Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.7 Flash vs Qwen3.5 27B

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 41.9 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3.5 27B costs 1.8× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.7 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 23 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.7 Flash Google

59.8

Rank #14 Confirmed

Qwen3.5 27B Alibaba (Qwen)

41.9

Rank #127 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 23 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.7 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen3.5 27B in 1 category; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.7 Flash leads 70.0 to 27.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 94% for Gemini 3.7 Flash and 47.9% for Qwen3.5 27B.
  • Qwen3.5 27B is cheaper at $0.30 / $2.40 per million input/output tokens, against $0.75 / $3.75 for Gemini 3.7 Flash.
  • Gemini 3.7 Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.
  • Qwen3.5 27B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.7 FlashQwen3.5 27B
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index59.841.9
Released2026-08-132026-02-23
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M262K
Max output66K66K
Input $ / M tokens$0.75$0.30
Output $ / M tokens$3.75$2.40
Results tracked4428

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 56.2 (#22), Qwen3.5 27B: 38.9 (#168)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashQwen3.5 27B
LMArena WebDev15921358
LMArena Coding14971427
ALE-Bench904.3349.45
DeepSWE65.5%—
FrontierCode43.6%—
FrontierSWE20.3%—
SciCode59.8%—
WeirdML—39.5%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 42.1 (#19), Qwen3.5 27B: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashQwen3.5 27B
APEX-Agents67.8%—
Remote Labor Index5%—
GDP.pdf23.8%—
Vending-Bench 2—201.98

Reasoning Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 70.0 (#15), Qwen3.5 27B: 27.5 (#117)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashQwen3.5 27B
NYT Connections (extended)94%47.9%
LMArena Hard Prompts14941414
DTBench96.8%82.4%
LMCA50.4%34%
ARC-AGI-284.6%—
ARC-AGI-195.5%—
CritPt14.3%—
Chess Puzzles47%—
Thematic Generalization—45.5%
Mystery Game Puzzles37%—
Epoch Capabilities Index157.27—

Math Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.6 (#23), Qwen3.5 27B: 38.8 (#127)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashQwen3.5 27B
LMArena Math15071429
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)71.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 436.6%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions—56.7%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202597.2%—
ProofBench58%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.7 (#5), Qwen3.5 27B: 38.0 (#150)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashQwen3.5 27B
LMArena Expert15081428
GPQA Diamond94.8%—
SimpleQA Verified69.2%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate—12.1%

Multimodal Qwen3.5 27B leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 37.3 (#73), Qwen3.5 27B: 39.4 (#59)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashQwen3.5 27B
LMArena Vision13161241
Furniture Assembly26.7%—

Multilingual Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 57.6 (#7), Qwen3.5 27B: 50.8 (#115)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashQwen3.5 27B
LMArena Non-English14841390
LMArena Chinese15481478
LMArena French15051410
LMArena German14981393
LMArena Japanese15121345
LMArena Korean14831358
LMArena Russian15161390
LMArena Spanish15031407

Instruction Following Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 77.7 (#15), Qwen3.5 27B: 73.5 (#119)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashQwen3.5 27B
LMArena Instruction Following14831393

Long Context Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 45.7 (#30), Qwen3.5 27B: 43.1 (#106)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashQwen3.5 27B
LMArena Longer Query14921413

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 71.2 (#20), Qwen3.5 27B: 59.3 (#111)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashQwen3.5 27B
LMArena Text14861409
LMArena Creative Writing14901362
LMArena Multi-Turn14891410
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1723—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.7 Flash better than Qwen3.5 27B?

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 41.9 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3.5 27B costs 1.8× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.7 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.7 Flash or Qwen3.5 27B?

Qwen3.5 27B is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $2.40 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.7 Flash lists at $0.75 and $3.75.

Is Gemini 3.7 Flash or Qwen3.5 27B better for coding?

Gemini 3.7 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 56.2 versus 38.9 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.7 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.7 Flash and Qwen3.5 27B share?

23 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.7 Flash has 44 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 27B has 28.

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