Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.5 Flash vs Qwen1.5-14B

Gemini 3.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 32.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.5 Flash Google

54.1

Rank #29 Confirmed

Qwen1.5-14B Alibaba (Qwen)

32.1

Rank #250 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.5 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen1.5-14B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.5 Flash leads 62.7 to 20.5.
  • Qwen1.5-14B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.5 FlashQwen1.5-14B
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index54.132.1
Released2026-05-192024-02-04
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.50—
Output $ / M tokens$9—
Results tracked5417

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 49.1 (#46), Qwen1.5-14B: 32.5 (#259)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Coding14921138
SWE-bench Verified79.3%—
DeepSWE37.4%—
LMArena WebDev1499—
SciCode53.1%—
WeirdML62.6%—
ALE-Bench911.02—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 24.8 (#107), Qwen1.5-14B: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen1.5-14B
APEX-Agents27.5%—
GBAEval6.7%—
GDP.pdf14%—
Vending-Bench 25,396—

Reasoning Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 62.7 (#16), Qwen1.5-14B: 20.5 (#217)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Hard Prompts14881113
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 Index154.55—
ForecastBench59—

Math Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 60.5 (#30), Qwen1.5-14B: 29.9 (#214)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Math15021125
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)62.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 426.8%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions76.3%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202595.6%—
ProofBench31%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)39%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)14.6%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 66.3 (#10), Qwen1.5-14B: 29.3 (#230)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Expert14931094
GPQA Diamond92.8%—
SimpleQA Verified66.2%—
MMLU—68.6%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 45.7 (#13), Qwen1.5-14B: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Vision1311—
Blueprint-Bench 233.6%—
LMArena Document1463—

Multilingual Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 57.1 (#12), Qwen1.5-14B: 30.8 (#257)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Non-English14751095
LMArena Chinese15251147
LMArena French14901115
LMArena German15001043
LMArena Japanese14811019
LMArena Russian14911046
LMArena Spanish14781085
LMArena Korean1453—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 77.2 (#29), Qwen1.5-14B: 57.1 (#266)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Instruction Following14661102

Long Context Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 45.3 (#39), Qwen1.5-14B: 33.7 (#252)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Longer Query14811113

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 65.5 (#46), Qwen1.5-14B: 33.7 (#270)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Text14811128
LMArena Creative Writing14671091
LMArena Multi-Turn14821110
EQ-Bench 41087—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash better than Qwen1.5-14B?

Gemini 3.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 32.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash or Qwen1.5-14B better for coding?

Gemini 3.5 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.1 versus 32.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.5 Flash and Qwen1.5-14B share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.5 Flash has 54 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-14B has 17.

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