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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 LiteGoogle
Coding
49.0
Overall
49.8
Output $/M
$2.50
9
Qwen3.7 PlusQwen
Coding
33.2
Overall
54.0
Output $/M
$1.28
50
vs boards won of 59 shared

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.

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.

Boards won, where both have a result
CategoryGemini 3.5 Flash LiteBarsQwen3.7 PlusTies
Coding07
Intelligence02
Agentic work14
Reasoning18
Math04
Knowledge14
General621
All shared boards950
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index07
Coding benchmarks for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Qwen3.7 Plus
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.7 PlusLeader
LMArena WebDev1435Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
AA Coding Index49.355.9Qwen3.7 Plus
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)79.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)75.0%Not measuredOnly 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 measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI)50.2%52.8%Qwen3.7 Plus
SkillsBench (Vals AI)Not measured54.3%Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
CyberBench (Vals AI)59.1%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
SciCode41.3%46.1%Qwen3.7 Plus
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured47.0%Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
FrontierCodeNot measured10.2%Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
WeirdML39.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
ALE-Bench765.3Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
LMArena Text: coding14531473Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: software and IT14511473Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena WebDev: React1408Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
LMArena WebDev: from an image1448Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
SciCode6.2%Not measuredOnly 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
Intelligence benchmarks for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Qwen3.7 Plus
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.7 PlusLeader
AA Intelligence Index22.225.2Qwen3.7 Plus
Epoch Capabilities Index144.9147.0Qwen3.7 Plus
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index14
Agentic work benchmarks for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Qwen3.7 Plus
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.7 PlusLeader
AA Agentic Index14.317.5Qwen3.7 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 TelecomNot measured93.0%Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
APEX-Agents29.3%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
OSWorld 2.0Not measured2.8%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
Reasoning benchmarks for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Qwen3.7 Plus
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.7 PlusLeader
GPQA Diamond83.8%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
MMMU Pro (Vals AI)83.6%Not measuredOnly 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-AGI53.5%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
ARC-AGI-210.3%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
Chess puzzles21.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
Mystery game puzzles19.0%17.0%Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: hard prompts14411460Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: expert14341466Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English14401460Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Vision: diagrams12841292Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Vision: homework12911295Qwen3.7 Plus
Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
Math benchmarks for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Qwen3.7 Plus
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.7 PlusLeader
OTIS Mock AIME71.1%93.3%Qwen3.7 Plus
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 326.0%34.4%Qwen3.7 Plus
FrontierMath, tier 40.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
ProofBench13.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
LMArena Text: math14341467Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: mathematical work14331470Qwen3.7 Plus
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index14
Knowledge benchmarks for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Qwen3.7 Plus
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.7 PlusLeader
MMLU Pro85.8%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)84.1%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)60.7%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)72.6%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
MortgageTax (Vals AI)68.7%66.2%Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
MedCode (Vals AI)43.5%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
LMArena Text: science14511464Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare14381464Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: legal and government14311451Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: business and finance14231435Qwen3.7 Plus
FACTS Benchmark Suite53.5%Not measuredOnly 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
Web design benchmarks for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Qwen3.7 Plus
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.7 PlusLeader
Design Arena: websitesNot measured1269Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
Design Arena: UI componentsNot measured1261Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
Design Arena: game devNot measured1262Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
Design Arena: data vizNot measured1276Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
Design Arena: 3DNot measured1239Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
Design Arena: all code categoriesNot measured1269Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
Design Arena: SVGNot measured1208Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
Design Arena: ASCII artNot measured1143Only 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
General benchmarks for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Qwen3.7 Plus
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.7 PlusLeader
Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI)51.8%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
SAGE (Vals AI)47.3%39.3%Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
MedScribe (Vals AI)70.9%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
Vals Multimodal IndexNot measured53.9%Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
IFBenchNot measured78.0%Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)76.0%73.0%Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
DTBench83.5%84.0%Qwen3.7 Plus
LMCA37.6%37.6%Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text14351454Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: instruction following14191439Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: creative writing14211438Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Vision12691278Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: English14381458Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: non-English14271445Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: Chinese14681509Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: German14541471Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: Japanese14261412Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: Korean14071413Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: French14511472Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: Spanish14411457Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: Russian14431457Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: Polish14371449Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: multi-turn14451459Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: longer queries14351454Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: writing and language14281437Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: entertainment and media14141422Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Vision: English12691280Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Vision: Chinese13111332Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Vision: reading text12801288Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Vision: humor12871261Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Vision: creative writing12601258Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena DocumentNot measured1444Only 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
Image generation benchmarks for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Qwen3.7 Plus
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.7 PlusLeader
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 Plus$0.0010Fits in one request

Qwen3.7 Plus costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite$0.022Fits in one request
Qwen3.7 Plus$0.020Fits in one request

Qwen3.7 Plus costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite$0.085Fits in one request
Qwen3.7 Plus$0.077Fits in one request

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.

Specifications of Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Qwen3.7 Plus
SpecificationGoogle Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.7 Plus
MakerGoogleQwen
WeightsNo public weights listedNo public weights listed
ReleasedJuly 21, 2026June 3, 2026
Context window1.05M1M
Input $/Mtok$0.30$0.32
Output $/Mtok$2.50$1.28
Coding index49.033.2
Independent measurements behind it32
Cost per solved task$0.41Not computable
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter 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.

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