Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Qwen3.6 Plus

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 47.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 31 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.6 Flash Google

54.1

Rank #33 Confirmed

Qwen3.6 Plus Alibaba (Qwen)

47.5

Rank #62 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 31 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher in 7 categories and Qwen3.6 Plus in 1 category; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.6 Flash leads 58.8 to 29.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 89% for Gemini 3.6 Flash and 60.3% for Qwen3.6 Plus.
  • Qwen3.6 Plus is cheaper at $0.50 / $3 per million input/output tokens, against $0.75 / $3.75 for Gemini 3.6 Flash.
  • Gemini 3.6 Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 1M.

Side by side

Gemini 3.6 FlashQwen3.6 Plus
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index54.147.5
Released2026-07-212026-03-31
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M1M
Max output66K66K
Input $ / M tokens$0.75$0.50
Output $ / M tokens$3.75$3
Results tracked4637

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 50.0 (#48), Qwen3.6 Plus: 40.8 (#130)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen3.6 Plus
LMArena WebDev15381461
SciCode52.7%40.7%
LMArena Coding14911467
ALE-Bench715.52670.15
SWE-bench Verified—57.9%
DeepSWE46.7%—
FrontierCode34.4%—
WeirdML56.1%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 32.3 (#65), Qwen3.6 Plus: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen3.6 Plus
APEX-Agents46.9%—
GDP.pdf14%—
Vending-Bench 2—5,115

Reasoning Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 58.8 (#22), Qwen3.6 Plus: 29.3 (#93)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen3.6 Plus
NYT Connections (extended)89%60.3%
CritPt10.6%2.9%
Chess Puzzles43%17%
LMArena Hard Prompts14851449
Mystery Game Puzzles30%12%
DTBench95.5%81.9%
LMCA44.9%33.1%
Epoch Capabilities Index154.25147.65
ARC-AGI-260.4%—
ARC-AGI-191.2%—
Thematic Generalization—59.5%

Math Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 57.3 (#40), Qwen3.6 Plus: 51.8 (#54)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen3.6 Plus
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)58.9%38.2%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202594.2%93.3%
LMArena Math15051450
FrontierMath Tier 422%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions70.8%—
ProofBench36%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—26.2%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—8.3%

Knowledge Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 67.8 (#8), Qwen3.6 Plus: 56.1 (#45)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen3.6 Plus
GPQA Diamond94.1%88.4%
SimpleQA Verified66.2%44.1%
LMArena Expert14881454

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 38.5 (#64), Qwen3.6 Plus: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Vision1298—
Blueprint-Bench 231.2%—
Furniture Assembly23.3%—
LMArena Document1456—

Multilingual Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 56.5 (#19), Qwen3.6 Plus: 53.3 (#70)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Non-English14691424
LMArena Chinese15311477
LMArena French15041455
LMArena German14781452
LMArena Japanese14761389
LMArena Korean14311379
LMArena Russian14871434
LMArena Spanish14751432

Instruction Following Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 77.0 (#33), Qwen3.6 Plus: 75.0 (#74)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Instruction Following14661425

Long Context Too close to call

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 45.1 (#50), Qwen3.6 Plus: 45.2 (#49)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Longer Query14741439
CL-bench—20.3%

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 68.2 (#27), Qwen3.6 Plus: 62.2 (#82)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Text14791437
LMArena Creative Writing14651404
LMArena Multi-Turn14811438
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1604—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash better than Qwen3.6 Plus?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 47.5 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.6 Flash 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 3.6 Flash lists at $0.75 and $3.75.

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash or Qwen3.6 Plus better for coding?

Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.0 versus 40.8 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.6 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.6 Flash and Qwen3.6 Plus share?

31 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.6 Flash has 46 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Plus has 37.

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