Model Comparison

Gemini 1.5 Flash vs QwQ-32B

QwQ-32B significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

1 benchmarks

Gemini 1.5 Flash outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while QwQ-32B is better at 1 benchmark (GPQA).

QwQ-32B significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Cost data unavailable.

Lowest available price from all providers
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Google
Gemini 1.5 Flash
Input tokens$0.15
Output tokens$0.60
Best providerGoogle
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
QwQ-32B
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Gemini 1.5 Flash specifies input context (1,048,576 tokens). Only Gemini 1.5 Flash specifies output context (8,192 tokens).

Google
Gemini 1.5 Flash
Input1,048,576 tokens
Output8,192 tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
QwQ-32B
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Gemini 1.5 Flash supports multimodal inputs, whereas QwQ-32B does not.

Gemini 1.5 Flash can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Gemini 1.5 Flash

Text
Images
Audio
Video

QwQ-32B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Gemini 1.5 Flash is licensed under a proprietary license, while QwQ-32B uses Apache 2.0.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Gemini 1.5 Flash

Proprietary

Closed source

QwQ-32B

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Gemini 1.5 Flash was released on 2024-05-01, while QwQ-32B was released on 2025-03-05.

QwQ-32B is 10 months newer than Gemini 1.5 Flash.

Gemini 1.5 Flash

May 1, 2024

2.0 years ago

QwQ-32B

Mar 5, 2025

1.1 years ago

10mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Gemini 1.5 Flash has a knowledge cutoff of 2023-11-01, while QwQ-32B has a cutoff of 2024-11-28.

QwQ-32B has more recent training data (up to 2024-11-28), making it potentially better informed about events through that date compared to Gemini 1.5 Flash (2023-11-01).

Gemini 1.5 Flash

Nov 2023

QwQ-32B

Nov 2024

1 yr newer

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Google
Larger context window (1,048,576 tokens)
Supports multimodal inputs
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

QwQ-32B

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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Has open weights
Higher GPQA score (65.2% vs 51.0%)
GoogleGemini 1.5 Flash
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwQ-32B
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Detailed Comparison

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Feature
Google
Gemini 1.5 Flash
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
QwQ-32B

FAQ

Common questions about Gemini 1.5 Flash vs QwQ-32B

QwQ-32B significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Gemini 1.5 Flash is made by Google and QwQ-32B is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.
Gemini 1.5 Flash scores XSTest: 97.0%, HellaSwag: 86.5%, GSM8k: 86.2%, BIG-Bench Hard: 85.5%, MGSM: 82.6%. QwQ-32B scores MATH-500: 90.6%, IFEval: 83.9%, AIME 2024: 79.5%, LiveBench: 73.1%, BFCL: 66.4%.
Gemini 1.5 Flash supports 1.0M tokens and QwQ-32B supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.
Key differences include multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Proprietary vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
Gemini 1.5 Flash is developed by Google and QwQ-32B is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.