Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 30.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.8 Flash Google

61.8

Rank #11 Confirmed

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct Alibaba (Qwen)

30.1

Rank #297 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher in 4 categories and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct in 0 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.8 Flash leads 76.9 to 19.2.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 98.9% for Gemini 3.8 Flash and 7.4% for Qwen2.5 32B Instruct.
  • Qwen2.5 32B Instruct is cheaper at $0.70 / $2.80 per million input/output tokens, against $0.75 / $3.75 for Gemini 3.8 Flash.
  • Gemini 3.8 Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 131K.
  • Qwen2.5 32B Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.8 FlashQwen2.5 32B Instruct
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index61.830.1
Released2026-09-022024-09
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M131K
Max output66K8K
Input $ / M tokens$0.75$0.70
Output $ / M tokens$3.75$2.80
Results tracked507

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 59.2 (#15), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 38.7 (#169)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen2.5 32B Instruct
DeepSWE73.8%—
FrontierCode41.2%—
CursorBench39.6%—
LMArena WebDev1584—
FrontierSWE19.6%—
SciCode56.6%—
WeirdML84.8%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—45%
LMArena Coding1510—
BigCodeBench Complete—52.3%
ALE-Bench1,270—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 41.8 (#21), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen2.5 32B Instruct
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), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 19.2 (#266)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen2.5 32B Instruct
Chess Puzzles61%0%
Epoch Capabilities Index156.71128.52
ARC-AGI-289.2%—
NYT Connections (extended)97.4%—
ARC-AGI-198.5%—
CritPt18.3%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1508—
Mystery Game Puzzles47%—
DTBench95.7%—
LMCA52.9%—
Surface Evolver Bench76.9%—

Math Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 65.3 (#28), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 16.2 (#296)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen2.5 32B Instruct
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.9%7.4%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)68.4%—
FrontierMath Tier 422%—
ProofBench48%—
LMArena Math1528—
MATH Level 5—56.1%

Knowledge Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 74.8 (#2), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 24.9 (#266)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen2.5 32B Instruct
GPQA Diamond95.4%46.1%
Humanity's Last Exam44.5%—
SimpleQA Verified69.7%—
LMArena Expert1524—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 40.7 (#45), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen2.5 32B Instruct
LMArena Vision1314—
Blueprint-Bench 238.6%—
Furniture Assembly31.7%—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 58.0 (#5), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen2.5 32B Instruct
LMArena Non-English1491—
LMArena Chinese1554—
LMArena French1498—
LMArena German1493—
LMArena Japanese1502—
LMArena Korean1459—
LMArena Russian1515—
LMArena Spanish1485—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 78.0 (#13), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen2.5 32B Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following1490—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 46.3 (#24), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen2.5 32B Instruct
LMArena Longer Query1508—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 72.2 (#15), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen2.5 32B Instruct
LMArena Text1499—
LMArena Creative Writing1492—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1748—
LMArena Multi-Turn1501—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash better than Qwen2.5 32B Instruct?

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 30.1 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.8 Flash or Qwen2.5 32B Instruct?

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct is cheaper. It lists at $0.70 per million input tokens and $2.80 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.8 Flash lists at $0.75 and $3.75.

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash or Qwen2.5 32B Instruct better for coding?

Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 59.2 versus 38.7 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.8 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.8 Flash and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct share?

4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.8 Flash has 50 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct has 7.

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