# Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) vs Qwen3.5 Max Preview

> Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 33.2 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/gemini-1-5-flash-vs-qwen3-5-max-preview
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 17

## Summary

- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.5 Max Preview in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads 40.1 to 22.1.

## Snapshot

| | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Google | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 33.2 | 45.3 |
| Rank | 246 | 71 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 34.4 (#236)
- Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 44.0 (#77)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1261 | 1487 |
| WeirdML | 24.9% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 43.5% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 55.1% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 75.6% | — |
| MBPP+ | 67.5% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 26.6 (#102)
- Qwen3.5 Max Preview: —

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| BALROG | 14.6% | — |

## Reasoning

- Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 21.7 (#215)
- Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 30.8 (#84)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1257 | 1483 |
| DTBench | 53.8% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 129.36 | — |
| ForecastBench | 53.9 | — |
| PIQA | 87.5% | — |

## Math

- Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 22.1 (#281)
- Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 40.1 (#94)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1269 | 1474 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 16.3% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 30.4% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 61.9% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 0% | — |
| GSM8K | 82.4% | — |

## Knowledge

- Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 26.2 (#260)
- Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.8 (#107)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1233 | 1489 |
| GPQA Diamond | 47.3% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 67.8% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 43.7% | — |
| BoolQ | 85.8% | — |
| MMLU | 77.9% | — |

## Multimodal

- Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 36.0 (#81)
- Qwen3.5 Max Preview: —

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1141 | — |
| Video-MME | 70.3% | — |
| GeoBench | 76% | — |

## Multilingual

- Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 42.9 (#189)
- Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.2 (#22)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1278 | 1465 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1295 | 1534 |
| LMArena French | 1258 | 1484 |
| LMArena German | 1262 | 1487 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1252 | 1495 |
| LMArena Korean | 1221 | 1438 |
| LMArena Russian | 1288 | 1471 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1243 | 1470 |

## Instruction Following

- Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 66.8 (#205)
- Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 77.0 (#31)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1258 | 1467 |
| IFEval | 83.1% | — |

## Long Context

- Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 39.0 (#187)
- Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#45)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1284 | 1476 |

## Writing & Preference

- Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 48.7 (#196)
- Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.0 (#41)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1287 | 1470 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1285 | 1464 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1253 | 1478 |
| WildBench | 79.2% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) better than Qwen3.5 Max Preview?

Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 33.2 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) or Qwen3.5 Max Preview better for coding?

Qwen3.5 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.0 versus 34.4 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) and Qwen3.5 Max Preview share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) has 42 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Max Preview has 17.