Model comparison
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) vs Qwen Max
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) and Qwen Max score almost the same on the Noometry Index (35.1 vs 34.7), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 23 shared benchmarks.
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Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 23 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) scores higher in 5 categories and Qwen Max in 3 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads 37.9 to 22.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 57.8% for Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) and 16.1% for Qwen Max.
Side by side
| Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Qwen Max | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | |
| Noometry Index | 35.1 | 34.7 |
| Released | 2024-12-06 | 2024-04-03 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 33K |
| Max output | — | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.60 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $6.40 |
| Results tracked | 54 | 23 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen Max leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 28.4 (#315), Qwen Max: 30.7 (#292)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| Aider Polyglot | 38.2% | 21.8% |
| LMArena Coding | 1350 | 1288 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 13.5% | — |
| WeirdML | 25.8% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 45.9% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 63.4% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 59.9% | — |
| CadEval | 30% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 28.1 (#92), Qwen Max: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| TheAgentCompany | 11.4% | — |
Reasoning Qwen Max leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 15.2 (#318), Qwen Max: 25.1 (#151)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1346 | 1269 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 1.3% | — |
| SimpleBench | 31.1% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 37.8% | — |
| EnigmaEval | 1.1% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 78.2% | — |
| DTBench | 63.2% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 69.4% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 135.36 | — |
| LiveBench | 66.9% | — |
Math Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 37.9 (#146), Qwen Max: 22.3 (#276)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 57.8% | 16.1% |
| LMArena Math | 1352 | 1275 |
| MATH Level 5 | 82.2% | 67.2% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 1.7% | 1% |
| Omni-MATH | 45.9% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 75.8% | — |
Knowledge Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 32.0 (#213), Qwen Max: 30.3 (#228)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 64.1% | 56.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1339 | 1248 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 6.6% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 73.7% | — |
| Confabulations | 12.4% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 55.6% | — |
| MMLU | 79.7% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 36.5 (#79), Qwen Max: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1158 | — |
| GeoBench | 77% | — |
Multilingual Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 47.4 (#149), Qwen Max: 41.8 (#202)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1342 | 1263 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1373 | 1254 |
| LMArena French | 1391 | 1330 |
| LMArena German | 1353 | 1254 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1294 | 1205 |
| LMArena Korean | 1313 | 1142 |
| LMArena Russian | 1351 | 1274 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1363 | 1290 |
Instruction Following Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 74.4 (#97), Qwen Max: 66.5 (#208)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1336 | 1262 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 85.8% | — |
| IFEval | 84.1% | — |
Long Context Qwen Max leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 38.1 (#203), Qwen Max: 39.4 (#180)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | 61.1% | 66.7% |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1344 | 1288 |
Writing & Preference Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 49.5 (#190), Qwen Max: 47.8 (#205)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1354 | 1282 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1340 | 1248 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1350 | 1277 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 73.8% | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1128 | — |
| WildBench | 80% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 51.3% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) better than Qwen Max?
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) and Qwen Max score almost the same on the Noometry Index (35.1 vs 34.7), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) or Qwen Max better for coding?
Qwen Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 30.7 versus 28.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) and Qwen Max share?
23 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) has 54 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Max has 23.