Model comparison
Gemini 3.5 Flash vs Qwen2.5-Max
Gemini 3.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 40.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.
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Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.5 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen2.5-Max 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 24.6.
Side by side
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | Qwen2.5-Max | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | |
| Noometry Index | 54.1 | 40.1 |
| Released | 2026-05-19 | 2025-01-25 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 1.05M | — |
| Max output | 66K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $1.50 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $9 | — |
| Results tracked | 54 | 27 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemini 3.5 Flash leads
Gemini 3.5 Flash: 49.1 (#46), Qwen2.5-Max: 41.2 (#118)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1492 | 1359 |
| SWE-bench Verified | 79.3% | — |
| DeepSWE | 37.4% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1499 | — |
| SciCode | 53.1% | — |
| WeirdML | 62.6% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 64.4% |
| ALE-Bench | 911.02 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 3.5 Flash: 24.8 (#107), Qwen2.5-Max: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 27.5% | — |
| GBAEval | 6.7% | — |
| GDP.pdf | 14% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 5,396 | — |
Reasoning Gemini 3.5 Flash leads
Gemini 3.5 Flash: 62.7 (#16), Qwen2.5-Max: 24.6 (#144)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1488 | 1360 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 154.55 | 132.54 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 72.1% | — |
| SimpleBench | 76.7% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 92.6% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 92.5% | — |
| CritPt | 13.1% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 50% | — |
| EnigmaEval | 25.4% | — |
| EBR-Bench | 4.8% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 51.4% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 32% | — |
| DTBench | 94.7% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 67.9% |
| LMCA | 47.1% | — |
| Surface Evolver Bench | 58.1% | — |
| ForecastBench | 59 | — |
| LiveBench | — | 62.3% |
Math Gemini 3.5 Flash leads
Gemini 3.5 Flash: 60.5 (#30), Qwen2.5-Max: 34.3 (#162)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1502 | 1369 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 62.8% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 26.8% | — |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | 76.3% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 95.6% | — |
| ProofBench | 31% | — |
| LiveBench Math | — | 58.4% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 39% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 14.6% | — |
Knowledge Gemini 3.5 Flash leads
Gemini 3.5 Flash: 66.3 (#10), Qwen2.5-Max: 34.8 (#181)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1493 | 1337 |
| GPQA Diamond | 92.8% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 66.2% | — |
| Confabulations | — | 21.8% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 3.5 Flash: 45.7 (#13), Qwen2.5-Max: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1311 | — |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 33.6% | — |
| LMArena Document | 1463 | — |
Multilingual Gemini 3.5 Flash leads
Gemini 3.5 Flash: 57.1 (#12), Qwen2.5-Max: 48.3 (#140)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1475 | 1352 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1525 | 1382 |
| LMArena French | 1490 | 1396 |
| LMArena German | 1500 | 1350 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1481 | 1299 |
| LMArena Korean | 1453 | 1304 |
| LMArena Russian | 1491 | 1353 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1478 | 1377 |
Instruction Following Gemini 3.5 Flash leads
Gemini 3.5 Flash: 77.2 (#29), Qwen2.5-Max: 71.5 (#147)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1466 | 1335 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 75.3% |
Long Context Gemini 3.5 Flash leads
Gemini 3.5 Flash: 45.3 (#39), Qwen2.5-Max: 41.3 (#137)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1481 | 1358 |
Writing & Preference Gemini 3.5 Flash leads
Gemini 3.5 Flash: 65.5 (#46), Qwen2.5-Max: 55.6 (#141)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1481 | 1367 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1467 | 1339 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1482 | 1364 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 72.9% |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 1087 | — |
| LiveBench Language | — | 56.3% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 3.5 Flash better than Qwen2.5-Max?
Gemini 3.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 40.1 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 3.5 Flash or Qwen2.5-Max better for coding?
Gemini 3.5 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.1 versus 41.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.5 Flash and Qwen2.5-Max share?
18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.5 Flash has 54 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5-Max has 27.