Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.5 Flash vs Qwen3.6 Flash

Gemini 3.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 38.4 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3.6 Flash costs 8.0× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.5 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.5 Flash Google

54.1

Rank #29 Confirmed

Qwen3.6 Flash Alibaba (Qwen)

38.4

Rank #176 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.5 Flash scores higher in 3 categories and Qwen3.6 Flash in 0 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.5 Flash leads 62.7 to 28.4.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is SimpleQA Verified: 66.2% for Gemini 3.5 Flash and 15.9% for Qwen3.6 Flash.
  • Qwen3.6 Flash is cheaper at $0.19 / $1.13 per million input/output tokens, against $1.50 / $9 for Gemini 3.5 Flash.
  • Gemini 3.5 Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 1M.

Side by side

Gemini 3.5 FlashQwen3.6 Flash
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index54.138.4
Released2026-05-192026-04-27
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M1M
Max output66K66K
Input $ / M tokens$1.50$0.19
Output $ / M tokens$9$1.13
Results tracked5413

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 49.1 (#46), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen3.6 Flash
ALE-Bench911.02326.4
SWE-bench Verified79.3%—
DeepSWE37.4%—
LMArena WebDev1499—
SciCode53.1%—
WeirdML62.6%—
LMArena Coding1492—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 24.8 (#107), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen3.6 Flash
APEX-Agents27.5%—
GBAEval6.7%—
GDP.pdf14%—
Vending-Bench 25,396—

Reasoning Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 62.7 (#16), Qwen3.6 Flash: 28.4 (#90)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen3.6 Flash
SimpleBench76.7%35.2%
Chess Puzzles50%20%
Mystery Game Puzzles32%18%
DTBench94.7%77.1%
LMCA47.1%31%
Epoch Capabilities Index154.55143.26
ARC-AGI-272.1%—
NYT Connections (extended)92.6%—
ARC-AGI-192.5%—
CritPt13.1%—
EnigmaEval25.4%—
EBR-Bench4.8%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1488—
Surface Evolver Bench58.1%—
ForecastBench59—

Math Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 60.5 (#30), Qwen3.6 Flash: 38.0 (#88)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen3.6 Flash
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)62.8%22.5%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202595.6%84.4%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)39%10.3%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)14.6%0%
FrontierMath Tier 426.8%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions76.3%—
ProofBench31%—
LMArena Math1502—

Knowledge Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 66.3 (#10), Qwen3.6 Flash: 42.2 (#90)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen3.6 Flash
GPQA Diamond92.8%83.3%
SimpleQA Verified66.2%15.9%
LMArena Expert1493—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 45.7 (#13), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen3.6 Flash
LMArena Vision1311—
Blueprint-Bench 233.6%—
LMArena Document1463—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 57.1 (#12), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen3.6 Flash
LMArena Non-English1475—
LMArena Chinese1525—
LMArena French1490—
LMArena German1500—
LMArena Japanese1481—
LMArena Korean1453—
LMArena Russian1491—
LMArena Spanish1478—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 77.2 (#29), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen3.6 Flash
LMArena Instruction Following1466—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 45.3 (#39), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen3.6 Flash
LMArena Longer Query1481—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 65.5 (#46), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen3.6 Flash
LMArena Text1481—
LMArena Creative Writing1467—
EQ-Bench 41087—
LMArena Multi-Turn1482—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash better than Qwen3.6 Flash?

Gemini 3.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 38.4 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3.6 Flash costs 8.0× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.5 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.5 Flash or Qwen3.6 Flash?

Qwen3.6 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.19 per million input tokens and $1.13 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.5 Flash lists at $1.50 and $9.

Which has the bigger context window?

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

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.5 Flash and Qwen3.6 Flash share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.5 Flash has 54 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Flash has 13.

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