Model comparison

Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Qwen1.5-7B

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.6 Flash Google

54.1

Rank #30 Confirmed

Qwen1.5-7B Alibaba (Qwen)

30.8

Rank #270 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen1.5-7B 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 28.2.
  • Qwen1.5-7B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.6 Flash and Qwen1.5-7B specifications
Gemini 3.6 FlashQwen1.5-7B
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index54.130.8
Released2026-07-212024-02-04
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: 49.6 (#45), Qwen1.5-7B: 31.6 (#271)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Coding14921107
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), Qwen1.5-7B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen1.5-7B
APEX-Agents46.9%—
GDP.pdf14%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 58.9 (#20), Qwen1.5-7B: 19.5 (#237)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Hard Prompts14861066
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), Qwen1.5-7B: 29.0 (#222)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Math15041080
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), Qwen1.5-7B: 28.2 (#239)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Expert14891055
GPQA Diamond94.1%—
SimpleQA Verified66.2%—
MMLU—62.6%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 38.7 (#55), Qwen1.5-7B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Vision1297—
Blueprint-Bench 231.2%—
Furniture Assembly23.3%—
LMArena Document1456—

Multilingual Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 56.8 (#17), Qwen1.5-7B: 28.6 (#266)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Non-English14701058
LMArena Chinese15301140
LMArena Russian14901006
LMArena French1501—
LMArena German1478—
LMArena Japanese1477—
LMArena Korean1435—
LMArena Spanish1477—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 77.2 (#27), Qwen1.5-7B: 54.4 (#276)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Instruction Following14671058

Long Context Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 45.1 (#47), Qwen1.5-7B: 33.1 (#261)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Longer Query14751090

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 68.3 (#26), Qwen1.5-7B: 29.8 (#288)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Text14781084
LMArena Creative Writing14641035
LMArena Multi-Turn14811061
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1604—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash better than Qwen1.5-7B?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash or Qwen1.5-7B better for coding?

Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.6 versus 31.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.6 Flash and Qwen1.5-7B share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.6 Flash has 46 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-7B has 13.

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