Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview vs Qwen3.6 Plus

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.7 to 47.5 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3.6 Plus costs 4.0× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 37 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Google

56.7

Rank #23 Confirmed

Qwen3.6 Plus Alibaba (Qwen)

47.5

Rank #62 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 37 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen3.6 Plus in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads 71.7 to 29.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Chess Puzzles: 55% for Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview and 17% for Qwen3.6 Plus.
  • Qwen3.6 Plus is cheaper at $0.50 / $3 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $12 for Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview.
  • Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 1M.

Side by side

Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen3.6 Plus
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index56.747.5
Released2026-02-192026-03-31
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M1M
Max output66K66K
Input $ / M tokens$2$0.50
Output $ / M tokens$12$3
Results tracked7137

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 42.5 (#99), Qwen3.6 Plus: 40.8 (#130)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen3.6 Plus
SWE-bench Verified75.6%57.9%
LMArena WebDev14471461
SciCode58.9%40.7%
LMArena Coding14841467
ALE-Bench1,161670.15
DeepSWE11.7%—
GSO22.6%—
WeirdML72.1%—
MirrorCode8.9%—
AlgoTune2.02—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 37.7 (#34), Qwen3.6 Plus: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen3.6 Plus
Vending-Bench 23,7745,115
Terminal-Bench80.2%—
APEX-Agents35.3%—
τ²-bench Banking26%—
DeepResearch Bench47.8%—
PostTrainBench22%—
BALROG57%—
ExploitBench26.1%—
GBAEval0.8%—
GDP.pdf17%—
LMArena Search1211—
METR Time Horizons77%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 71.7 (#12), Qwen3.6 Plus: 29.3 (#93)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen3.6 Plus
NYT Connections (extended)97.4%60.3%
CritPt17.7%2.9%
Chess Puzzles55%17%
Thematic Generalization79.4%59.5%
LMArena Hard Prompts14851449
Mystery Game Puzzles34%12%
DTBench97.1%81.9%
LMCA53.8%33.1%
Epoch Capabilities Index154.77147.65
ARC-AGI-277.1%—
SimpleBench79.6%—
ARC-AGI-198%—
EnigmaEval36.8%—
EBR-Bench14.3%—
ForecastBench59—

Math Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 62.1 (#34), Qwen3.6 Plus: 51.8 (#54)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen3.6 Plus
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)59.6%38.2%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202595.6%93.3%
LMArena Math14851450
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)36.9%26.2%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)16.7%8.3%
FrontierMath Tier 426.8%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions86.5%—
ProofBench26%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 71.8 (#3), Qwen3.6 Plus: 56.1 (#45)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen3.6 Plus
GPQA Diamond94.4%88.4%
SimpleQA Verified73.5%44.1%
LMArena Expert14851454
Humanity's Last Exam46.4%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate10.4%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 37.9 (#69), Qwen3.6 Plus: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Vision1296—
Blueprint-Bench 226.5%—
Furniture Assembly26.7%—
LMArena Document1444—

Multilingual Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 57.0 (#12), Qwen3.6 Plus: 53.3 (#70)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Non-English14771424
LMArena Chinese15291477
LMArena French14871455
LMArena German14911452
LMArena Japanese14931389
LMArena Korean14551379
LMArena Russian14981434
LMArena Spanish14791432

Instruction Following Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 77.0 (#32), Qwen3.6 Plus: 75.0 (#74)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Instruction Following14661425

Long Context Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 47.4 (#18), Qwen3.6 Plus: 45.2 (#49)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen3.6 Plus
CL-bench20.8%20.3%
LMArena Longer Query14831439
CL-bench Life16.9%—

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 66.1 (#37), Qwen3.6 Plus: 62.2 (#82)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Text14811437
LMArena Creative Writing14821404
LMArena Multi-Turn14881438
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1491—
EQ-Bench 41142—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview better than Qwen3.6 Plus?

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.7 to 47.5 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3.6 Plus costs 4.0× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview or Qwen3.6 Plus?

Qwen3.6 Plus is cheaper. It lists at $0.50 per million input tokens and $3 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview lists at $2 and $12.

Is Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview or Qwen3.6 Plus better for coding?

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.5 versus 40.8 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview does, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview and Qwen3.6 Plus share?

37 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview has 71 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Plus has 37.

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