Model comparison
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview vs Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.7 to 37.7 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct costs 1.5× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 23 shared benchmarks.
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Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 23 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview scores higher in 9 categories and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads 71.7 to 24.7.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench: 80.2% for Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview and 27.2% for Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct.
- Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct is cheaper at $1.50 / $7.50 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $12 for Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview.
- Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.
- Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | |
| Noometry Index | 56.7 | 37.7 |
| Released | 2026-02-19 | 2025-04 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1.05M | 262K |
| Max output | 66K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2 | $1.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $12 | $7.50 |
| Results tracked | 71 | 25 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 42.7 (#88), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 36.2 (#199)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1446 | 1275 |
| GSO | 22.6% | 4.9% |
| WeirdML | 72.1% | 41.2% |
| LMArena Coding | 1483 | 1413 |
| ALE-Bench | 1,161 | 461.45 |
| AlgoTune | 2.02 | 1.44 |
| SWE-bench Verified | 75.6% | — |
| DeepSWE | 11.7% | — |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | — | 55.4% |
| SciCode | 58.9% | — |
| MirrorCode | 8.9% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 37.7 (#33), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 23.7 (#116)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | 80.2% | 27.2% |
| APEX-Agents | 35.3% | — |
| τ²-bench Banking | 26% | — |
| DeepResearch Bench | 47.8% | — |
| PostTrainBench | 22% | — |
| BALROG | 57% | — |
| ExploitBench | 26.1% | — |
| GBAEval | 0.8% | — |
| GDP.pdf | 17% | — |
| LMArena Search | 1211 | — |
| METR Time Horizons | 77% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 3,774 | — |
Reasoning Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 71.7 (#9), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 24.7 (#141)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1484 | 1372 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 77.1% | — |
| SimpleBench | 79.6% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 49.5% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 97.4% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 98% | — |
| CritPt | 17.7% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 55% | — |
| EnigmaEval | 36.8% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | 79.4% | — |
| EBR-Bench | 14.3% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 34% | — |
| DTBench | 97.1% | — |
| LMCA | 53.8% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 154.92 | — |
| ForecastBench | 59 | — |
Math Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 61.8 (#28), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 34.9 (#151)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1485 | 1364 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 59.6% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 26.8% | — |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | 86.5% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 95.6% | — |
| ProofBench | 26% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 36.9% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 16.7% | — |
Knowledge Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 71.8 (#3), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 36.4 (#159)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1484 | 1337 |
| GPQA Diamond | 94.4% | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 46.4% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 73.5% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 10.4% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 38.1 (#60), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1296 | — |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 26.5% | — |
| Furniture Assembly | 26.7% | — |
| LMArena Document | 1444 | — |
Multilingual Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 57.1 (#11), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 47.8 (#143)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1475 | 1345 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1528 | 1356 |
| LMArena French | 1488 | 1394 |
| LMArena German | 1491 | 1324 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1494 | 1309 |
| LMArena Korean | 1458 | 1307 |
| LMArena Russian | 1496 | 1367 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1480 | 1360 |
Instruction Following Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 77.1 (#31), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 71.8 (#142)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1465 | 1356 |
Long Context Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 47.3 (#17), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 42.0 (#126)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1482 | 1379 |
| CL-bench | 20.8% | — |
| CL-bench Life | 16.9% | — |
Writing & Preference Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 66.3 (#36), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 55.5 (#142)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1480 | 1356 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1482 | 1333 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1486 | 1365 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1491 | — |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 1142 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview better than Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct?
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.7 to 37.7 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct costs 1.5× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview or Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct?
Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct is cheaper. It lists at $1.50 per million input tokens and $7.50 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview lists at $2 and $12.
Is Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview or Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct better for coding?
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.7 versus 36.2 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct share?
23 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview has 71 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct has 25.