Gemini 2.5 Flash vs Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct
Updated October 21, 2026. 29 benchmarks have a result for both. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.
Decision reading
Gemini 2.5 Flash and Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct are level for coding, 28.7 against 30.5 on the Vibe Coding Index, so price and context decide.
Pick Gemini 2.5 Flash when the context window is larger, 1.05M against 33K tokens, or when what matters is LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) or LMArena Text: coding, where it leads. Pick Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct when output tokens cost 2.5x less, or when the benchmark that matters is SWE-bench Verified, where it leads.
- Shared results
- 29
- Gemini 2.5 Flash only
- 40
- Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct only
- 6
- Like-for-like categories
- 6 of 9
Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results only one model has describe coverage, not superiority.
Which one for your work
Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, four public coding benchmarks
No call
Level: 28.7 against 30.5, inside 2 points.
1 and 2 benchmarks behind the scores
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Gemini 2.5 Flash
Gemini 2.5 Flash leads, 15.5 against 6.7.
Same board, both measured
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only Gemini 2.5 Flash has a Design Arena: websites result, 1074.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Gemini 2.5 Flash
Gemini 2.5 Flash takes 1.05M tokens against 33K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct
Gemini 2.5 Flash $0.0015, Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct $0.0012 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only Gemini 2.5 Flash has the number, $0.466.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- Gemini 2.5 Flash 28.7 from 1 benchmark, Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct 30.5 from 2 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- General, 33.3 points apart on average over 11 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- LMArena Text: entertainment and media: Gemini 2.5 Flash 1393 against Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct 1150, 40.5 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Gemini 2.5 Flash $2.50 against Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct $1.00 per million output tokens, 2.5x apart.
- Context window
- Gemini 2.5 Flash takes 1.05M tokens, Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct 33K.
Benchmark by benchmark
First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.
| Category | Gemini 2.5 Flash | Bars | Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 3 | 1 | ||
| Intelligence | 2 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 5 | 0 | ||
| Math | 2 | 0 | ||
| Knowledge | 5 | 0 | ||
| General | 11 | 0 | ||
| All shared boards | 28 | 1 |
CodingLike-for-likeFour of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index31
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash | Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aider polyglot | Not measured | 16.4% | Only Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct measured |
| SWE-bench Verified | 28.7% | 47.0% | Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | 69.5% | 29.5% | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 13.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| Terminal-Bench | 17.1% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1423 | 1276 | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1425 | 1261 | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| Neither model has a result on the other 31 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash | Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 15.5 | 6.7 | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 142.9 | 119.5 | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index3 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash | Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 31.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| BALROG | 33.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | $549 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 36 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index50
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash | Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 79.0% | 41.7% | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 12.1% | 3.5% | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| ARC-AGI | 33.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 2.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| SimpleBench | 41.2% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1422 | 1251 | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1426 | 1221 | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1420 | 1269 | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | 1245 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena Vision: homework | 1244 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash | Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Math Index | 73.3 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | 73.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| GSM8K | Not measured | 93.0% | Only Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1411 | 1251 | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1422 | 1243 | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index50
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash | Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 40.4% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 83.2% | 63.5% | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| MMLU | Not measured | 79.1% | Only Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct measured |
| AI2 Reasoning Challenge | Not measured | 70.5% | Only Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1433 | 1221 | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1428 | 1187 | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1430 | 1257 | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1404 | 1224 | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index7 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash | Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1074 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1005 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1005 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1060 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1021 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1059 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1018 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 2 boards here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index110
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash | Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 44.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 83.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| IFBench | 50.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 65.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| DTBench | 76.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMCA | 27.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| HellaSwag | Not measured | 83.0% | Only Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct measured |
| WinoGrande | Not measured | 80.8% | Only Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text | 1417 | 1230 | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1405 | 1223 | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1400 | 1174 | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| LMArena Vision | 1235 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1418 | 1248 | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1409 | 1205 | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1449 | 1222 | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| LMArena Text: German | 1417 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1396 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1385 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: French | 1432 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1422 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1415 | 1228 | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1413 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1408 | 1222 | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1419 | 1251 | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1405 | 1191 | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1393 | 1150 | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| LMArena Vision: English | 1239 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | 1284 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | 1237 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena Vision: humor | 1225 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena Vision: captioning | 1277 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena Vision: recognizing things | 1252 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | 1241 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 13 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash | Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 5 boards here | |||
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.
Chat turn
1K input + 500 output tokens
Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Gemini 2.5 Flash costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Gemini 2.5 Flash costs less
Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.
Specification differences
The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.
| Specification | Google Gemini 2.5 Flash | Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Qwen | |
| Weights | No public weights listed | Open weights |
| Released | June 17, 2025 | November 11, 2024 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 33K |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.30 | $0.66 |
| Output $/Mtok | $2.50 | $1.00 |
| Coding index | 28.7 | 30.5 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 1 | 2 |
| Cost per solved task | $0.466 | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Gemini 2.5 Flash better than Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct for coding?
Gemini 2.5 Flash and Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct are level for coding, 28.7 against 30.5 on the Vibe Coding Index, so price and context decide. Pick Gemini 2.5 Flash when the context window is larger, 1.05M against 33K tokens, or when what matters is LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) or LMArena Text: coding, where it leads. Pick Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct when output tokens cost 2.5x less, or when the benchmark that matters is SWE-bench Verified, where it leads.
Which is cheaper, Gemini 2.5 Flash or Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct?
Gemini 2.5 Flash costs $0.30 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens; Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct costs $0.66 and $1.00. Cost per solved task is known for Gemini 2.5 Flash only.
Which has the bigger context window, Gemini 2.5 Flash or Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct?
Gemini 2.5 Flash, with 1.05M tokens against 33K.
How many benchmarks is the Gemini 2.5 Flash vs Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct comparison based on?
29 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Gemini 2.5 Flash's coding index rests on 1 independent benchmark and Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct's on 2. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.