Model comparison

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite vs Qwen2.5 Plus 1127

Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.1 to 36.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Google

36.4

Rank #208 Confirmed

Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 Alibaba (Qwen)

38.1

Rank #179 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite scores higher in 5 categories and Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 in 3 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads 57.0 to 49.5.

Side by side

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite and Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 specifications
Gemini 2.5 Flash-LiteQwen2.5 Plus 1127
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index36.438.1
Released2025-06-17—
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.10—
Output $ / M tokens$0.40—
Results tracked3314

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Category by category

Coding Too close to call

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 38.0 (#167), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 37.9 (#171)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteQwen2.5 Plus 1127
LMArena Coding13731314
WeirdML35.2%—
ALE-Bench325.9—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 27.8 (#89), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteQwen2.5 Plus 1127
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard36.9%—

Reasoning Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 21.5 (#196), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 24.8 (#139)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteQwen2.5 Plus 1127
LMArena Hard Prompts13771299
Kagi LLM Benchmark40.5%—
DTBench62.8%—
LMCA18.1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index133.93—

Math Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 35.5 (#144), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 33.5 (#175)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteQwen2.5 Plus 1127
LMArena Math13731298
Omni-MATH48%—

Knowledge Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 32.1 (#206), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 34.9 (#179)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteQwen2.5 Plus 1127
LMArena Expert13731289
MMLU-Pro53.7%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate3.3%—
GPQA (HELM)30.9%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 28.6 (#109), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteQwen2.5 Plus 1127
LMArena Vision1198—
VPCT30%—

Multilingual Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 49.5 (#129), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 42.1 (#196)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteQwen2.5 Plus 1127
LMArena Non-English13691265
LMArena Chinese14041314
LMArena German13901231
LMArena Japanese13591207
LMArena Russian13731271
LMArena French1388—
LMArena Korean1358—
LMArena Spanish1396—

Instruction Following Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 70.2 (#163), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 67.4 (#194)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteQwen2.5 Plus 1127
LMArena Instruction Following13661275
IFEval81%—

Long Context Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 33.3 (#257), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 39.2 (#180)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteQwen2.5 Plus 1127
LMArena Longer Query13731292
Fiction.LiveBench47.2%—

Writing & Preference Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 57.0 (#130), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 49.5 (#186)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteQwen2.5 Plus 1127
LMArena Text13791299
LMArena Creative Writing13661262
LMArena Multi-Turn13671299
WildBench81.8%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite better than Qwen2.5 Plus 1127?

Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.1 to 36.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite or Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (38.0 vs 37.9); test both on your own repository before choosing.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite and Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite has 33 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 has 14.

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