Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite vs Qwen3.6 35B-A3B

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 37.6 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3.6 35B-A3B costs 1.5× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite Google

41.5

Rank #133 Confirmed

Qwen3.6 35B-A3B Alibaba (Qwen)

37.6

Rank #201 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite scores higher in 2 categories and Qwen3.6 35B-A3B in 3 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3.6 35B-A3B leads 38.9 to 25.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 60.4% for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and 41.6% for Qwen3.6 35B-A3B.
  • Qwen3.6 35B-A3B is cheaper at $0.25 / $1.49 per million input/output tokens, against $0.30 / $2.50 for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite.
  • Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.
  • Qwen3.6 35B-A3B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.6 35B-A3B
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index41.537.6
Released2026-07-212026-04-01
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M262K
Max output66K66K
Input $ / M tokens$0.30$0.25
Output $ / M tokens$2.50$1.49
Results tracked3914

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 42.4 (#104), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 37.2 (#196)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.6 35B-A3B
SciCode41.3%35.8%
WeirdML39%34.5%
LMArena WebDev1440—
LMArena Coding1453—
ALE-Bench765.27—

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 25.7 (#107), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 22.1 (#134)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.6 35B-A3B
Terminal-Bench—23%
APEX-Agents29.3%—
GDP.pdf10%—

Reasoning Too close to call

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 27.8 (#114), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 28.0 (#109)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.6 35B-A3B
NYT Connections (extended)60.4%41.6%
CritPt0%0.3%
Chess Puzzles22%26%
Mystery Game Puzzles19%22%
DTBench83.5%73.9%
LMCA37.6%29.7%
Epoch Capabilities Index145.13143.93
ARC-AGI-210.3%—
ARC-AGI-153.5%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1441—
Surface Evolver Bench—44.4%

Math Qwen3.6 35B-A3B leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 25.9 (#264), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 38.9 (#121)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.6 35B-A3B
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)26%20.4%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202571.1%86.7%
FrontierMath Tier 40%—
ProofBench13%—
LMArena Math1433—

Knowledge Qwen3.6 35B-A3B leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 50.1 (#72), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 51.3 (#68)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.6 35B-A3B
GPQA Diamond83.3%84.8%
LMArena Expert1435—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 41.1 (#40), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.6 35B-A3B
LMArena Vision1268—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 53.5 (#63), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.6 35B-A3B
LMArena Non-English1427—
LMArena Chinese1469—
LMArena French1451—
LMArena German1454—
LMArena Japanese1427—
LMArena Korean1407—
LMArena Russian1443—
LMArena Spanish1442—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 74.8 (#85), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.6 35B-A3B
LMArena Instruction Following1420—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 43.9 (#84), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.6 35B-A3B
LMArena Longer Query1435—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 64.2 (#57), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.6 35B-A3B
LMArena Text1435—
LMArena Creative Writing1420—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1559—
LMArena Multi-Turn1445—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite better than Qwen3.6 35B-A3B?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 37.6 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3.6 35B-A3B costs 1.5× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite or Qwen3.6 35B-A3B?

Qwen3.6 35B-A3B is cheaper. It lists at $0.25 per million input tokens and $1.49 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite lists at $0.30 and $2.50.

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite or Qwen3.6 35B-A3B better for coding?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.4 versus 37.2 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Qwen3.6 35B-A3B share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite has 39 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 35B-A3B has 14.

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