Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Qwen3.7 Max

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 51.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 28 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.6 Flash Google

54.1

Rank #33 Confirmed

Qwen3.7 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

51.5

Rank #42 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 28 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher in 5 categories and Qwen3.7 Max in 4 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in agentic & tool use, where Gemini 3.6 Flash leads 32.3 to 22.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Chess Puzzles: 43% for Gemini 3.6 Flash and 19% for Qwen3.7 Max.
  • Gemini 3.6 Flash is cheaper at $0.75 / $3.75 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $7.50 for Qwen3.7 Max.
  • Gemini 3.6 Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 1M.

Side by side

Gemini 3.6 FlashQwen3.7 Max
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index54.151.5
Released2026-07-212026-05-19
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M1M
Max output66K131K
Input $ / M tokens$0.75$2.50
Output $ / M tokens$3.75$7.50
Results tracked4633

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Category by category

Coding Too close to call

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 50.0 (#48), Qwen3.7 Max: 50.4 (#45)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen3.7 Max
LMArena WebDev15381515
SciCode52.7%48.8%
LMArena Coding14911498
ALE-Bench715.521,189
SWE-bench Verified—77.3%
DeepSWE46.7%—
FrontierCode34.4%—
WeirdML56.1%—

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 32.3 (#65), Qwen3.7 Max: 22.1 (#135)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen3.7 Max
APEX-Agents46.9%—
GBAEval—0.4%
GDP.pdf14%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 58.8 (#22), Qwen3.7 Max: 49.2 (#38)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen3.7 Max
NYT Connections (extended)89%85.1%
CritPt10.6%13.4%
Chess Puzzles43%19%
LMArena Hard Prompts14851483
Mystery Game Puzzles30%32%
DTBench95.5%92.3%
LMCA44.9%44%
Epoch Capabilities Index154.25153.68
ARC-AGI-260.4%—
SimpleBench—70.4%
ARC-AGI-191.2%—
EBR-Bench—9.5%

Math Qwen3.7 Max leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 57.3 (#40), Qwen3.7 Max: 62.4 (#32)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen3.7 Max
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)58.9%64.6%
FrontierMath Tier 422%34.1%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202594.2%95.6%
ProofBench36%26%
LMArena Math15051490
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions70.8%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 67.8 (#8), Qwen3.7 Max: 61.6 (#28)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen3.7 Max
GPQA Diamond94.1%90.9%
SimpleQA Verified66.2%55.8%
LMArena Expert14881488

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 38.5 (#64), Qwen3.7 Max: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Vision1298—
Blueprint-Bench 231.2%—
Furniture Assembly23.3%—
LMArena Document1456—

Multilingual Too close to call

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 56.5 (#19), Qwen3.7 Max: 56.9 (#15)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Non-English14691474
LMArena Chinese15311530
LMArena Russian14871484
LMArena French1504—
LMArena German1478—
LMArena Japanese1476—
LMArena Korean1431—
LMArena Spanish1475—

Instruction Following Too close to call

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 77.0 (#33), Qwen3.7 Max: 76.7 (#38)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Instruction Following14661460

Long Context Too close to call

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 45.1 (#50), Qwen3.7 Max: 45.4 (#40)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Longer Query14741482

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 68.2 (#27), Qwen3.7 Max: 65.0 (#54)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Text14791476
LMArena Creative Writing14651449
LMArena Multi-Turn14811481
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1604—
EQ-Bench 4—1110

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash better than Qwen3.7 Max?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 51.5 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.6 Flash or Qwen3.7 Max?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens; Qwen3.7 Max lists at $2.50 and $7.50.

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash or Qwen3.7 Max better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (50.0 vs 50.4); test both on your own repository before choosing.

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 Qwen3.7 Max share?

28 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.6 Flash has 46 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.7 Max has 33.

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