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Model comparison

Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Qwen1.5 4b Chat

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.6 Flash Google

54.1

Rank #33 Confirmed

Qwen1.5 4b Chat Alibaba (Qwen)

28.8

Rank #322 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen1.5 4b Chat in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 3.6 Flash leads 68.2 to 23.8.
  • Qwen1.5 4b Chat has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.6 FlashQwen1.5 4b Chat
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index54.128.8
Released2026-07-21—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.75—
Output $ / M tokens$3.75—
Results tracked4613

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 50.0 (#48), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 29.1 (#308)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Coding1491999
DeepSWE46.7%—
FrontierCode34.4%—
LMArena WebDev1538—
SciCode52.7%—
WeirdML56.1%—
ALE-Bench715.52—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 32.3 (#65), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen1.5 4b Chat
APEX-Agents46.9%—
GDP.pdf14%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 58.8 (#22), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 18.5 (#279)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Hard Prompts1485976
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 Index154.25—

Math Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 57.3 (#40), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 30.4 (#234)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Math15051026
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 (#8), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 26.7 (#255)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Expert1488980
GPQA Diamond94.1%—
SimpleQA Verified66.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 38.5 (#64), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Vision1298—
Blueprint-Bench 231.2%—
Furniture Assembly23.3%—
LMArena Document1456—

Multilingual Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 56.5 (#19), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 24.1 (#290)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Non-English1469979
LMArena Chinese15311024
LMArena German1478902
LMArena Russian1487952
LMArena French1504—
LMArena Japanese1476—
LMArena Korean1431—
LMArena Spanish1475—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 77.0 (#33), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 49.0 (#300)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Instruction Following1466978

Long Context Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 45.1 (#50), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 30.1 (#290)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Longer Query1474988

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 68.2 (#27), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 23.8 (#309)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Text1479997
LMArena Creative Writing1465969
LMArena Multi-Turn1481977
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1604—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash better than Qwen1.5 4b Chat?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash or Qwen1.5 4b Chat better for coding?

Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.0 versus 29.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.6 Flash and Qwen1.5 4b Chat share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.6 Flash has 46 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5 4b Chat has 13.

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