Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite vs Qwen Plus

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.8 to 37.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Google

40.8

Rank #144 Confirmed

Qwen Plus Alibaba (Qwen)

37.1

Rank #210 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite scores higher in 6 categories and Qwen Plus in 2 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads 40.7 to 23.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 80% for Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite and 17.8% for Qwen Plus.
  • Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite is cheaper at $0.25 / $1.50 per million input/output tokens, against $0.40 / $1.20 for Qwen Plus.
  • Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 1M.

Side by side

Gemini 3.1 Flash LiteQwen Plus
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index40.837.1
Released2026-03-032024-01-25
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M1M
Max output66K33K
Input $ / M tokens$0.25$0.40
Output $ / M tokens$1.50$1.20
Results tracked3820

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Category by category

Coding Qwen Plus leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 37.8 (#188), Qwen Plus: 38.9 (#167)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteQwen Plus
LMArena Coding14001328
LMArena WebDev1256—
SciCode41.9%—
WeirdML52.2%—
ALE-Bench797.73—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 30.2 (#79), Qwen Plus: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteQwen Plus
DeepResearch Bench37.3%—

Reasoning Qwen Plus leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 22.9 (#186), Qwen Plus: 28.4 (#107)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteQwen Plus
Kagi LLM Benchmark67.2%63.3%
LMArena Hard Prompts14071317
DTBench76.8%81.1%
LMCA35%24%
NYT Connections (extended)8.2%—
CritPt1.1%—
Chess Puzzles25%—
EnigmaEval3%—
Thematic Generalization63.3%—
Epoch Capabilities Index144.47—
ForecastBench54.4—

Math Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 40.7 (#90), Qwen Plus: 23.3 (#271)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteQwen Plus
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202580%17.8%
LMArena Math14281326
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)27.7%—
MATH Level 5—65.3%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—1.7%

Knowledge Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 41.9 (#104), Qwen Plus: 27.4 (#251)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteQwen Plus
GPQA Diamond81.8%48.1%
LMArena Expert13981328
Humanity's Last Exam8.6%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate8.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 39.4 (#60), Qwen Plus: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteQwen Plus
LMArena Vision1240—

Multilingual Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 52.3 (#86), Qwen Plus: 45.1 (#175)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteQwen Plus
LMArena Non-English14111310
LMArena Chinese14611347
LMArena Japanese14131251
LMArena Russian14201323
LMArena French1424—
LMArena German1429—
LMArena Korean1392—
LMArena Spanish1421—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 72.7 (#131), Qwen Plus: 68.8 (#181)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteQwen Plus
LMArena Instruction Following13771303

Long Context Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 42.5 (#122), Qwen Plus: 40.3 (#158)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteQwen Plus
LMArena Longer Query13941324

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 60.9 (#94), Qwen Plus: 52.2 (#176)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteQwen Plus
LMArena Text14161326
LMArena Creative Writing14011293
LMArena Multi-Turn14171336

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite better than Qwen Plus?

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.8 to 37.1 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite or Qwen Plus?

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.25 per million input tokens and $1.50 per million output tokens; Qwen Plus lists at $0.40 and $1.20.

Is Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite or Qwen Plus better for coding?

Qwen Plus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.9 versus 37.8 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite does, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite and Qwen Plus share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite has 38 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Plus has 20.

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