Model comparison
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite vs Qwen2.5-Max
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite and Qwen2.5-Max score almost the same on the Noometry Index (40.8 vs 40.7), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.
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Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite scores higher in 6 categories and Qwen2.5-Max in 2 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads 41.9 to 35.3.
Side by side
| Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Qwen2.5-Max | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | |
| Noometry Index | 40.8 | 40.7 |
| Released | 2026-03-03 | 2025-01-25 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 1.05M | — |
| Max output | 66K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.25 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $1.50 | — |
| Results tracked | 38 | 27 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen2.5-Max leads
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 37.8 (#188), Qwen2.5-Max: 41.8 (#117)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1400 | 1359 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1256 | — |
| SciCode | 41.9% | — |
| WeirdML | 52.2% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 64.4% |
| ALE-Bench | 797.73 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 30.2 (#79), Qwen2.5-Max: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| DeepResearch Bench | 37.3% | — |
Reasoning Qwen2.5-Max leads
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 22.9 (#186), Qwen2.5-Max: 25.6 (#147)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1407 | 1360 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 144.47 | 132.53 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 67.2% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 8.2% | — |
| CritPt | 1.1% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 25% | — |
| EnigmaEval | 3% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | 63.3% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 51.4% |
| DTBench | 76.8% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 67.9% |
| LMCA | 35% | — |
| ForecastBench | 54.4 | — |
| LiveBench | — | 62.3% |
Math Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 40.7 (#90), Qwen2.5-Max: 36.9 (#162)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1428 | 1369 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 27.7% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 80% | — |
| LiveBench Math | — | 58.4% |
Knowledge Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 41.9 (#104), Qwen2.5-Max: 35.3 (#186)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1398 | 1337 |
| GPQA Diamond | 81.8% | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 8.6% | — |
| Confabulations | — | 21.8% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 8.2% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 39.4 (#60), Qwen2.5-Max: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1240 | — |
Multilingual Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 52.3 (#86), Qwen2.5-Max: 48.1 (#146)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1411 | 1352 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1461 | 1382 |
| LMArena French | 1424 | 1396 |
| LMArena German | 1429 | 1350 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1413 | 1300 |
| LMArena Korean | 1392 | 1304 |
| LMArena Russian | 1420 | 1353 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1421 | 1377 |
Instruction Following Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 72.7 (#131), Qwen2.5-Max: 71.3 (#152)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1377 | 1335 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 75.3% |
Long Context Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 42.5 (#122), Qwen2.5-Max: 41.4 (#142)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1394 | 1358 |
Writing & Preference Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 60.9 (#94), Qwen2.5-Max: 55.4 (#146)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1416 | 1367 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1401 | 1339 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1417 | 1364 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 72.9% |
| LiveBench Language | — | 56.3% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite better than Qwen2.5-Max?
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite and Qwen2.5-Max score almost the same on the Noometry Index (40.8 vs 40.7), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite or Qwen2.5-Max better for coding?
Qwen2.5-Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.8 versus 37.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite and Qwen2.5-Max share?
18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite has 38 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5-Max has 27.