Model comparison
Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Qwen3-1.7B
Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 26.6 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher in 4 categories and Qwen3-1.7B in 0 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Gemini 3.6 Flash leads 67.8 to 19.6.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 94.2% for Gemini 3.6 Flash and 8.1% for Qwen3-1.7B.
- Qwen3-1.7B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 3.6 Flash | Qwen3-1.7B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | |
| Noometry Index | 54.1 | 26.6 |
| Released | 2026-07-21 | 2025-04-29 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1.05M | — |
| Max output | 66K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.75 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $3.75 | — |
| Results tracked | 46 | 4 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Gemini 3.6 Flash: 50.0 (#48), Qwen3-1.7B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| DeepSWE | 46.7% | — |
| FrontierCode | 34.4% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1538 | — |
| SciCode | 52.7% | — |
| WeirdML | 56.1% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1491 | — |
| ALE-Bench | 715.52 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 3.6 Flash leads
Gemini 3.6 Flash: 32.3 (#65), Qwen3-1.7B: 24.7 (#115)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 46.9% | — |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 28.4% |
| GDP.pdf | 14% | — |
Reasoning Gemini 3.6 Flash leads
Gemini 3.6 Flash: 58.8 (#22), Qwen3-1.7B: 19.2 (#267)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 43% | 0% |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 60.4% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 89% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 91.2% | — |
| CritPt | 10.6% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1485 | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 30% | — |
| DTBench | 95.5% | — |
| LMCA | 44.9% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 154.25 | — |
Math Gemini 3.6 Flash leads
Gemini 3.6 Flash: 57.3 (#40), Qwen3-1.7B: 16.3 (#294)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 94.2% | 8.1% |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 58.9% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 22% | — |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | 70.8% | — |
| ProofBench | 36% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1505 | — |
Knowledge Gemini 3.6 Flash leads
Gemini 3.6 Flash: 67.8 (#8), Qwen3-1.7B: 19.6 (#278)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 94.1% | 38% |
| SimpleQA Verified | 66.2% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1488 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 3.6 Flash: 38.5 (#64), Qwen3-1.7B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1298 | — |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 31.2% | — |
| Furniture Assembly | 23.3% | — |
| LMArena Document | 1456 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemini 3.6 Flash: 56.5 (#19), Qwen3-1.7B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1469 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1531 | — |
| LMArena French | 1504 | — |
| LMArena German | 1478 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1476 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1431 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1487 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1475 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Gemini 3.6 Flash: 77.0 (#33), Qwen3-1.7B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1466 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemini 3.6 Flash: 45.1 (#50), Qwen3-1.7B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1474 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Gemini 3.6 Flash: 68.2 (#27), Qwen3-1.7B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1479 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1465 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1604 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1481 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 3.6 Flash better than Qwen3-1.7B?
Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 26.6 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.6 Flash and Qwen3-1.7B share?
3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.6 Flash has 46 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-1.7B has 4.