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Model comparison

Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Qwen3 Max

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 43.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 28 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.6 Flash Google

54.1

Rank #30 Confirmed

Qwen3 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

43.5

Rank #82 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 28 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen3 Max in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.6 Flash leads 58.9 to 22.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 89% for Gemini 3.6 Flash and 30.1% for Qwen3 Max.
  • Gemini 3.6 Flash is cheaper at $0.75 / $3.75 per million input/output tokens, against $1.20 / $6 for Qwen3 Max.
  • Gemini 3.6 Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.

Side by side

Gemini 3.6 FlashQwen3 Max
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index54.143.5
Released2026-07-212025-09-23
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M262K
Max output66K66K
Input $ / M tokens$0.75$1.20
Output $ / M tokens$3.75$6
Results tracked4633

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 49.6 (#45), Qwen3 Max: 42.4 (#93)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen3 Max
LMArena Coding14921456
ALE-Bench715.52370.45
DeepSWE46.7%—
FrontierCode34.4%—
LMArena WebDev1536—
SciCode52.7%—
WeirdML56.1%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 32.4 (#56), Qwen3 Max: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen3 Max
APEX-Agents46.9%—
GDP.pdf14%—
Vending-Bench 2—71.56

Reasoning Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 58.9 (#20), Qwen3 Max: 22.0 (#186)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen3 Max
NYT Connections (extended)89%30.1%
Chess Puzzles43%4%
LMArena Hard Prompts14861448
Mystery Game Puzzles30%5%
DTBench95.5%82.1%
LMCA44.9%28.3%
Epoch Capabilities Index154.36142.41
ARC-AGI-260.4%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark—72.5%
ARC-AGI-191.2%—
CritPt10.6%—

Math Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 57.0 (#33), Qwen3 Max: 37.6 (#94)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen3 Max
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)58.9%18.9%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202594.2%73.3%
LMArena Math15041447
FrontierMath Tier 422%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions70.8%—
ProofBench36%—
MATH Level 5—97.1%

Knowledge Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 67.8 (#7), Qwen3 Max: 48.1 (#72)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen3 Max
GPQA Diamond94.1%72.6%
SimpleQA Verified66.2%48.7%
LMArena Expert14891457

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 38.7 (#55), Qwen3 Max: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen3 Max
LMArena Vision1297—
Blueprint-Bench 231.2%—
Furniture Assembly23.3%—
LMArena Document1456—

Multilingual Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 56.8 (#17), Qwen3 Max: 53.9 (#58)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen3 Max
LMArena Non-English14701429
LMArena Chinese15301479
LMArena French15011450
LMArena German14781463
LMArena Japanese14771399
LMArena Korean14351397
LMArena Russian14901428
LMArena Spanish14771463

Instruction Following Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 77.2 (#27), Qwen3 Max: 75.0 (#81)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen3 Max
LMArena Instruction Following14671420

Long Context Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 45.1 (#47), Qwen3 Max: 41.6 (#129)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen3 Max
LMArena Longer Query14751439
Fiction.LiveBench—66.7%
CL-bench—14.5%

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 68.3 (#26), Qwen3 Max: 62.6 (#72)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen3 Max
LMArena Text14781439
LMArena Creative Writing14641401
LMArena Multi-Turn14811446
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1604—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash better than Qwen3 Max?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 43.5 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.6 Flash or Qwen3 Max?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens; Qwen3 Max lists at $1.20 and $6.

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash or Qwen3 Max better for coding?

Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.6 versus 42.4 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.6 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.6 Flash and Qwen3 Max share?

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

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