Model comparison

Gemini 3 Flash Preview vs Qwen1.5-32B

Gemini 3 Flash Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 30.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3 Flash Preview Google

52.3

Rank #40 Confirmed

Qwen1.5-32B Alibaba (Qwen)

30.5

Rank #293 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3 Flash Preview scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen1.5-32B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads 58.8 to 13.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 89.4% for Gemini 3 Flash Preview and 30.7% for Qwen1.5-32B.
  • Qwen1.5-32B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3 Flash Preview and Qwen1.5-32B specifications
Gemini 3 Flash PreviewQwen1.5-32B
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index52.330.5
Released2025-12-172024-02-04
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.50—
Output $ / M tokens$3—
Results tracked5921

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 50.9 (#42), Qwen1.5-32B: 31.7 (#282)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewQwen1.5-32B
LMArena Coding14601155
SWE-bench Verified75.4%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)75.8%—
LMArena WebDev1439—
SWE-bench Multilingual72.7%—
GSO9.8%—
WeirdML61.6%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—32.3%
BigCodeBench Complete—42%
ALE-Bench1,367—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 38.7 (#29), Qwen1.5-32B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewQwen1.5-32B
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), Qwen1.5-32B: 21.8 (#212)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewQwen1.5-32B
LMArena Hard Prompts14651130
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), Qwen1.5-32B: 33.0 (#207)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewQwen1.5-32B
LMArena Math14731155
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), Qwen1.5-32B: 13.5 (#296)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewQwen1.5-32B
GPQA Diamond89.4%30.7%
LMArena Expert14621126
SimpleQA Verified66.8%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate13.5%—
MMLU—74.4%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 45.5 (#16), Qwen1.5-32B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewQwen1.5-32B
LMArena Vision1285—
GeoBench88%—
VPCT72.6%—
Blueprint-Bench 20%—
LMArena Document1413—

Multilingual Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 55.7 (#27), Qwen1.5-32B: 31.4 (#259)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewQwen1.5-32B
LMArena Non-English14581106
LMArena Chinese15111177
LMArena French14771101
LMArena German14971058
LMArena Japanese14891027
LMArena Korean14431008
LMArena Russian14801073
LMArena Spanish14691089

Instruction Following Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 75.7 (#56), Qwen1.5-32B: 57.7 (#265)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewQwen1.5-32B
LMArena Instruction Following14371116

Long Context Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 44.4 (#67), Qwen1.5-32B: 34.7 (#246)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewQwen1.5-32B
LMArena Longer Query14521146

Writing & Preference Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 65.5 (#45), Qwen1.5-32B: 34.2 (#271)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewQwen1.5-32B
LMArena Text14661137
LMArena Creative Writing14571083
LMArena Multi-Turn14711140

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3 Flash Preview better than Qwen1.5-32B?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 30.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3 Flash Preview or Qwen1.5-32B better for coding?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.9 versus 31.7 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3 Flash Preview and Qwen1.5-32B share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3 Flash Preview has 59 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-32B has 21.

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