Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite vs Qwen3.7 Plus
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads Qwen3.7 Plus on coding, 49.0 to 33.2 on the Vibe Coding Index, and Qwen3.7 Plus costs 2.0x less per output token ($1.28 vs $2.50 per million). Updated October 21, 2026; 59 benchmarks have a result for both.
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite or Qwen3.7 Plus: which to pick
Pick Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite for coding: it scores 49.0 on the Vibe Coding Index against 33.2 for Qwen3.7 Plus.
Pick Qwen3.7 Plus for output tokens 2.0x cheaper ($1.28 vs $2.50 per million) and work measured by AA Coding Index or Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI), where it leads.
- Shared results
- 59
- Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite only
- 26
- Qwen3.7 Plus only
- 16
- 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
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite scores 49.0 against 33.2.
3 and 2 benchmarks behind the scores
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Qwen3.7 Plus
Qwen3.7 Plus leads, 25.2 against 22.2.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
Qwen3.7 Plus
Qwen3.7 Plus leads, 17.5 against 14.3.
Same board, both measured
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite has a GPQA Diamond result, 83.8%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite has a MMLU Pro result, 85.8%.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only Qwen3.7 Plus has a Design Arena: websites result, 1269.
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
Qwen3.7 Plus
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite $0.0015, Qwen3.7 Plus $0.0010 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite has the number, $0.41.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite 49.0 from 3 benchmarks, Qwen3.7 Plus 33.2 from 2 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Math, 10.6 points apart on average over 4 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- OTIS Mock AIME: Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite 71.1% against Qwen3.7 Plus 93.3%, 22.2 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite $2.50 against Qwen3.7 Plus $1.28 per million output tokens, 2.0x apart.
- Context window
- Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite takes 1.05M tokens, Qwen3.7 Plus 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.
| Category | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Bars | Qwen3.7 Plus | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 0 | 7 | ||
| Intelligence | 0 | 2 | ||
| Agentic work | 1 | 4 | ||
| Reasoning | 1 | 8 | ||
| Math | 0 | 4 | ||
| Knowledge | 1 | 4 | ||
| General | 6 | 21 | ||
| All shared boards | 9 | 50 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index07
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Qwen3.7 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1435 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured |
| AA Coding Index | 49.3 | 55.9 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 79.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | 75.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 37.2% | 46.4% | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | 6.2% | 12.9% | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | 0.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | 50.2% | 52.8% | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| SkillsBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 54.3% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| CyberBench (Vals AI) | 59.1% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured |
| SciCode | 41.3% | 46.1% | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 47.0% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| FrontierCode | Not measured | 10.2% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| WeirdML | 39.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured |
| ALE-Bench | 765.3 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1453 | 1473 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1451 | 1473 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1408 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite 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 19 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Qwen3.7 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 22.2 | 25.2 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 144.9 | 147.0 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index14
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Qwen3.7 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 14.3 | 17.5 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | 47.4% | 38.2% | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | 7.2% | 10.5% | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | 13.9% | 16.4% | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | 43.2% | 49.3% | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | Not measured | 93.0% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| APEX-Agents | 29.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured |
| OSWorld 2.0 | Not measured | 2.8% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 33 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index18
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Qwen3.7 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 83.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | 83.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 83.8% | 90.0% | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 18.8% | 35.6% | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 83.3% | 87.9% | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| 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 |
| Chess puzzles | 21.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | 19.0% | 17.0% | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1441 | 1460 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1434 | 1466 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1440 | 1460 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | 1284 | 1292 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Vision: homework | 1291 | 1295 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Qwen3.7 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME | 71.1% | 93.3% | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | 26.0% | 34.4% | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | 0.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured |
| ProofBench | 13.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1434 | 1467 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1433 | 1470 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index14
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Qwen3.7 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 85.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 84.1% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 60.7% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 72.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | 68.7% | 66.2% | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 43.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1451 | 1464 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1438 | 1464 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1431 | 1451 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1423 | 1435 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| FACTS Benchmark Suite | 53.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index8 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Qwen3.7 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | Not measured | 1269 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | Not measured | 1261 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | Not measured | 1262 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | Not measured | 1276 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | Not measured | 1239 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | Not measured | 1269 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Design Arena: SVG | Not measured | 1208 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | Not measured | 1143 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index621
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Qwen3.7 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI) | 51.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured |
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 47.3% | 39.3% | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 70.9% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured |
| Vals Multimodal Index | Not measured | 53.9% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| IFBench | Not measured | 78.0% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 76.0% | 73.0% | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
| DTBench | 83.5% | 84.0% | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMCA | 37.6% | 37.6% | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
| LMArena Text | 1435 | 1454 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1419 | 1439 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1421 | 1438 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Vision | 1269 | 1278 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: English | 1438 | 1458 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1427 | 1445 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1468 | 1509 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: German | 1454 | 1471 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1426 | 1412 | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1407 | 1413 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: French | 1451 | 1472 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1441 | 1457 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1443 | 1457 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1437 | 1449 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1445 | 1459 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1435 | 1454 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1428 | 1437 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1414 | 1422 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Vision: English | 1269 | 1280 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | 1311 | 1332 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | 1280 | 1288 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Vision: humor | 1287 | 1261 | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | 1260 | 1258 | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
| LMArena Document | Not measured | 1444 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 14 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Qwen3.7 Plus | 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
Qwen3.7 Plus costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Qwen3.7 Plus costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Qwen3.7 Plus 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 3.5 Flash Lite | Qwen3.7 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Qwen | |
| Weights | No public weights listed | No public weights listed |
| Released | July 21, 2026 | June 3, 2026 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 1M |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.30 | $0.32 |
| Output $/Mtok | $2.50 | $1.28 |
| Coding index | 49.0 | 33.2 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 3 | 2 |
| Cost per solved task | $0.41 | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite better than Qwen3.7 Plus for coding?
Pick Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite for coding: it scores 49.0 on the Vibe Coding Index against 33.2 for Qwen3.7 Plus. Pick Qwen3.7 Plus for output tokens 2.0x cheaper ($1.28 vs $2.50 per million) and work measured by AA Coding Index or Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI), where it leads.
Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite or Qwen3.7 Plus?
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite costs $0.30 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens; Qwen3.7 Plus costs $0.32 and $1.28. Cost per solved task is known for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite only.
Which has the bigger context window, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite or Qwen3.7 Plus?
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.
How many benchmarks is the Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite vs Qwen3.7 Plus comparison based on?
59 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite's coding index rests on 3 independent benchmarks and Qwen3.7 Plus's on 2. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.