Model comparison

Gemini 3 Flash Preview vs Qwen3.5 Max Preview

Gemini 3 Flash Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 44.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3 Flash Preview Google

52.3

Rank #33 Confirmed

Qwen3.5 Max Preview Alibaba (Qwen)

44.7

Rank #72 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3 Flash Preview scores higher in 4 categories and Qwen3.5 Max Preview in 4 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads 49.2 to 29.6.

Side by side

Gemini 3 Flash Preview and Qwen3.5 Max Preview specifications
Gemini 3 Flash PreviewQwen3.5 Max Preview
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index52.344.7
Released2025-12-17—
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.50—
Output $ / M tokens$3—
Results tracked5917

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 51.5 (#35), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 43.4 (#79)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Coding14601488
SWE-bench Verified75.4%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)75.8%—
LMArena WebDev1439—
SWE-bench Multilingual72.7%—
GSO9.8%—
WeirdML61.6%—
ALE-Bench1,367—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 38.6 (#27), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewQwen3.5 Max Preview
Terminal-Bench64.3%—
τ²-bench Airline82.5%—
τ²-bench Banking27.3%—
τ²-bench Retail76.8%—
τ²-bench Telecom91.2%—
DeepResearch Bench49.8%—
BALROG48.1%—
GDP.pdf10%—
LMArena Search1198—
Vending-Bench 23,635—

Reasoning Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 49.2 (#35), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 29.6 (#81)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Hard Prompts14651483
ARC-AGI-233.6%—
SimpleBench61.1%—
NYT Connections (extended)83.1%—
ARC-AGI-184.7%—
Chess Puzzles40%—
Mystery Game Puzzles26%—
DTBench89.1%—
LMCA43.1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index151.83—
ForecastBench58.5—

Math Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 51.4 (#42), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 37.3 (#99)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Math14721473
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)51.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 417.1%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions67.6%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202595.6%—
ProofBench15%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)35.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)4.2%—

Knowledge Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 58.8 (#30), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.1 (#104)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Expert14611489
GPQA Diamond89.4%—
SimpleQA Verified66.8%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate13.5%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 45.3 (#15), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Vision1285—
GeoBench88%—
VPCT72.6%—
Blueprint-Bench 20%—
LMArena Document1413—

Multilingual Too close to call

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 55.9 (#26), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.4 (#21)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Non-English14581465
LMArena Chinese15101534
LMArena French14781483
LMArena German14971487
LMArena Japanese14881497
LMArena Korean14431438
LMArena Russian14801472
LMArena Spanish14701470

Instruction Following Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 75.8 (#52), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 77.2 (#28)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Instruction Following14371467

Long Context Too close to call

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 44.4 (#63), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#44)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Longer Query14521477

Writing & Preference Too close to call

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 65.6 (#44), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.1 (#39)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Text14661471
LMArena Creative Writing14571464
LMArena Multi-Turn14711478

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3 Flash Preview better than Qwen3.5 Max Preview?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 44.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3 Flash Preview or Qwen3.5 Max Preview better for coding?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 51.5 versus 43.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3 Flash Preview and Qwen3.5 Max Preview share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3 Flash Preview has 59 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Max Preview has 17.

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