Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.5 Flash vs Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B

Gemini 3.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.2 to 43.2 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B costs 2.8× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.5 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.5 Flash Google

54.2

Rank #32 Confirmed

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B Alibaba (Qwen)

43.2

Rank #95 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.5 Flash scores higher in 9 categories and Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.5 Flash leads 62.8 to 29.3.
  • Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B is cheaper at $0.70 / $2.80 per million input/output tokens, against $1.50 / $9 for Gemini 3.5 Flash.
  • Gemini 3.5 Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 131K.
  • Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.5 FlashQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index54.243.2
Released2026-05-192025-04
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M131K
Max output66K33K
Input $ / M tokens$1.50$0.70
Output $ / M tokens$9$2.80
Results tracked5418

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 49.4 (#49), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 42.4 (#100)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Coding14921439
SWE-bench Verified79.3%—
DeepSWE37.4%—
LMArena WebDev1499—
SciCode53.1%—
WeirdML62.6%—
ALE-Bench911.02—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 24.7 (#114), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
APEX-Agents27.5%—
GBAEval6.7%—
GDP.pdf14%—
Vending-Bench 25,396—

Reasoning Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 62.8 (#18), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 29.3 (#92)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Hard Prompts14881428
ARC-AGI-272.1%—
SimpleBench76.7%—
NYT Connections (extended)92.6%—
ARC-AGI-192.5%—
CritPt13.1%—
Chess Puzzles50%—
EnigmaEval25.4%—
EBR-Bench4.8%—
Mystery Game Puzzles32%—
DTBench94.7%—
LMCA47.1%—
Surface Evolver Bench58.1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index154.46—
ForecastBench59—

Math Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 60.7 (#36), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 39.0 (#118)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Math15041426
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)62.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 426.8%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions76.3%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202595.6%—
ProofBench31%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)39%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)14.6%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 66.3 (#11), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 40.3 (#121)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Expert14951442
GPQA Diamond92.8%—
SimpleQA Verified66.2%—

Multimodal Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 45.7 (#15), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 39.8 (#55)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Vision13101247
Blueprint-Bench 233.6%—
LMArena Document1463—

Multilingual Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 57.0 (#13), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 51.9 (#97)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Non-English14761405
LMArena Chinese15261463
LMArena French14901452
LMArena German14921424
LMArena Japanese14861385
LMArena Korean14511394
LMArena Russian14931408
LMArena Spanish14801428

Instruction Following Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 77.0 (#30), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 74.2 (#101)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Instruction Following14671406

Long Context Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 45.4 (#38), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 43.4 (#98)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Longer Query14821420

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 65.5 (#47), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 60.2 (#99)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Text14821420
LMArena Creative Writing14701366
LMArena Multi-Turn14811428
EQ-Bench 41087—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash better than Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B?

Gemini 3.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.2 to 43.2 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B costs 2.8× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.5 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.5 Flash or Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B?

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B is cheaper. It lists at $0.70 per million input tokens and $2.80 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.5 Flash lists at $1.50 and $9.

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash or Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B better for coding?

Gemini 3.5 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.4 versus 42.4 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.5 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.5 Flash and Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.5 Flash has 54 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B has 18.

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