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Model comparison

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite vs Qwen Max

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 34.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite Google

41.5

Rank #133 Confirmed

Qwen Max Alibaba (Qwen)

34.7

Rank #230 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen Max in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads 50.1 to 30.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 71.1% for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and 16.1% for Qwen Max.
  • Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is cheaper at $0.30 / $2.50 per million input/output tokens, against $1.60 / $6.40 for Qwen Max.
  • Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 33K.

Side by side

Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen Max
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index41.534.7
Released2026-07-212024-04-03
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M33K
Max output66K8K
Input $ / M tokens$0.30$1.60
Output $ / M tokens$2.50$6.40
Results tracked3923

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 42.4 (#104), Qwen Max: 30.7 (#292)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen Max
LMArena Coding14531288
Aider Polyglot—21.8%
LMArena WebDev1440—
SciCode41.3%—
WeirdML39%—
ALE-Bench765.27—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 25.7 (#107), Qwen Max: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen Max
APEX-Agents29.3%—
GDP.pdf10%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 27.8 (#114), Qwen Max: 25.1 (#151)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen Max
LMArena Hard Prompts14411269
ARC-AGI-210.3%—
NYT Connections (extended)60.4%—
ARC-AGI-153.5%—
CritPt0%—
Chess Puzzles22%—
Mystery Game Puzzles19%—
DTBench83.5%—
LMCA37.6%—
Epoch Capabilities Index145.13—

Math Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 25.9 (#264), Qwen Max: 22.3 (#276)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen Max
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202571.1%16.1%
LMArena Math14331275
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)26%—
FrontierMath Tier 40%—
ProofBench13%—
MATH Level 5—67.2%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—1%

Knowledge Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 50.1 (#72), Qwen Max: 30.3 (#228)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen Max
GPQA Diamond83.3%56.1%
LMArena Expert14351248

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 41.1 (#40), Qwen Max: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen Max
LMArena Vision1268—

Multilingual Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 53.5 (#63), Qwen Max: 41.8 (#202)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen Max
LMArena Non-English14271263
LMArena Chinese14691254
LMArena French14511330
LMArena German14541254
LMArena Japanese14271205
LMArena Korean14071142
LMArena Russian14431274
LMArena Spanish14421290

Instruction Following Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 74.8 (#85), Qwen Max: 66.5 (#208)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen Max
LMArena Instruction Following14201262

Long Context Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 43.9 (#84), Qwen Max: 39.4 (#180)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen Max
LMArena Longer Query14351288
Fiction.LiveBench—66.7%

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 64.2 (#57), Qwen Max: 47.8 (#205)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen Max
LMArena Text14351282
LMArena Creative Writing14201248
LMArena Multi-Turn14451277
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1559—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite better than Qwen Max?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 34.7 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite or Qwen Max?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens; Qwen Max lists at $1.60 and $6.40.

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite or Qwen Max better for coding?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.4 versus 30.7 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite does, with 1.05M tokens against 33K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Qwen Max share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite has 39 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Max has 23.

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