Model comparison

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview vs Qwen2.5-Max

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.7 to 40.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Google

56.7

Rank #20 Confirmed

Qwen2.5-Max Alibaba (Qwen)

40.1

Rank #142 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen2.5-Max in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads 71.7 to 24.6.

Side by side

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview and Qwen2.5-Max specifications
Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen2.5-Max
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index56.740.1
Released2026-02-192025-01-25
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$2—
Output $ / M tokens$12—
Results tracked7127

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 42.7 (#88), Qwen2.5-Max: 41.2 (#118)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Coding14831359
SWE-bench Verified75.6%—
DeepSWE11.7%—
LMArena WebDev1446—
SciCode58.9%—
GSO22.6%—
WeirdML72.1%—
LiveBench Coding—64.4%
MirrorCode8.9%—
ALE-Bench1,161—
AlgoTune2.02—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 37.7 (#33), Qwen2.5-Max: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen2.5-Max
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 (#9), Qwen2.5-Max: 24.6 (#144)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Hard Prompts14841360
Epoch Capabilities Index154.92132.54
ARC-AGI-277.1%—
SimpleBench79.6%—
NYT Connections (extended)97.4%—
ARC-AGI-198%—
CritPt17.7%—
Chess Puzzles55%—
EnigmaEval36.8%—
Thematic Generalization79.4%—
EBR-Bench14.3%—
LiveBench Reasoning—51.4%
Mystery Game Puzzles34%—
DTBench97.1%—
LiveBench Data Analysis—67.9%
LMCA53.8%—
ForecastBench59—
LiveBench—62.3%

Math Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 61.8 (#28), Qwen2.5-Max: 34.3 (#162)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Math14851369
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)59.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 426.8%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions86.5%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202595.6%—
ProofBench26%—
LiveBench Math—58.4%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)36.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)16.7%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 71.8 (#3), Qwen2.5-Max: 34.8 (#181)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Expert14841337
GPQA Diamond94.4%—
Humanity's Last Exam46.4%—
SimpleQA Verified73.5%—
Confabulations—21.8%
Vectara Hallucination Rate10.4%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 38.1 (#60), Qwen2.5-Max: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Vision1296—
Blueprint-Bench 226.5%—
Furniture Assembly26.7%—
LMArena Document1444—

Multilingual Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 57.1 (#11), Qwen2.5-Max: 48.3 (#140)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Non-English14751352
LMArena Chinese15281382
LMArena French14881396
LMArena German14911350
LMArena Japanese14941299
LMArena Korean14581304
LMArena Russian14961353
LMArena Spanish14801377

Instruction Following Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 77.1 (#31), Qwen2.5-Max: 71.5 (#147)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Instruction Following14651335
LiveBench Instruction Following—75.3%

Long Context Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 47.3 (#17), Qwen2.5-Max: 41.3 (#137)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Longer Query14821358
CL-bench20.8%—
CL-bench Life16.9%—

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 66.3 (#36), Qwen2.5-Max: 55.6 (#141)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Text14801367
LMArena Creative Writing14821339
LMArena Multi-Turn14861364
Short-Story Creative Writing—72.9%
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1491—
EQ-Bench 41142—
LiveBench Language—56.3%

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview better than Qwen2.5-Max?

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.7 to 40.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview or Qwen2.5-Max better for coding?

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.7 versus 41.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview and Qwen2.5-Max share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview has 71 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5-Max has 27.

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