Model comparison

Gemini 3.5 Flash vs Qwen2.5-Max

Gemini 3.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.2 to 40.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.5 Flash Google

54.2

Rank #32 Confirmed

Qwen2.5-Max Alibaba (Qwen)

40.7

Rank #146 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.5 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen2.5-Max in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.5 Flash leads 62.8 to 25.6.

Side by side

Gemini 3.5 Flash and Qwen2.5-Max specifications
Gemini 3.5 FlashQwen2.5-Max
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index54.240.7
Released2026-05-192025-01-25
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.50—
Output $ / M tokens$9—
Results tracked5427

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 49.4 (#49), Qwen2.5-Max: 41.8 (#117)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Coding14921359
SWE-bench Verified79.3%—
DeepSWE37.4%—
LMArena WebDev1499—
SciCode53.1%—
WeirdML62.6%—
LiveBench Coding—64.4%
ALE-Bench911.02—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 24.7 (#114), Qwen2.5-Max: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen2.5-Max
APEX-Agents27.5%—
GBAEval6.7%—
GDP.pdf14%—
Vending-Bench 25,396—

Reasoning Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 62.8 (#18), Qwen2.5-Max: 25.6 (#147)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Hard Prompts14881360
Epoch Capabilities Index154.46132.53
ARC-AGI-272.1%—
SimpleBench76.7%—
NYT Connections (extended)92.6%—
ARC-AGI-192.5%—
CritPt13.1%—
Chess Puzzles50%—
EnigmaEval25.4%—
EBR-Bench4.8%—
LiveBench Reasoning—51.4%
Mystery Game Puzzles32%—
DTBench94.7%—
LiveBench Data Analysis—67.9%
LMCA47.1%—
Surface Evolver Bench58.1%—
ForecastBench59—
LiveBench—62.3%

Math Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 60.7 (#36), Qwen2.5-Max: 36.9 (#162)

Knowledge Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 66.3 (#11), Qwen2.5-Max: 35.3 (#186)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Expert14951337
GPQA Diamond92.8%—
SimpleQA Verified66.2%—
Confabulations—21.8%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 45.7 (#15), Qwen2.5-Max: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Vision1310—
Blueprint-Bench 233.6%—
LMArena Document1463—

Multilingual Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 57.0 (#13), Qwen2.5-Max: 48.1 (#146)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Non-English14761352
LMArena Chinese15261382
LMArena French14901396
LMArena German14921350
LMArena Japanese14861300
LMArena Korean14511304
LMArena Russian14931353
LMArena Spanish14801377

Instruction Following Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 77.0 (#30), Qwen2.5-Max: 71.3 (#152)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Instruction Following14671335
LiveBench Instruction Following—75.3%

Long Context Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 45.4 (#38), Qwen2.5-Max: 41.4 (#142)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Longer Query14821358

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 65.5 (#47), Qwen2.5-Max: 55.4 (#146)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Text14821367
LMArena Creative Writing14701339
LMArena Multi-Turn14811364
Short-Story Creative Writing—72.9%
EQ-Bench 41087—
LiveBench Language—56.3%

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash better than Qwen2.5-Max?

Gemini 3.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.2 to 40.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash or Qwen2.5-Max better for coding?

Gemini 3.5 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.4 versus 41.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.5 Flash and Qwen2.5-Max share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.5 Flash has 54 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5-Max has 27.

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