Model comparison

Gemini 3.7 Flash vs Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 38.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.7 Flash Google

59.8

Rank #14 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.7 Flash 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 3.7 Flash leads 70.0 to 25.5.
  • Gemini 3.7 Flash is cheaper at $0.75 / $3.75 per million input/output tokens, against $1.50 / $7.50 for Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct.
  • Gemini 3.7 Flash 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 3.7 Flash and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct specifications
Gemini 3.7 FlashQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index59.838.1
Released2026-08-132025-04
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M262K
Max output66K66K
Input $ / M tokens$0.75$1.50
Output $ / M tokens$3.75$7.50
Results tracked4425

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 56.2 (#22), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 35.5 (#223)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena WebDev15921275
LMArena Coding14971412
ALE-Bench904.3461.45
DeepSWE65.5%—
FrontierCode43.6%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)—55.4%
FrontierSWE20.3%—
SciCode59.8%—
GSO—4.9%
WeirdML—41.2%
AlgoTune—1.44

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 42.1 (#19), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 23.9 (#123)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
Terminal-Bench—27.2%
APEX-Agents67.8%—
Remote Labor Index5%—
GDP.pdf23.8%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 70.0 (#15), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 25.5 (#149)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts14941372
ARC-AGI-284.6%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark—49.5%
NYT Connections (extended)94%—
ARC-AGI-195.5%—
CritPt14.3%—
Chess Puzzles47%—
Mystery Game Puzzles37%—
DTBench96.8%—
LMCA50.4%—
Epoch Capabilities Index157.27—

Math Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.6 (#23), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 37.6 (#150)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Math15071365
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)71.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 436.6%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202597.2%—
ProofBench58%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.7 (#5), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 37.0 (#162)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Expert15081338
GPQA Diamond94.8%—
SimpleQA Verified69.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 37.3 (#73), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Vision1316—
Furniture Assembly26.7%—

Multilingual Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 57.6 (#7), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 47.7 (#148)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Non-English14841346
LMArena Chinese15481357
LMArena French15051398
LMArena German14981325
LMArena Japanese15121310
LMArena Korean14831305
LMArena Russian15161366
LMArena Spanish15031360

Instruction Following Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 77.7 (#15), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 71.6 (#147)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following14831355

Long Context Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 45.7 (#30), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 42.0 (#131)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Longer Query14921378

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 71.2 (#20), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 55.3 (#147)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Text14861357
LMArena Creative Writing14901333
LMArena Multi-Turn14891365
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1723—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.7 Flash better than Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct?

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 38.1 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.7 Flash or Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct?

Gemini 3.7 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens; Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct lists at $1.50 and $7.50.

Is Gemini 3.7 Flash or Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct better for coding?

Gemini 3.7 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 56.2 versus 35.5 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.7 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.7 Flash and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.7 Flash has 44 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct has 25.

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