Model comparison

Gemini 1.0 Pro vs Qwen3.6 35B-A3B

Qwen3.6 35B-A3B is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.6 to 27.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 1.0 Pro Google

27.3

Rank #332 Confirmed

Qwen3.6 35B-A3B Alibaba (Qwen)

37.6

Rank #201 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.0 Pro scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.6 35B-A3B in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.6 35B-A3B leads 51.3 to 15.6.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 1.1% for Gemini 1.0 Pro and 86.7% for Qwen3.6 35B-A3B.
  • Qwen3.6 35B-A3B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 1.0 Pro and Qwen3.6 35B-A3B specifications
Gemini 1.0 ProQwen3.6 35B-A3B
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index27.337.6
Released2023-12-132026-04-01
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—262K
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.25
Output $ / M tokens—$1.49
Results tracked2414

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.6 35B-A3B leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 32.2 (#275), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 37.2 (#196)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProQwen3.6 35B-A3B
SciCode—35.8%
WeirdML—34.5%
LMArena Coding1108—
HumanEval+55.5%—
MBPP+61.4%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 1.0 Pro: —, Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 22.1 (#134)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProQwen3.6 35B-A3B
Terminal-Bench—23%

Reasoning Qwen3.6 35B-A3B leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 17.1 (#296), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 28.0 (#109)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProQwen3.6 35B-A3B
DTBench45.9%73.9%
Epoch Capabilities Index117.04143.93
NYT Connections (extended)—41.6%
CritPt—0.3%
Chess Puzzles—26%
LMArena Hard Prompts1109—
Mystery Game Puzzles—22%
LMCA—29.7%
Surface Evolver Bench—44.4%

Math Qwen3.6 35B-A3B leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 9.3 (#321), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 38.9 (#121)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProQwen3.6 35B-A3B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20251.1%86.7%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—20.4%
LMArena Math1132—
MATH Level 511.2%—

Knowledge Qwen3.6 35B-A3B leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 15.6 (#291), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 51.3 (#68)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProQwen3.6 35B-A3B
GPQA Diamond34%84.8%
LMArena Expert1059—
MMLU70%—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 33.4 (#252), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProQwen3.6 35B-A3B
LMArena Non-English1138—
LMArena Chinese1124—
LMArena French1145—
LMArena German1125—
LMArena Japanese1023—
LMArena Russian1186—
LMArena Spanish1119—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 57.6 (#267), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProQwen3.6 35B-A3B
LMArena Instruction Following1114—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 34.3 (#249), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProQwen3.6 35B-A3B
LMArena Longer Query1132—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 36.0 (#264), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProQwen3.6 35B-A3B
LMArena Text1149—
LMArena Creative Writing1131—
LMArena Multi-Turn1139—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 1.0 Pro better than Qwen3.6 35B-A3B?

Qwen3.6 35B-A3B is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.6 to 27.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 1.0 Pro or Qwen3.6 35B-A3B better for coding?

Qwen3.6 35B-A3B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.2 versus 32.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.0 Pro and Qwen3.6 35B-A3B share?

4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.0 Pro has 24 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 35B-A3B has 14.

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