Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.5 Flash vs Qwen3 Max

Gemini 3.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.2 to 43.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 29 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.5 Flash Google

54.2

Rank #32 Confirmed

Qwen3 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

43.7

Rank #87 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 29 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.5 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen3 Max in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.5 Flash leads 62.8 to 22.6.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 92.6% for Gemini 3.5 Flash and 30.1% for Qwen3 Max.
  • Qwen3 Max is cheaper at $1.20 / $6 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 262K.

Side by side

Gemini 3.5 FlashQwen3 Max
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index54.243.7
Released2026-05-192025-09-23
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M262K
Max output66K66K
Input $ / M tokens$1.50$1.20
Output $ / M tokens$9$6
Results tracked5433

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 49.4 (#49), Qwen3 Max: 43.0 (#93)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen3 Max
LMArena Coding14921456
ALE-Bench911.02370.45
SWE-bench Verified79.3%—
DeepSWE37.4%—
LMArena WebDev1499—
SciCode53.1%—
WeirdML62.6%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 24.7 (#114), Qwen3 Max: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen3 Max
Vending-Bench 25,39671.56
APEX-Agents27.5%—
GBAEval6.7%—
GDP.pdf14%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 62.8 (#18), Qwen3 Max: 22.6 (#190)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen3 Max
NYT Connections (extended)92.6%30.1%
Chess Puzzles50%4%
LMArena Hard Prompts14881448
Mystery Game Puzzles32%5%
DTBench94.7%82.1%
LMCA47.1%28.3%
Epoch Capabilities Index154.46142.38
ARC-AGI-272.1%—
SimpleBench76.7%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark—72.5%
ARC-AGI-192.5%—
CritPt13.1%—
EnigmaEval25.4%—
EBR-Bench4.8%—
Surface Evolver Bench58.1%—
ForecastBench59—

Math Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 60.7 (#36), Qwen3 Max: 38.7 (#131)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen3 Max
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)62.8%18.9%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202595.6%73.3%
LMArena Math15041446
FrontierMath Tier 426.8%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions76.3%—
ProofBench31%—
MATH Level 5—97.1%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)39%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)14.6%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 66.3 (#11), Qwen3 Max: 48.1 (#78)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen3 Max
GPQA Diamond92.8%72.6%
SimpleQA Verified66.2%48.7%
LMArena Expert14951455

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 45.7 (#15), Qwen3 Max: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen3 Max
LMArena Vision1310—
Blueprint-Bench 233.6%—
LMArena Document1463—

Multilingual Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 57.0 (#13), Qwen3 Max: 53.7 (#62)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen3 Max
LMArena Non-English14761429
LMArena Chinese15261478
LMArena French14901449
LMArena German14921463
LMArena Japanese14861397
LMArena Korean14511399
LMArena Russian14931428
LMArena Spanish14801462

Instruction Following Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 77.0 (#30), Qwen3 Max: 74.8 (#87)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen3 Max
LMArena Instruction Following14671419

Long Context Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 45.4 (#38), Qwen3 Max: 41.6 (#134)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen3 Max
LMArena Longer Query14821438
Fiction.LiveBench—66.7%
CL-bench—14.5%

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 65.5 (#47), Qwen3 Max: 62.4 (#76)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen3 Max
LMArena Text14821439
LMArena Creative Writing14701402
LMArena Multi-Turn14811446
EQ-Bench 41087—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash better than Qwen3 Max?

Gemini 3.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.2 to 43.7 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.5 Flash or Qwen3 Max?

Qwen3 Max is cheaper. It lists at $1.20 per million input tokens and $6 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.5 Flash lists at $1.50 and $9.

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash or Qwen3 Max better for coding?

Gemini 3.5 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.4 versus 43.0 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.5 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.5 Flash and Qwen3 Max share?

29 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.5 Flash has 54 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Max has 33.

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