Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview vs Qwen Plus

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.7 to 37.1 on the Noometry Index. Qwen Plus costs 7.5× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Google

56.7

Rank #23 Confirmed

Qwen Plus Alibaba (Qwen)

37.1

Rank #210 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen Plus in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads 71.8 to 27.4.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 95.6% for Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview and 17.8% for Qwen Plus.
  • Qwen Plus is cheaper at $0.40 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $12 for Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview.
  • Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 1M.

Side by side

Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen Plus
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index56.737.1
Released2026-02-192024-01-25
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M1M
Max output66K33K
Input $ / M tokens$2$0.40
Output $ / M tokens$12$1.20
Results tracked7120

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 42.5 (#99), Qwen Plus: 38.9 (#167)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen Plus
LMArena Coding14841328
SWE-bench Verified75.6%—
DeepSWE11.7%—
LMArena WebDev1447—
SciCode58.9%—
GSO22.6%—
WeirdML72.1%—
MirrorCode8.9%—
ALE-Bench1,161—
AlgoTune2.02—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 37.7 (#34), Qwen Plus: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen Plus
Terminal-Bench80.2%—
APEX-Agents35.3%—
τ²-bench Banking26%—
DeepResearch Bench47.8%—
PostTrainBench22%—
BALROG57%—
ExploitBench26.1%—
GBAEval0.8%—
GDP.pdf17%—
LMArena Search1211—
METR Time Horizons77%—
Vending-Bench 23,774—

Reasoning Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 71.7 (#12), Qwen Plus: 28.4 (#107)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen Plus
LMArena Hard Prompts14851317
DTBench97.1%81.1%
LMCA53.8%24%
ARC-AGI-277.1%—
SimpleBench79.6%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark—63.3%
NYT Connections (extended)97.4%—
ARC-AGI-198%—
CritPt17.7%—
Chess Puzzles55%—
EnigmaEval36.8%—
Thematic Generalization79.4%—
EBR-Bench14.3%—
Mystery Game Puzzles34%—
Epoch Capabilities Index154.77—
ForecastBench59—

Math Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 62.1 (#34), Qwen Plus: 23.3 (#271)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen Plus
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202595.6%17.8%
LMArena Math14851326
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)36.9%1.7%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)59.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 426.8%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions86.5%—
ProofBench26%—
MATH Level 5—65.3%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)16.7%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 71.8 (#3), Qwen Plus: 27.4 (#251)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen Plus
GPQA Diamond94.4%48.1%
LMArena Expert14851328
Humanity's Last Exam46.4%—
SimpleQA Verified73.5%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate10.4%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 37.9 (#69), Qwen Plus: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen Plus
LMArena Vision1296—
Blueprint-Bench 226.5%—
Furniture Assembly26.7%—
LMArena Document1444—

Multilingual Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 57.0 (#12), Qwen Plus: 45.1 (#175)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen Plus
LMArena Non-English14771310
LMArena Chinese15291347
LMArena Japanese14931251
LMArena Russian14981323
LMArena French1487—
LMArena German1491—
LMArena Korean1455—
LMArena Spanish1479—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 77.0 (#32), Qwen Plus: 68.8 (#181)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen Plus
LMArena Instruction Following14661303

Long Context Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 47.4 (#18), Qwen Plus: 40.3 (#158)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen Plus
LMArena Longer Query14831324
CL-bench20.8%—
CL-bench Life16.9%—

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 66.1 (#37), Qwen Plus: 52.2 (#176)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen Plus
LMArena Text14811326
LMArena Creative Writing14821293
LMArena Multi-Turn14881336
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1491—
EQ-Bench 41142—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview better than Qwen Plus?

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.7 to 37.1 on the Noometry Index. Qwen Plus costs 7.5× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview or Qwen Plus?

Qwen Plus is cheaper. It lists at $0.40 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview lists at $2 and $12.

Is Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview or Qwen Plus better for coding?

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.5 versus 38.9 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview does, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview and Qwen Plus share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview has 71 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Plus has 20.

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