Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite vs Qwen3.6 Flash

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 38.8 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3.6 Flash costs 2.0× 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 . 9 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite Google

41.5

Rank #133 Confirmed

Qwen3.6 Flash Alibaba (Qwen)

38.8

Rank #182 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 9 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite scores higher in 1 category and Qwen3.6 Flash in 2 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3.6 Flash leads 39.0 to 25.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 71.1% for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and 84.4% for Qwen3.6 Flash.
  • Qwen3.6 Flash is cheaper at $0.19 / $1.13 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 1M.

Side by side

Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.6 Flash
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index41.538.8
Released2026-07-212026-04-27
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M1M
Max output66K66K
Input $ / M tokens$0.30$0.19
Output $ / M tokens$2.50$1.13
Results tracked3913

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 42.4 (#104), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.6 Flash
ALE-Bench765.27326.4
LMArena WebDev1440—
SciCode41.3%—
WeirdML39%—
LMArena Coding1453—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 25.7 (#107), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.6 Flash
APEX-Agents29.3%—
GDP.pdf10%—

Reasoning Qwen3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 27.8 (#114), Qwen3.6 Flash: 29.0 (#96)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.6 Flash
Chess Puzzles22%20%
Mystery Game Puzzles19%18%
DTBench83.5%77.1%
LMCA37.6%31%
Epoch Capabilities Index145.13143.26
ARC-AGI-210.3%—
SimpleBench—35.2%
NYT Connections (extended)60.4%—
ARC-AGI-153.5%—
CritPt0%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1441—

Math Qwen3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 25.9 (#264), Qwen3.6 Flash: 39.0 (#117)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.6 Flash
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)26%22.5%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202571.1%84.4%
FrontierMath Tier 40%—
ProofBench13%—
LMArena Math1433—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—10.3%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—0%

Knowledge Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 50.1 (#72), Qwen3.6 Flash: 42.1 (#100)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.6 Flash
GPQA Diamond83.3%83.3%
SimpleQA Verified—15.9%
LMArena Expert1435—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 41.1 (#40), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.6 Flash
LMArena Vision1268—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 53.5 (#63), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.6 Flash
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 Flash: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.6 Flash
LMArena Instruction Following1420—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 43.9 (#84), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.6 Flash
LMArena Longer Query1435—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 64.2 (#57), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.6 Flash
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 Flash?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 38.8 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3.6 Flash costs 2.0× 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 Flash?

Qwen3.6 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.19 per million input tokens and $1.13 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite lists at $0.30 and $2.50.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite does, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Qwen3.6 Flash share?

9 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite has 39 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Flash has 13.

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