# Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs Qwen2.5-Coder (1.5B)

> Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has enough public results to be ranked (#301); Qwen2.5-Coder (1.5B) does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/gemini-1-5-flash-8b-vs-qwen2-5-coder
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- Qwen2.5-Coder (1.5B) has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Qwen2.5-Coder (1.5B) |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Google | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 29.9 | — |
| Rank | 301 | — |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 35.5 (#225)
- Qwen2.5-Coder (1.5B): —

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Qwen2.5-Coder (1.5B) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1218 | — |

## Reasoning

- Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 20.0 (#244)
- Qwen2.5-Coder (1.5B): —

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Qwen2.5-Coder (1.5B) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1209 | — |
| DTBench | 50% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 113.14 |
| HellaSwag | — | 76.8% |
| WinoGrande | — | 72.9% |

## Math

- Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 14.2 (#302)
- Qwen2.5-Coder (1.5B): —

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Qwen2.5-Coder (1.5B) |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 4.6% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1207 | — |
| GSM8K | — | 86.7% |

## Knowledge

- Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 16.0 (#289)
- Qwen2.5-Coder (1.5B): —

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Qwen2.5-Coder (1.5B) |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 33% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1185 | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 60.9% |
| MMLU | — | 68% |

## Multimodal

- Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 28.2 (#115)
- Qwen2.5-Coder (1.5B): —

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Qwen2.5-Coder (1.5B) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1044 | — |

## Multilingual

- Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 38.5 (#229)
- Qwen2.5-Coder (1.5B): —

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Qwen2.5-Coder (1.5B) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1215 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1231 | — |
| LMArena French | 1234 | — |
| LMArena German | 1206 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1150 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1140 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1236 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1212 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 62.8 (#236)
- Qwen2.5-Coder (1.5B): —

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Qwen2.5-Coder (1.5B) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1199 | — |

## Long Context

- Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 37.0 (#225)
- Qwen2.5-Coder (1.5B): —

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Qwen2.5-Coder (1.5B) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1219 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 42.8 (#232)
- Qwen2.5-Coder (1.5B): —

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Qwen2.5-Coder (1.5B) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1226 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1218 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1185 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B better than Qwen2.5-Coder (1.5B)?

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has enough public results to be ranked (#301); Qwen2.5-Coder (1.5B) does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and Qwen2.5-Coder (1.5B) share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has 21 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5-Coder (1.5B) has 6.