Model comparison

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite vs Qwen3.6 27B

Qwen3.6 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.2 to 40.8 on the Noometry Index. Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite costs 2.4× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3.6 27B's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 9 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite

Google

40.8

Rank #144 Confirmed

Qwen3.6 27B

Alibaba (Qwen)

42.2

Rank #117 Confirmed

Summary

They share 9 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite scores higher in 1 category and Qwen3.6 27B in 4 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads 60.9 to 50.3.
The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 80% for Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite and 91.1% for Qwen3.6 27B.
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite is cheaper at $0.25 / $1.50 per million input/output tokens, against $0.60 / $3.60 for Qwen3.6 27B.
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.
Qwen3.6 27B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite and Qwen3.6 27B specifications
	Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite	Qwen3.6 27B
Provider	Google	Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index	40.8	42.2
Released	2026-03-03	2026-04-22
Weights	Proprietary	Open
Context window	1.05M	262K
Max output	66K	66K
Input $ / M tokens	$0.25	$0.60
Output $ / M tokens	$1.50	$3.60
Results tracked	38	11

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.6 27B leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 37.8 (#188), Qwen3.6 27B: 39.1 (#163)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite	Qwen3.6 27B
SciCode	41.9%	37.3%
LMArena WebDev	1256	—
WeirdML	52.2%	—
LMArena Coding	1400	—
ALE-Bench	797.73	—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 30.2 (#79), Qwen3.6 27B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite	Qwen3.6 27B
DeepResearch Bench	37.3%	—

Reasoning Qwen3.6 27B leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 22.9 (#186), Qwen3.6 27B: 25.0 (#153)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite	Qwen3.6 27B
CritPt	1.1%	0.9%
Chess Puzzles	25%	22%
DTBench	76.8%	78.1%
LMCA	35%	34.5%
Epoch Capabilities Index	144.47	146.5
Kagi LLM Benchmark	67.2%	—
NYT Connections (extended)	8.2%	—
EnigmaEval	3%	—
Thematic Generalization	63.3%	—
LMArena Hard Prompts	1407	—
Mystery Game Puzzles	—	7%
ForecastBench	54.4	—

Math Qwen3.6 27B leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 40.7 (#90), Qwen3.6 27B: 48.5 (#62)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite	Qwen3.6 27B
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)	27.7%	35.1%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	80%	91.1%
LMArena Math	1428	—

Knowledge Qwen3.6 27B leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 41.9 (#104), Qwen3.6 27B: 52.4 (#63)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite	Qwen3.6 27B
GPQA Diamond	81.8%	85.9%
Humanity's Last Exam	8.6%	—
Vectara Hallucination Rate	8.2%	—
LMArena Expert	1398	—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 39.4 (#60), Qwen3.6 27B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite	Qwen3.6 27B
LMArena Vision	1240	—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 52.3 (#86), Qwen3.6 27B: —

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite	Qwen3.6 27B
LMArena Non-English	1411	—
LMArena Chinese	1461	—
LMArena French	1424	—
LMArena German	1429	—
LMArena Japanese	1413	—
LMArena Korean	1392	—
LMArena Russian	1420	—
LMArena Spanish	1421	—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 72.7 (#131), Qwen3.6 27B: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite	Qwen3.6 27B
LMArena Instruction Following	1377	—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 42.5 (#122), Qwen3.6 27B: —

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite	Qwen3.6 27B
LMArena Longer Query	1394	—

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 60.9 (#94), Qwen3.6 27B: 50.3 (#181)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite	Qwen3.6 27B
LMArena Text	1416	—
LMArena Creative Writing	1401	—
EQ-Bench 4	—	1026
LMArena Multi-Turn	1417	—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite better than Qwen3.6 27B?

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite or Qwen3.6 27B?

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.25 per million input tokens and $1.50 per million output tokens; Qwen3.6 27B lists at $0.60 and $3.60.

Is Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite or Qwen3.6 27B better for coding?

Qwen3.6 27B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.1 versus 37.8 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite and Qwen3.6 27B share?

9 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite has 38 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 27B has 11.