Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite vs Qwen3.8 Max

Qwen3.8 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.8 to 37.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite Google

37.8

Rank #194 Confirmed

Qwen3.8 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

56.8

Rank #22 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.8 Max in 9 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3.8 Max leads 73.2 to 34.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is DTBench: 52.5% for Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite and 92% for Qwen3.8 Max.

Side by side

Gemini 2.0 Flash-LiteQwen3.8 Max
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index37.856.8
Released2025-02-052026-08-02
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window—1M
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$2
Output $ / M tokens—$6
Results tracked3239

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.8 Max leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 37.9 (#185), Qwen3.8 Max: 53.5 (#29)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Coding13221502
DeepSWE—57.5%
LMArena WebDev—1674
FrontierSWE—17.8%
SciCode—53.2%
LiveBench Coding47.1%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: —, Qwen3.8 Max: 45.4 (#14)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteQwen3.8 Max
APEX-Agents—63.3%
τ²-bench Banking—55.1%
GDP.pdf—23.2%

Reasoning Qwen3.8 Max leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 22.0 (#210), Qwen3.8 Max: 54.4 (#26)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Hard Prompts13241496
DTBench52.5%92%
NYT Connections (extended)—88.3%
CritPt—20%
Chess Puzzles—40%
LiveBench Reasoning50.1%—
Mystery Game Puzzles—38%
LiveBench Data Analysis65.5%—
LMCA—46.2%
Epoch Capabilities Index—156.41
ForecastBench57.1—
LiveBench54.3%—

Math Qwen3.8 Max leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 34.1 (#196), Qwen3.8 Max: 73.2 (#20)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Math13091499
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—74.7%
FrontierMath Tier 4—46.3%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—100%
ProofBench—58%
Omni-MATH37.4%—
LiveBench Math58.1%—

Knowledge Qwen3.8 Max leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 35.0 (#189), Qwen3.8 Max: 61.7 (#27)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Expert13051507
GPQA Diamond—92.7%
SimpleQA Verified—47.3%
MMLU-Pro72%—
GPQA (HELM)50%—

Multimodal Qwen3.8 Max leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 31.2 (#109), Qwen3.8 Max: 37.2 (#75)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Vision11001314
Furniture Assembly—20%

Multilingual Qwen3.8 Max leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 46.0 (#161), Qwen3.8 Max: 56.7 (#18)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Non-English13231472
LMArena Chinese13391538
LMArena French13471503
LMArena German13061483
LMArena Japanese13011467
LMArena Korean13251461
LMArena Russian13281481
LMArena Spanish13131492

Instruction Following Qwen3.8 Max leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 70.4 (#163), Qwen3.8 Max: 77.6 (#17)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Instruction Following13051479
LiveBench Instruction Following78.3%—
IFEval82.4%—

Long Context Qwen3.8 Max leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 40.1 (#160), Qwen3.8 Max: 45.6 (#31)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Longer Query13201489

Writing & Preference Qwen3.8 Max leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 51.7 (#177), Qwen3.8 Max: 67.1 (#30)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Text13301483
LMArena Creative Writing13191479
LMArena Multi-Turn13071489
WildBench79%—
LiveBench Language34.3%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite better than Qwen3.8 Max?

Qwen3.8 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.8 to 37.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite or Qwen3.8 Max better for coding?

Qwen3.8 Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 53.5 versus 37.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite and Qwen3.8 Max share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite has 32 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.8 Max has 39.

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