Model comparison
Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Qwen2.5 14B Instruct
Gemini 3.6 Flash has enough public results to be ranked (#30); Qwen2.5 14B Instruct does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
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Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in coding, where Gemini 3.6 Flash leads 49.6 to 37.1.
- Qwen2.5 14B Instruct is cheaper at $0.35 / $1.40 per million input/output tokens, against $0.75 / $3.75 for Gemini 3.6 Flash.
- Gemini 3.6 Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 131K.
- Qwen2.5 14B Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 3.6 Flash | Qwen2.5 14B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | |
| Noometry Index | 54.1 | 38.2 |
| Released | 2026-07-21 | 2024-09 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1.05M | 131K |
| Max output | 66K | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.75 | $0.35 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $3.75 | $1.40 |
| Results tracked | 46 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemini 3.6 Flash leads
Gemini 3.6 Flash: 49.6 (#45), Qwen2.5 14B Instruct: 37.1 (#187)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Qwen2.5 14B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| DeepSWE | 46.7% | — |
| FrontierCode | 34.4% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1536 | — |
| SciCode | 52.7% | — |
| WeirdML | 56.1% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 39.8% |
| LMArena Coding | 1492 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 52.2% |
| ALE-Bench | 715.52 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 3.6 Flash: 32.4 (#56), Qwen2.5 14B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Qwen2.5 14B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 46.9% | — |
| GDP.pdf | 14% | — |
Reasoning Not comparable
Gemini 3.6 Flash: 58.9 (#20), Qwen2.5 14B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Qwen2.5 14B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 60.4% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 89% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 91.2% | — |
| CritPt | 10.6% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 43% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1486 | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 30% | — |
| DTBench | 95.5% | — |
| LMCA | 44.9% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 154.36 | — |
Math Not comparable
Gemini 3.6 Flash: 57.0 (#33), Qwen2.5 14B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Qwen2.5 14B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 58.9% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 22% | — |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | 70.8% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 94.2% | — |
| ProofBench | 36% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1504 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Gemini 3.6 Flash: 67.8 (#7), Qwen2.5 14B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Qwen2.5 14B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 94.1% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 66.2% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1489 | — |
| MMLU | — | 79.9% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 3.6 Flash: 38.7 (#55), Qwen2.5 14B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Qwen2.5 14B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1297 | — |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 31.2% | — |
| Furniture Assembly | 23.3% | — |
| LMArena Document | 1456 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemini 3.6 Flash: 56.8 (#17), Qwen2.5 14B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Qwen2.5 14B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1470 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1530 | — |
| LMArena French | 1501 | — |
| LMArena German | 1478 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1477 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1435 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1490 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1477 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Gemini 3.6 Flash: 77.2 (#27), Qwen2.5 14B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Qwen2.5 14B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1467 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemini 3.6 Flash: 45.1 (#47), Qwen2.5 14B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Qwen2.5 14B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1475 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Gemini 3.6 Flash: 68.3 (#26), Qwen2.5 14B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Qwen2.5 14B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1478 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1464 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1604 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1481 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 3.6 Flash better than Qwen2.5 14B Instruct?
Gemini 3.6 Flash has enough public results to be ranked (#30); Qwen2.5 14B Instruct does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.6 Flash or Qwen2.5 14B Instruct?
Qwen2.5 14B Instruct is cheaper. It lists at $0.35 per million input tokens and $1.40 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.6 Flash lists at $0.75 and $3.75.
Is Gemini 3.6 Flash or Qwen2.5 14B Instruct better for coding?
Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.6 versus 37.1 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Gemini 3.6 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.6 Flash and Qwen2.5 14B Instruct share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.6 Flash has 46 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5 14B Instruct has 3.