# Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) vs Qwen3.6 Max Preview

> Qwen3.6 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.5 to 33.2 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/gemini-1-5-flash-vs-qwen3-6-max-preview
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 19

## Summary

- They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.6 Max Preview in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads 54.1 to 22.1.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 16.3% for Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) and 91.1% for Qwen3.6 Max Preview.

## Snapshot

| | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Google | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 33.2 | 51.5 |
| Rank | 246 | 43 |
| Context | — | 262K |
| Input $/M | — | $1.30 |
| Output $/M | — | $7.80 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 34.4 (#236)
- Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 48.7 (#54)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1261 | 1471 |
| SWE-bench Verified | — | 76.7% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1482 |
| 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)
- Qwen3.6 Max Preview: —

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| BALROG | 14.6% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 4,254 |

## Reasoning

- Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 21.7 (#215)
- Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 41.7 (#53)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1257 | 1457 |
| DTBench | 53.8% | 87.2% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 129.36 | 149.24 |
| SimpleBench | — | 63% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 74.1% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 20% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 19% |
| LMCA | — | 42.5% |
| ForecastBench | 53.9 | — |
| PIQA | 87.5% | — |

## Math

- Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 22.1 (#281)
- Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 54.1 (#46)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 16.3% | 91.1% |
| LMArena Math | 1269 | 1465 |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 0% | 23.1% |
| Omni-MATH | 30.4% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 61.9% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 4.2% |
| GSM8K | 82.4% | — |

## Knowledge

- Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 26.2 (#260)
- Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 57.6 (#39)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 47.3% | 87.4% |
| LMArena Expert | 1233 | 1478 |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 52% |
| MMLU-Pro | 67.8% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 43.7% | — |
| BoolQ | 85.8% | — |
| MMLU | 77.9% | — |

## Multimodal

- Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 36.0 (#81)
- Qwen3.6 Max Preview: —

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1141 | — |
| Video-MME | 70.3% | — |
| GeoBench | 76% | — |

## Multilingual

- Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 42.9 (#189)
- Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 54.2 (#48)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1278 | 1437 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1295 | 1487 |
| LMArena French | 1258 | 1449 |
| LMArena Russian | 1288 | 1445 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1243 | 1454 |
| LMArena German | 1262 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1252 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1221 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 66.8 (#205)
- Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 75.7 (#55)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1258 | 1438 |
| IFEval | 83.1% | — |

## Long Context

- Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 39.0 (#187)
- Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 44.6 (#61)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1284 | 1457 |

## Writing & Preference

- Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 48.7 (#196)
- Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 63.8 (#60)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1287 | 1447 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1285 | 1435 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1253 | 1456 |
| WildBench | 79.2% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) better than Qwen3.6 Max Preview?

Qwen3.6 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.5 to 33.2 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) or Qwen3.6 Max Preview better for coding?

Qwen3.6 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.7 versus 34.4 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) and Qwen3.6 Max Preview share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) has 42 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Max Preview has 29.