Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview vs Qwen3 Max

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.7 to 43.5 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3 Max costs 1.9× 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 . 30 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Google

56.7

Rank #20 Confirmed

Qwen3 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

43.5

Rank #82 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 30 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen3 Max in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads 71.7 to 22.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 97.4% for Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview and 30.1% for Qwen3 Max.
  • Qwen3 Max is cheaper at $1.20 / $6 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 262K.

Side by side

Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen3 Max
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index56.743.5
Released2026-02-192025-09-23
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M262K
Max output66K66K
Input $ / M tokens$2$1.20
Output $ / M tokens$12$6
Results tracked7133

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Category by category

Coding Too close to call

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 42.7 (#88), Qwen3 Max: 42.4 (#93)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen3 Max
LMArena Coding14831456
ALE-Bench1,161370.45
SWE-bench Verified75.6%—
DeepSWE11.7%—
LMArena WebDev1446—
SciCode58.9%—
GSO22.6%—
WeirdML72.1%—
MirrorCode8.9%—
AlgoTune2.02—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 37.7 (#33), Qwen3 Max: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen3 Max
Vending-Bench 23,77471.56
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%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 71.7 (#9), Qwen3 Max: 22.0 (#186)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen3 Max
NYT Connections (extended)97.4%30.1%
Chess Puzzles55%4%
LMArena Hard Prompts14841448
Mystery Game Puzzles34%5%
DTBench97.1%82.1%
LMCA53.8%28.3%
Epoch Capabilities Index154.92142.41
ARC-AGI-277.1%—
SimpleBench79.6%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark—72.5%
ARC-AGI-198%—
CritPt17.7%—
EnigmaEval36.8%—
Thematic Generalization79.4%—
EBR-Bench14.3%—
ForecastBench59—

Math Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 61.8 (#28), Qwen3 Max: 37.6 (#94)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen3 Max
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)59.6%18.9%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202595.6%73.3%
LMArena Math14851447
FrontierMath Tier 426.8%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions86.5%—
ProofBench26%—
MATH Level 5—97.1%
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 Max: 48.1 (#72)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen3 Max
GPQA Diamond94.4%72.6%
SimpleQA Verified73.5%48.7%
LMArena Expert14841457
Humanity's Last Exam46.4%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate10.4%—

Multimodal Not comparable

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

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen3 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), Qwen3 Max: 53.9 (#58)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen3 Max
LMArena Non-English14751429
LMArena Chinese15281479
LMArena French14881450
LMArena German14911463
LMArena Japanese14941399
LMArena Korean14581397
LMArena Russian14961428
LMArena Spanish14801463

Instruction Following Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 77.1 (#31), Qwen3 Max: 75.0 (#81)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen3 Max
LMArena Instruction Following14651420

Long Context Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 47.3 (#17), Qwen3 Max: 41.6 (#129)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen3 Max
CL-bench20.8%14.5%
LMArena Longer Query14821439
Fiction.LiveBench—66.7%
CL-bench Life16.9%—

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 66.3 (#36), Qwen3 Max: 62.6 (#72)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen3 Max
LMArena Text14801439
LMArena Creative Writing14821401
LMArena Multi-Turn14861446
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1491—
EQ-Bench 41142—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview better than Qwen3 Max?

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.7 to 43.5 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3 Max costs 1.9× 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 Qwen3 Max?

Qwen3 Max is cheaper. It lists at $1.20 per million input tokens and $6 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview lists at $2 and $12.

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

They score almost the same on coding (42.7 vs 42.4); test both on your own repository before choosing.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.

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

30 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview has 71 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Max has 33.

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