Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite vs Qwen3.7 Max

Qwen3.7 Max leads Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite on coding, 54.1 to 49.0 on the Vibe Coding Index, and Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite costs 1.8x less per output token ($2.50 vs $4.425 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 36 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite Replace Qwen3.7 Max

Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteGoogle

Coding: 49.0
Overall: 49.8
Output $/M: $2.50

Qwen3.7 MaxQwen

Coding: 54.1
Overall: 61.7
Output $/M: $4.425

vs boards won of 36 shared

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite or Qwen3.7 Max: which to pick

Pick Qwen3.7 Max for coding: it scores 54.1 on the Vibe Coding Index against 49.0 for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite.

Pick Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite for output tokens 1.8x cheaper ($2.50 vs $4.425 per million) and a lower cost per solved task ($0.41 against $4.69).

Model AGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGoogle49.0/1003 independent benchmarks$0.41 per solved task Model BQwen3.7 MaxQwen54.1/1003 independent benchmarks$4.69 per solved task

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Shared results: 36
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite only: 49
Qwen3.7 Max only: 23
Like-for-like categories: 7 of 9

Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.

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, six public coding benchmarks
Qwen3.7 Max
Qwen3.7 Max scores 54.1 against 49.0.
3 benchmarks behind each score
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Qwen3.7 Max
Qwen3.7 Max leads, 29.5 against 22.2.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
Qwen3.7 Max
Qwen3.7 Max leads, 22.5 against 14.3.
Same board, both measured
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Qwen3.7 Max
Qwen3.7 Max leads, 90.2% against 83.8%.
Same board, both measured
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
Qwen3.7 Max
Qwen3.7 Max leads, 89.3% against 85.8%.
Same board, both measured
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only Qwen3.7 Max has a Design Arena: websites result, 1274.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite takes 1.05M tokens against 1M.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite $0.0015, Qwen3.7 Max $0.0037 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite $0.41, Qwen3.7 Max $4.69.
Published attempt cost and pass rate

At a glance

Coding index: Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite 49.0 from 3 benchmarks, Qwen3.7 Max 54.1 from 3 benchmarks.
Widest category: Math, 27.5 points apart on average over 4 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap: FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3: Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite 26.0% against Qwen3.7 Max 64.6%, 38.6 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price: Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite $2.50 against Qwen3.7 Max $4.425 per million output tokens, 1.8x apart.
Context window: Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite takes 1.05M tokens, Qwen3.7 Max 1M.

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.

Boards won, where both have a result
Category	Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite	Qwen3.7 Max
Coding	1	9
Intelligence	0	2
Agentic work	0	5
Reasoning	0	6
Math	0	4
Knowledge	1	4
General	0	4
All shared boards	2	34

CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index19

Coding benchmarks for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Qwen3.7 Max
Benchmark	Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite	Qwen3.7 Max	Leader
LMArena WebDev	1435	1515	Qwen3.7 Max
AA Coding Index	49.3	66.0	Qwen3.7 Max
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)	79.0%	87.1%	Qwen3.7 Max
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)	75.0%	68.8%	Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)	37.2%	47.7%	Qwen3.7 Max
Code migration (Vals AI)	6.2%	13.1%	Qwen3.7 Max
ProgramBench (Vals AI)	0.0%	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI)	50.2%	61.0%	Qwen3.7 Max
CyberBench (Vals AI)	59.1%	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
SciCode	41.3%	49.5%	Qwen3.7 Max
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)	Not measured	50.8%	Only Qwen3.7 Max measured
WeirdML	39.0%	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
ALE-Bench	765.3	1189.4	Qwen3.7 Max
LMArena Text: coding	1453	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
LMArena Text: software and IT	1451	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
LMArena WebDev: React	1408	1514	Qwen3.7 Max
LMArena WebDev: HTML	Not measured	1512	Only Qwen3.7 Max measured
LMArena WebDev: from an image	1448	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
SciCode	6.2%	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
Neither model has a result on the other 20 boards here

IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02

Intelligence benchmarks for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Qwen3.7 Max
Benchmark	Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite	Qwen3.7 Max	Leader
AA Intelligence Index	22.2	29.5	Qwen3.7 Max
Epoch Capabilities Index	144.9	154.0	Qwen3.7 Max

Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index05

Agentic work benchmarks for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Qwen3.7 Max
Benchmark	Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite	Qwen3.7 Max	Leader
AA Agentic Index	14.3	22.5	Qwen3.7 Max
Design Arena: agents building web apps	Not measured	1208	Only Qwen3.7 Max measured
Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps	Not measured	1191	Only Qwen3.7 Max measured
Design Arena: agents building mobile apps	Not measured	1155	Only Qwen3.7 Max measured
Design Arena: agents building Android apps	Not measured	1159	Only Qwen3.7 Max measured
Design Arena: agents building Godot games	Not measured	1187	Only Qwen3.7 Max measured
Design Arena: agents building games	Not measured	1161	Only Qwen3.7 Max measured
Design Arena: HTML slides	Not measured	1108	Only Qwen3.7 Max measured
Design Arena: PowerPoint slides	Not measured	1171	Only Qwen3.7 Max measured
Finance Agent (Vals AI)	47.4%	47.8%	Qwen3.7 Max
Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI)	7.2%	15.8%	Qwen3.7 Max
Legal Research Bench (Vals AI)	13.9%	25.5%	Qwen3.7 Max
Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI)	43.2%	57.0%	Qwen3.7 Max
τ²-Bench Telecom	Not measured	94.7%	Only Qwen3.7 Max measured
APEX-Agents	29.3%	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
Neither model has a result on the other 26 boards here

ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index06

Reasoning benchmarks for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Qwen3.7 Max
Benchmark	Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite	Qwen3.7 Max	Leader
GPQA Diamond	83.8%	90.2%	Qwen3.7 Max
MMMU Pro (Vals AI)	83.6%	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)	83.8%	92.3%	Qwen3.7 Max
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)	18.8%	40.5%	Qwen3.7 Max
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)	83.3%	90.9%	Qwen3.7 Max
ARC-AGI	53.5%	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
ARC-AGI-2	10.3%	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
SimpleBench	Not measured	70.4%	Only Qwen3.7 Max measured
Chess puzzles	21.0%	26.0%	Qwen3.7 Max
Mystery game puzzles	19.0%	32.0%	Qwen3.7 Max
EBR-bench	Not measured	9.5%	Only Qwen3.7 Max measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts	1441	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
LMArena Text: expert	1434	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English	1440	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
LMArena Vision: diagrams	1284	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
LMArena Vision: homework	1291	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here

MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04

Math benchmarks for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Qwen3.7 Max
Benchmark	Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite	Qwen3.7 Max	Leader
OTIS Mock AIME	71.1%	95.6%	Qwen3.7 Max
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3	26.0%	64.6%	Qwen3.7 Max
FrontierMath, tier 4	0.0%	34.1%	Qwen3.7 Max
ProofBench	13.0%	26.0%	Qwen3.7 Max
LMArena Text: math	1434	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
LMArena Text: mathematical work	1433	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here

KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index14

Knowledge benchmarks for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Qwen3.7 Max
Benchmark	Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite	Qwen3.7 Max	Leader
MMLU Pro	85.8%	89.3%	Qwen3.7 Max
LegalBench (Vals AI)	84.1%	84.9%	Qwen3.7 Max
CorpFin (Vals AI)	60.7%	63.7%	Qwen3.7 Max
TaxEval (Vals AI)	72.6%	75.3%	Qwen3.7 Max
MortgageTax (Vals AI)	68.7%	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
MedCode (Vals AI)	43.5%	38.8%	Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
SimpleQA Verified	Not measured	55.8%	Only Qwen3.7 Max measured
LMArena Text: science	1451	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare	1438	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
LMArena Text: legal and government	1431	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
LMArena Text: business and finance	1423	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
FACTS Benchmark Suite	53.5%	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here

Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index8 boards, none shared

Web design benchmarks for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Qwen3.7 Max
Benchmark	Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite	Qwen3.7 Max	Leader
Design Arena: websites	Not measured	1274	Only Qwen3.7 Max measured
Design Arena: UI components	Not measured	1267	Only Qwen3.7 Max measured
Design Arena: game dev	Not measured	1264	Only Qwen3.7 Max measured
Design Arena: data viz	Not measured	1275	Only Qwen3.7 Max measured
Design Arena: 3D	Not measured	1265	Only Qwen3.7 Max measured
Design Arena: all code categories	Not measured	1275	Only Qwen3.7 Max measured
Design Arena: SVG	Not measured	1216	Only Qwen3.7 Max measured
Design Arena: ASCII art	Not measured	1211	Only Qwen3.7 Max measured
Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here

GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04

General benchmarks for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Qwen3.7 Max
Benchmark	Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite	Qwen3.7 Max	Leader
Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI)	51.8%	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
SAGE (Vals AI)	47.3%	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
MedScribe (Vals AI)	70.9%	79.4%	Qwen3.7 Max
IFBench	Not measured	80.5%	Only Qwen3.7 Max measured
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)	76.0%	79.0%	Qwen3.7 Max
DTBench	83.5%	92.3%	Qwen3.7 Max
LMCA	37.6%	44.0%	Qwen3.7 Max
LMArena Text	1435	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
LMArena Text: instruction following	1419	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
LMArena Text: creative writing	1421	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
LMArena Vision	1269	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
LMArena Text: English	1438	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
LMArena Text: non-English	1427	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
LMArena Text: Chinese	1468	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
LMArena Text: German	1454	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
LMArena Text: Japanese	1426	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
LMArena Text: Korean	1407	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
LMArena Text: French	1451	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
LMArena Text: Spanish	1441	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
LMArena Text: Russian	1443	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
LMArena Text: Polish	1437	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
LMArena Text: multi-turn	1445	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
LMArena Text: longer queries	1435	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
LMArena Text: writing and language	1428	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
LMArena Text: entertainment and media	1414	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
LMArena Vision: English	1269	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
LMArena Vision: Chinese	1311	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
LMArena Vision: reading text	1280	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
LMArena Vision: humor	1287	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
LMArena Vision: creative writing	1260	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
Neither model has a result on the other 16 boards here

Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared

Image generation benchmarks for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Qwen3.7 Max
Benchmark	Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite	Qwen3.7 Max	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

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite$0.0015Fits in one request

Qwen3.7 Max$0.0037Fits in one request

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite$0.022Fits in one request

Qwen3.7 Max$0.087Fits in one request

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite$0.085Fits in one request

Qwen3.7 Max$0.339Fits in one request

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite 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.

Specifications of Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Qwen3.7 Max
Specification	Google Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite	Qwen3.7 Max
Maker	Google	Qwen
Weights	No public weights listed	No public weights listed
Released	July 21, 2026	May 21, 2026
Context window	1.05M	1M
Input $/Mtok	$0.30	$1.475
Output $/Mtok	$2.50	$4.425
Coding index	49.0	54.1
Independent measurements behind it	3	3
Cost per solved task	$0.41	$4.69
Source	OpenRouter listing	OpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite better than Qwen3.7 Max for coding?

Pick Qwen3.7 Max for coding: it scores 54.1 on the Vibe Coding Index against 49.0 for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite. Pick Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite for output tokens 1.8x cheaper ($2.50 vs $4.425 per million) and a lower cost per solved task ($0.41 against $4.69).

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite or Qwen3.7 Max?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite costs $0.30 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens; Qwen3.7 Max costs $1.475 and $4.425. Per solved SWE-bench Verified task, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite costs $0.41 and Qwen3.7 Max $4.69.

Which has the bigger context window, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite or Qwen3.7 Max?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.

How many benchmarks is the Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite vs Qwen3.7 Max comparison based on?

36 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite's coding index rests on 3 independent benchmarks and Qwen3.7 Max's on 3. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite or Qwen3.7 Max: which to pick

Which one for your work

Coding

Intelligence

Agentic work

Reasoning

Knowledge

Web design

Long documents

Everyday cost

Cost per solved task

At a glance

Benchmark by benchmark

What each workload costs

Chat turn

Repository review

Agent loop

Specification differences

Questions

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