Model comparison

Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Qwen1.5-7B

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.8 Flash Google

61.8

Rank #11 Confirmed

Qwen1.5-7B Alibaba (Qwen)

31.4

Rank #273 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen1.5-7B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.8 Flash leads 76.9 to 20.4.
  • Qwen1.5-7B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.8 Flash and Qwen1.5-7B specifications
Gemini 3.8 FlashQwen1.5-7B
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index61.831.4
Released2026-09-022024-02-04
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.75—
Output $ / M tokens$3.75—
Results tracked5013

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 59.2 (#15), Qwen1.5-7B: 32.2 (#276)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Coding15101107
DeepSWE73.8%—
FrontierCode41.2%—
CursorBench39.6%—
LMArena WebDev1584—
FrontierSWE19.6%—
SciCode56.6%—
WeirdML84.8%—
ALE-Bench1,270—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 41.8 (#21), Qwen1.5-7B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen1.5-7B
APEX-Agents64.3%—
Remote Labor Index5.8%—
GDP.pdf23.4%—
Vending-Bench 25,094—

Reasoning Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 76.9 (#5), Qwen1.5-7B: 20.4 (#240)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Hard Prompts15081065
ARC-AGI-289.2%—
NYT Connections (extended)97.4%—
ARC-AGI-198.5%—
CritPt18.3%—
Chess Puzzles61%—
Mystery Game Puzzles47%—
DTBench95.7%—
LMCA52.9%—
Surface Evolver Bench76.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index156.71—

Math Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 65.3 (#28), Qwen1.5-7B: 31.4 (#224)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Math15281080
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)68.4%—
FrontierMath Tier 422%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.9%—
ProofBench48%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 74.8 (#2), Qwen1.5-7B: 28.7 (#243)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Expert15241055
GPQA Diamond95.4%—
Humanity's Last Exam44.5%—
SimpleQA Verified69.7%—
MMLU—62.6%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 40.7 (#45), Qwen1.5-7B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Vision1314—
Blueprint-Bench 238.6%—
Furniture Assembly31.7%—

Multilingual Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 58.0 (#5), Qwen1.5-7B: 28.5 (#271)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Non-English14911058
LMArena Chinese15541141
LMArena Russian15151006
LMArena French1498—
LMArena German1493—
LMArena Japanese1502—
LMArena Korean1459—
LMArena Spanish1485—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 78.0 (#13), Qwen1.5-7B: 54.1 (#281)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Instruction Following14901058

Long Context Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 46.3 (#24), Qwen1.5-7B: 33.1 (#266)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Longer Query15081090

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 72.2 (#15), Qwen1.5-7B: 29.6 (#293)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Text14991083
LMArena Creative Writing14921035
LMArena Multi-Turn15011062
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1748—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash better than Qwen1.5-7B?

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash or Qwen1.5-7B better for coding?

Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 59.2 versus 32.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.8 Flash and Qwen1.5-7B share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.8 Flash has 50 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-7B has 13.

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