Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Qwen1.5-14B

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 32.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.8 Flash Google

59.5

Rank #13 Confirmed

Qwen1.5-14B Alibaba (Qwen)

32.1

Rank #250 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen1.5-14B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Gemini 3.8 Flash leads 74.9 to 29.3.
  • Qwen1.5-14B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.8 FlashQwen1.5-14B
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index59.532.1
Released2026-09-022024-02-04
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.75—
Output $ / M tokens$3.75—
Results tracked4617

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 56.4 (#17), Qwen1.5-14B: 32.5 (#259)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Coding15121138
DeepSWE73.8%—
FrontierCode41.2%—
CursorBench39.6%—
LMArena WebDev1581—
FrontierSWE19.6%—
SciCode56.6%—
ALE-Bench1,270—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 40.3 (#22), Qwen1.5-14B: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen1.5-14B
APEX-Agents64.3%—
GDP.pdf23.4%—
Vending-Bench 25,094—

Reasoning Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 64.7 (#13), Qwen1.5-14B: 20.5 (#217)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Hard Prompts15061113
NYT Connections (extended)97.4%—
CritPt18.3%—
Chess Puzzles61%—
Mystery Game Puzzles47%—
DTBench95.7%—
LMCA52.9%—
Surface Evolver Bench76.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index157.13—

Math Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 65.2 (#22), Qwen1.5-14B: 29.9 (#214)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Math15281125
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)68.4%—
FrontierMath Tier 422%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.9%—
ProofBench48%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 74.9 (#2), Qwen1.5-14B: 29.3 (#230)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Expert15291094
GPQA Diamond95.4%—
Humanity's Last Exam44.5%—
SimpleQA Verified69.7%—
MMLU—68.6%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 40.9 (#33), Qwen1.5-14B: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Vision1312—
Blueprint-Bench 238.6%—
Furniture Assembly31.7%—

Multilingual Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 57.9 (#5), Qwen1.5-14B: 30.8 (#257)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Non-English14861095
LMArena Chinese15471147
LMArena French15021115
LMArena German14701043
LMArena Japanese15051019
LMArena Russian15071046
LMArena Spanish14921085
LMArena Korean1479—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 78.2 (#11), Qwen1.5-14B: 57.1 (#266)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Instruction Following14891102

Long Context Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 46.2 (#23), Qwen1.5-14B: 33.7 (#252)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Longer Query15061113

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 72.1 (#16), Qwen1.5-14B: 33.7 (#270)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Text14941128
LMArena Creative Writing14851091
LMArena Multi-Turn15031110
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1748—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash better than Qwen1.5-14B?

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 32.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash or Qwen1.5-14B better for coding?

Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 56.4 versus 32.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.8 Flash and Qwen1.5-14B share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.8 Flash has 46 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-14B has 17.

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