Model comparison

Gemini 3 Flash Preview vs Qwen1.5-14B

Gemini 3 Flash Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 32.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3 Flash Preview Google

52.3

Rank #40 Confirmed

Qwen1.5-14B Alibaba (Qwen)

32.7

Rank #253 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3 Flash Preview scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen1.5-14B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads 65.5 to 33.6.
  • Qwen1.5-14B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3 Flash Preview and Qwen1.5-14B specifications
Gemini 3 Flash PreviewQwen1.5-14B
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index52.332.7
Released2025-12-172024-02-04
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.50—
Output $ / M tokens$3—
Results tracked5917

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 50.9 (#42), Qwen1.5-14B: 33.1 (#263)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Coding14601138
SWE-bench Verified75.4%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)75.8%—
LMArena WebDev1439—
SWE-bench Multilingual72.7%—
GSO9.8%—
WeirdML61.6%—
ALE-Bench1,367—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 38.7 (#29), Qwen1.5-14B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewQwen1.5-14B
Terminal-Bench64.3%—
τ²-bench Airline82.5%—
τ²-bench Banking27.3%—
τ²-bench Retail76.8%—
τ²-bench Telecom91.2%—
DeepResearch Bench49.8%—
BALROG48.1%—
GDP.pdf10%—
LMArena Search1198—
Vending-Bench 23,635—

Reasoning Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 49.2 (#37), Qwen1.5-14B: 21.4 (#223)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Hard Prompts14651113
ARC-AGI-233.6%—
SimpleBench61.1%—
NYT Connections (extended)83.1%—
ARC-AGI-184.7%—
Chess Puzzles40%—
Mystery Game Puzzles26%—
DTBench89.1%—
LMCA43.1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index151.8—
ForecastBench58.5—

Math Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 51.7 (#55), Qwen1.5-14B: 32.4 (#215)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Math14731125
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)51.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 417.1%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions67.6%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202595.6%—
ProofBench15%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)35.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)4.2%—

Knowledge Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 58.8 (#33), Qwen1.5-14B: 29.8 (#232)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Expert14621094
GPQA Diamond89.4%—
SimpleQA Verified66.8%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate13.5%—
MMLU—68.6%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 45.5 (#16), Qwen1.5-14B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Vision1285—
GeoBench88%—
VPCT72.6%—
Blueprint-Bench 20%—
LMArena Document1413—

Multilingual Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 55.7 (#27), Qwen1.5-14B: 30.7 (#262)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Non-English14581095
LMArena Chinese15111147
LMArena French14771116
LMArena German14971043
LMArena Japanese14891019
LMArena Russian14801046
LMArena Spanish14691085
LMArena Korean1443—

Instruction Following Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 75.7 (#56), Qwen1.5-14B: 56.8 (#271)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Instruction Following14371102

Long Context Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 44.4 (#67), Qwen1.5-14B: 33.7 (#257)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Longer Query14521113

Writing & Preference Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 65.5 (#45), Qwen1.5-14B: 33.6 (#276)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Text14661128
LMArena Creative Writing14571091
LMArena Multi-Turn14711110

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3 Flash Preview better than Qwen1.5-14B?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 32.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3 Flash Preview or Qwen1.5-14B better for coding?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.9 versus 33.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3 Flash Preview and Qwen1.5-14B share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3 Flash Preview has 59 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-14B has 17.

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