Model comparison

Gemini 3.7 Flash vs QwQ-32B

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 39.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 22 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.7 Flash Google

59.8

Rank #11 Confirmed

QwQ-32B Alibaba (Qwen)

39.4

Rank #153 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 22 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.7 Flash scores higher in 7 categories and QwQ-32B in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.7 Flash leads 70.1 to 22.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Chess Puzzles: 47% for Gemini 3.7 Flash and 5% for QwQ-32B.
  • QwQ-32B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.7 Flash and QwQ-32B specifications
Gemini 3.7 FlashQwQ-32B
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index59.839.4
Released2026-08-132024-11-28
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.75—
Output $ / M tokens$3.75—
Results tracked4436

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 55.7 (#19), QwQ-32B: 34.9 (#220)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashQwQ-32B
LMArena Coding14991333
DeepSWE65.5%—
FrontierCode43.6%—
Aider Polyglot—20.9%
LMArena WebDev1593—
FrontierSWE20.3%—
SciCode59.8%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—44.6%
LiveBench Coding—72.2%
BigCodeBench Complete—54.4%
ALE-Bench904.3—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 42.2 (#18), QwQ-32B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashQwQ-32B
APEX-Agents67.8%—
Remote Labor Index5%—
GDP.pdf23.8%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 70.1 (#12), QwQ-32B: 22.9 (#171)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashQwQ-32B
Chess Puzzles47%5%
LMArena Hard Prompts14971326
Epoch Capabilities Index157.72137.6
ARC-AGI-284.6%—
NYT Connections (extended)94%—
ARC-AGI-195.5%—
CritPt14.3%—
LiveBench Reasoning—83.5%
Mystery Game Puzzles37%—
DTBench96.8%—
LiveBench Data Analysis—65%
LMCA50.4%—
ForecastBench—58.3
LiveBench—72%

Math Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.5 (#18), QwQ-32B: 36.2 (#123)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashQwQ-32B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202597.2%59.2%
LMArena Math15111359
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)71.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 436.6%—
ProofBench58%—
LiveBench Math—77.8%

Knowledge Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.8 (#4), QwQ-32B: 37.2 (#150)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashQwQ-32B
GPQA Diamond94.8%65.3%
LMArena Expert15081323
SimpleQA Verified69.2%—
Confabulations—15.6%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 36.9 (#69), QwQ-32B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashQwQ-32B
LMArena Vision1314—
Furniture Assembly26.7%—

Multilingual Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 57.8 (#7), QwQ-32B: 45.0 (#171)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashQwQ-32B
LMArena Non-English14851306
LMArena Chinese15531378
LMArena French15121337
LMArena German14851313
LMArena Japanese15061263
LMArena Korean14861278
LMArena Russian15191297
LMArena Spanish15071353

Instruction Following Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 78.0 (#12), QwQ-32B: 72.8 (#131)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashQwQ-32B
LMArena Instruction Following14861297
LiveBench Instruction Following—81.8%

Long Context QwQ-32B leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 45.8 (#28), QwQ-32B: 49.0 (#11)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashQwQ-32B
LMArena Longer Query14931308
Fiction.LiveBench—83.3%

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 71.4 (#19), QwQ-32B: 50.9 (#175)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashQwQ-32B
LMArena Text14871329
LMArena Creative Writing14901288
EQ-Bench Creative Writing17231257
LMArena Multi-Turn14951314
Short-Story Creative Writing—80.2%
LiveBench Language—51.4%

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.7 Flash better than QwQ-32B?

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 39.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.7 Flash or QwQ-32B better for coding?

Gemini 3.7 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 55.7 versus 34.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.7 Flash and QwQ-32B share?

22 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.7 Flash has 44 scored results on Noometry and QwQ-32B has 36.

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