Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite vs Qwen Plus

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 37.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite Google

41.5

Rank #133 Confirmed

Qwen Plus Alibaba (Qwen)

37.1

Rank #210 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite scores higher in 7 categories and Qwen Plus in 1 category; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads 50.1 to 27.4.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 71.1% for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and 17.8% for Qwen Plus.
  • Qwen Plus is cheaper at $0.40 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.30 / $2.50 for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite.
  • Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 1M.

Side by side

Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen Plus
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index41.537.1
Released2026-07-212024-01-25
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M1M
Max output66K33K
Input $ / M tokens$0.30$0.40
Output $ / M tokens$2.50$1.20
Results tracked3920

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 42.4 (#104), Qwen Plus: 38.9 (#167)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen Plus
LMArena Coding14531328
LMArena WebDev1440—
SciCode41.3%—
WeirdML39%—
ALE-Bench765.27—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

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

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

Reasoning Too close to call

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 27.8 (#114), Qwen Plus: 28.4 (#107)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen Plus
LMArena Hard Prompts14411317
DTBench83.5%81.1%
LMCA37.6%24%
ARC-AGI-210.3%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark—63.3%
NYT Connections (extended)60.4%—
ARC-AGI-153.5%—
CritPt0%—
Chess Puzzles22%—
Mystery Game Puzzles19%—
Epoch Capabilities Index145.13—

Math Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 25.9 (#264), Qwen Plus: 23.3 (#271)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen Plus
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202571.1%17.8%
LMArena Math14331326
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)26%—
FrontierMath Tier 40%—
ProofBench13%—
MATH Level 5—65.3%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—1.7%

Knowledge Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 50.1 (#72), Qwen Plus: 27.4 (#251)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen Plus
GPQA Diamond83.3%48.1%
LMArena Expert14351328

Multimodal Not comparable

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

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen Plus
LMArena Vision1268—

Multilingual Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 53.5 (#63), Qwen Plus: 45.1 (#175)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen Plus
LMArena Non-English14271310
LMArena Chinese14691347
LMArena Japanese14271251
LMArena Russian14431323
LMArena French1451—
LMArena German1454—
LMArena Korean1407—
LMArena Spanish1442—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 74.8 (#85), Qwen Plus: 68.8 (#181)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen Plus
LMArena Instruction Following14201303

Long Context Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 43.9 (#84), Qwen Plus: 40.3 (#158)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen Plus
LMArena Longer Query14351324

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 64.2 (#57), Qwen Plus: 52.2 (#176)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen Plus
LMArena Text14351326
LMArena Creative Writing14201293
LMArena Multi-Turn14451336
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1559—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite better than Qwen Plus?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 37.1 on the Noometry Index.

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

Qwen Plus is cheaper. It lists at $0.40 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite lists at $0.30 and $2.50.

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

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.4 versus 38.9 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite does, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.

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

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite has 39 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Plus has 20.

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