b Chat

Gemini 2.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.3 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 2.5 Flash Google

39.3

Rank #170 Confirmed

Qwen1.5 4b Chat Alibaba (Qwen)

28.8

Rank #322 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.5 Flash scores higher in 7 categories and Qwen1.5 4b Chat in 1 category; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 2.5 Flash leads 53.8 to 23.8.
  • Qwen1.5 4b Chat has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 2.5 Flash and Qwen1.5 4b Chat specifications
Gemini 2.5 FlashQwen1.5 4b Chat
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index39.328.8
Released2025-04-17—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.30—
Output $ / M tokens$2.50—
Results tracked5413

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 2.5 Flash leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash: 35.8 (#220), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 29.1 (#308)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 FlashQwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Coding1424999
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)28.7%—
Aider Polyglot55.1%—
WeirdML41.9%—
ALE-Bench661.88—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 2.5 Flash: 30.8 (#74), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 FlashQwen1.5 4b Chat
Terminal-Bench17.1%—
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard56.2%—
TheAgentCompany41.1%—
BALROG33.5%—
Vending-Bench 2548.84—

Reasoning Too close to call

Gemini 2.5 Flash: 18.1 (#286), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 18.5 (#279)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 FlashQwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Hard Prompts1422976
ARC-AGI-22.5%—
SimpleBench41.2%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark56.8%—
ARC-AGI-133.3%—
CritPt1.1%—
EnigmaEval2.7%—
DTBench76.5%—
LMCA27.5%—
Epoch Capabilities Index143.03—
ForecastBench60.6—

Math Gemini 2.5 Flash leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash: 39.9 (#98), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 30.4 (#234)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 FlashQwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Math14151026
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202573.1%—
Omni-MATH38.5%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)4.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)4.2%—

Knowledge Gemini 2.5 Flash leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash: 36.4 (#168), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 26.7 (#255)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 FlashQwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Expert1426980
Humanity's Last Exam12.1%—
MMLU-Pro63.9%—
Confabulations16.8%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate7.8%—
GPQA (HELM)39%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 2.5 Flash: 41.8 (#32), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 FlashQwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Vision1253—
GeoBench76%—
VPCT46.2%—
SpatialViz-Bench36.9%—

Multilingual Gemini 2.5 Flash leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash: 52.3 (#88), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 24.1 (#290)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 FlashQwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Non-English1409979
LMArena Chinese14501024
LMArena German1418902
LMArena Russian1415952
LMArena French1433—
LMArena Japanese1405—
LMArena Korean1385—
LMArena Spanish1421—

Instruction Following Gemini 2.5 Flash leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash: 75.7 (#54), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 49.0 (#300)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 FlashQwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Instruction Following1405978
IFEval89.8%—

Long Context Gemini 2.5 Flash leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash: 47.5 (#17), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 30.1 (#290)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 FlashQwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Longer Query1419988
Fiction.LiveBench77.8%—

Writing & Preference Gemini 2.5 Flash leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash: 53.8 (#157), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 23.8 (#309)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 FlashQwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Text1417997
LMArena Creative Writing1400969
LMArena Multi-Turn1408977
Short-Story Creative Writing76.5%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1137—
WildBench81.7%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 2.5 Flash better than Qwen1.5 4b Chat?

Gemini 2.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.3 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 2.5 Flash or Qwen1.5 4b Chat better for coding?

Gemini 2.5 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.8 versus 29.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.5 Flash and Qwen1.5 4b Chat share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.5 Flash has 54 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5 4b Chat has 13.

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