Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite vs Qwen3.5 Max Preview

Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 41.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite Google

41.5

Rank #133 Confirmed

Qwen3.5 Max Preview Alibaba (Qwen)

45.3

Rank #71 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite scores higher in 1 category and Qwen3.5 Max Preview in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads 40.1 to 25.9.

Side by side

Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.5 Max Preview
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index41.545.3
Released2026-07-21—
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.30—
Output $ / M tokens$2.50—
Results tracked3917

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 42.4 (#104), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 44.0 (#77)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Coding14531487
LMArena WebDev1440—
SciCode41.3%—
WeirdML39%—
ALE-Bench765.27—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 25.7 (#107), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.5 Max Preview
APEX-Agents29.3%—
GDP.pdf10%—

Reasoning Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 27.8 (#114), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 30.8 (#84)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Hard Prompts14411483
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 Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 25.9 (#264), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 40.1 (#94)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Math14331474
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)26%—
FrontierMath Tier 40%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202571.1%—
ProofBench13%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 50.1 (#72), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.8 (#107)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Expert14351489
GPQA Diamond83.3%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 41.1 (#40), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Vision1268—

Multilingual Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 53.5 (#63), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.2 (#22)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Non-English14271465
LMArena Chinese14691534
LMArena French14511484
LMArena German14541487
LMArena Japanese14271495
LMArena Korean14071438
LMArena Russian14431471
LMArena Spanish14421470

Instruction Following Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 74.8 (#85), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 77.0 (#31)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Instruction Following14201467

Long Context Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 43.9 (#84), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#45)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Longer Query14351476

Writing & Preference Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 64.2 (#57), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.0 (#41)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Text14351470
LMArena Creative Writing14201464
LMArena Multi-Turn14451478
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1559—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite better than Qwen3.5 Max Preview?

Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 41.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite or Qwen3.5 Max Preview better for coding?

Qwen3.5 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.0 versus 42.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Qwen3.5 Max Preview share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite has 39 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Max Preview has 17.

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