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Model comparison

Gemini 3.5 Flash vs Qwen Max

Gemini 3.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.2 to 34.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.5 Flash Google

54.2

Rank #32 Confirmed

Qwen Max Alibaba (Qwen)

34.7

Rank #230 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.5 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen Max in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 3.5 Flash leads 60.7 to 22.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 95.6% for Gemini 3.5 Flash and 16.1% for Qwen Max.
  • Qwen Max is cheaper at $1.60 / $6.40 per million input/output tokens, against $1.50 / $9 for Gemini 3.5 Flash.
  • Gemini 3.5 Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 33K.

Side by side

Gemini 3.5 FlashQwen Max
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index54.234.7
Released2026-05-192024-04-03
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M33K
Max output66K8K
Input $ / M tokens$1.50$1.60
Output $ / M tokens$9$6.40
Results tracked5423

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 49.4 (#49), Qwen Max: 30.7 (#292)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen Max
LMArena Coding14921288
SWE-bench Verified79.3%—
DeepSWE37.4%—
Aider Polyglot—21.8%
LMArena WebDev1499—
SciCode53.1%—
WeirdML62.6%—
ALE-Bench911.02—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 24.7 (#114), Qwen Max: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen Max
APEX-Agents27.5%—
GBAEval6.7%—
GDP.pdf14%—
Vending-Bench 25,396—

Reasoning Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 62.8 (#18), Qwen Max: 25.1 (#151)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen Max
LMArena Hard Prompts14881269
ARC-AGI-272.1%—
SimpleBench76.7%—
NYT Connections (extended)92.6%—
ARC-AGI-192.5%—
CritPt13.1%—
Chess Puzzles50%—
EnigmaEval25.4%—
EBR-Bench4.8%—
Mystery Game Puzzles32%—
DTBench94.7%—
LMCA47.1%—
Surface Evolver Bench58.1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index154.46—
ForecastBench59—

Math Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 60.7 (#36), Qwen Max: 22.3 (#276)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen Max
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202595.6%16.1%
LMArena Math15041275
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)39%1%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)62.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 426.8%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions76.3%—
ProofBench31%—
MATH Level 5—67.2%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)14.6%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 66.3 (#11), Qwen Max: 30.3 (#228)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen Max
GPQA Diamond92.8%56.1%
LMArena Expert14951248
SimpleQA Verified66.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 45.7 (#15), Qwen Max: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen Max
LMArena Vision1310—
Blueprint-Bench 233.6%—
LMArena Document1463—

Multilingual Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 57.0 (#13), Qwen Max: 41.8 (#202)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen Max
LMArena Non-English14761263
LMArena Chinese15261254
LMArena French14901330
LMArena German14921254
LMArena Japanese14861205
LMArena Korean14511142
LMArena Russian14931274
LMArena Spanish14801290

Instruction Following Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 77.0 (#30), Qwen Max: 66.5 (#208)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen Max
LMArena Instruction Following14671262

Long Context Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 45.4 (#38), Qwen Max: 39.4 (#180)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen Max
LMArena Longer Query14821288
Fiction.LiveBench—66.7%

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 65.5 (#47), Qwen Max: 47.8 (#205)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen Max
LMArena Text14821282
LMArena Creative Writing14701248
LMArena Multi-Turn14811277
EQ-Bench 41087—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash better than Qwen Max?

Gemini 3.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.2 to 34.7 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.5 Flash or Qwen Max?

Qwen Max is cheaper. It lists at $1.60 per million input tokens and $6.40 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.5 Flash lists at $1.50 and $9.

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash or Qwen Max better for coding?

Gemini 3.5 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.4 versus 30.7 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

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

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

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.5 Flash has 54 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Max has 23.

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