Model comparison

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview vs Qwen3.5 Max Preview

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.7 to 44.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Google

56.7

Rank #20 Confirmed

Qwen3.5 Max Preview Alibaba (Qwen)

44.7

Rank #72 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview scores higher in 6 categories and Qwen3.5 Max Preview in 2 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads 71.7 to 29.6.

Side by side

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview and Qwen3.5 Max Preview specifications
Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen3.5 Max Preview
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index56.744.7
Released2026-02-19—
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$2—
Output $ / M tokens$12—
Results tracked7117

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Category by category

Coding Too close to call

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 42.7 (#88), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 43.4 (#79)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Coding14831488
SWE-bench Verified75.6%—
DeepSWE11.7%—
LMArena WebDev1446—
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 (#33), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen3.5 Max Preview
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), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 29.6 (#81)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Hard Prompts14841483
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%—
Mystery Game Puzzles34%—
DTBench97.1%—
LMCA53.8%—
Epoch Capabilities Index154.92—
ForecastBench59—

Math Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 61.8 (#28), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 37.3 (#99)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Math14851473
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)59.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 426.8%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions86.5%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202595.6%—
ProofBench26%—
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), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.1 (#104)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Expert14841489
GPQA Diamond94.4%—
Humanity's Last Exam46.4%—
SimpleQA Verified73.5%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate10.4%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 38.1 (#60), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Vision1296—
Blueprint-Bench 226.5%—
Furniture Assembly26.7%—
LMArena Document1444—

Multilingual Too close to call

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 57.1 (#11), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.4 (#21)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Non-English14751465
LMArena Chinese15281534
LMArena French14881483
LMArena German14911487
LMArena Japanese14941497
LMArena Korean14581438
LMArena Russian14961472
LMArena Spanish14801470

Instruction Following Too close to call

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 77.1 (#31), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 77.2 (#28)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Instruction Following14651467

Long Context Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 47.3 (#17), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#44)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Longer Query14821477
CL-bench20.8%—
CL-bench Life16.9%—

Writing & Preference Too close to call

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 66.3 (#36), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.1 (#39)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Text14801471
LMArena Creative Writing14821464
LMArena Multi-Turn14861478
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1491—
EQ-Bench 41142—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview better than Qwen3.5 Max Preview?

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.7 to 44.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview or Qwen3.5 Max Preview better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (42.7 vs 43.4); test both on your own repository before choosing.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview and Qwen3.5 Max Preview share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview has 71 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Max Preview has 17.

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