Model comparison

Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Qwen1.5-14B

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 32.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.6 Flash Google

54.1

Rank #30 Confirmed

Qwen1.5-14B Alibaba (Qwen)

32.1

Rank #250 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.6 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 knowledge, where Gemini 3.6 Flash leads 67.8 to 29.3.
  • Qwen1.5-14B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.6 Flash and Qwen1.5-14B specifications
Gemini 3.6 FlashQwen1.5-14B
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index54.132.1
Released2026-07-212024-02-04
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.75—
Output $ / M tokens$3.75—
Results tracked4617

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 49.6 (#45), Qwen1.5-14B: 32.5 (#259)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Coding14921138
DeepSWE46.7%—
FrontierCode34.4%—
LMArena WebDev1536—
SciCode52.7%—
WeirdML56.1%—
ALE-Bench715.52—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 32.4 (#56), Qwen1.5-14B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen1.5-14B
APEX-Agents46.9%—
GDP.pdf14%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 58.9 (#20), Qwen1.5-14B: 20.5 (#217)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Hard Prompts14861113
ARC-AGI-260.4%—
NYT Connections (extended)89%—
ARC-AGI-191.2%—
CritPt10.6%—
Chess Puzzles43%—
Mystery Game Puzzles30%—
DTBench95.5%—
LMCA44.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index154.36—

Math Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 57.0 (#33), Qwen1.5-14B: 29.9 (#214)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Math15041125
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)58.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 422%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions70.8%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202594.2%—
ProofBench36%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 67.8 (#7), Qwen1.5-14B: 29.3 (#230)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Expert14891094
GPQA Diamond94.1%—
SimpleQA Verified66.2%—
MMLU—68.6%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 38.7 (#55), Qwen1.5-14B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Vision1297—
Blueprint-Bench 231.2%—
Furniture Assembly23.3%—
LMArena Document1456—

Multilingual Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 56.8 (#17), Qwen1.5-14B: 30.8 (#257)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Non-English14701095
LMArena Chinese15301147
LMArena French15011115
LMArena German14781043
LMArena Japanese14771019
LMArena Russian14901046
LMArena Spanish14771085
LMArena Korean1435—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 77.2 (#27), Qwen1.5-14B: 57.1 (#266)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Instruction Following14671102

Long Context Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 45.1 (#47), Qwen1.5-14B: 33.7 (#252)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Longer Query14751113

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 68.3 (#26), Qwen1.5-14B: 33.7 (#270)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Text14781128
LMArena Creative Writing14641091
LMArena Multi-Turn14811110
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1604—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash better than Qwen1.5-14B?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 32.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash or Qwen1.5-14B better for coding?

Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.6 versus 32.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.6 Flash and Qwen1.5-14B share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.6 Flash has 46 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-14B has 17.

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