Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Qwen Max

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 34.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.6 Flash Google

54.1

Rank #33 Confirmed

Qwen Max Alibaba (Qwen)

34.7

Rank #230 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen Max in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Gemini 3.6 Flash leads 67.8 to 30.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 94.2% for Gemini 3.6 Flash and 16.1% for Qwen Max.
  • Gemini 3.6 Flash is cheaper at $0.75 / $3.75 per million input/output tokens, against $1.60 / $6.40 for Qwen Max.
  • Gemini 3.6 Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 33K.

Side by side

Gemini 3.6 FlashQwen Max
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index54.134.7
Released2026-07-212024-04-03
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M33K
Max output66K8K
Input $ / M tokens$0.75$1.60
Output $ / M tokens$3.75$6.40
Results tracked4623

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 50.0 (#48), Qwen Max: 30.7 (#292)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen Max
LMArena Coding14911288
DeepSWE46.7%—
FrontierCode34.4%—
Aider Polyglot—21.8%
LMArena WebDev1538—
SciCode52.7%—
WeirdML56.1%—
ALE-Bench715.52—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 32.3 (#65), Qwen Max: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen Max
APEX-Agents46.9%—
GDP.pdf14%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 58.8 (#22), Qwen Max: 25.1 (#151)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen Max
LMArena Hard Prompts14851269
ARC-AGI-260.4%—
NYT Connections (extended)89%—
ARC-AGI-191.2%—
CritPt10.6%—
Chess Puzzles43%—
Mystery Game Puzzles30%—
DTBench95.5%—
LMCA44.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index154.25—

Math Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 57.3 (#40), Qwen Max: 22.3 (#276)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen Max
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202594.2%16.1%
LMArena Math15051275
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)58.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 422%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions70.8%—
ProofBench36%—
MATH Level 5—67.2%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—1%

Knowledge Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 67.8 (#8), Qwen Max: 30.3 (#228)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen Max
GPQA Diamond94.1%56.1%
LMArena Expert14881248
SimpleQA Verified66.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 38.5 (#64), Qwen Max: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen Max
LMArena Vision1298—
Blueprint-Bench 231.2%—
Furniture Assembly23.3%—
LMArena Document1456—

Multilingual Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 56.5 (#19), Qwen Max: 41.8 (#202)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen Max
LMArena Non-English14691263
LMArena Chinese15311254
LMArena French15041330
LMArena German14781254
LMArena Japanese14761205
LMArena Korean14311142
LMArena Russian14871274
LMArena Spanish14751290

Instruction Following Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 77.0 (#33), Qwen Max: 66.5 (#208)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen Max
LMArena Instruction Following14661262

Long Context Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 45.1 (#50), Qwen Max: 39.4 (#180)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen Max
LMArena Longer Query14741288
Fiction.LiveBench—66.7%

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 68.2 (#27), Qwen Max: 47.8 (#205)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen Max
LMArena Text14791282
LMArena Creative Writing14651248
LMArena Multi-Turn14811277
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1604—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash better than Qwen Max?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 34.7 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.6 Flash or Qwen Max?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens; Qwen Max lists at $1.60 and $6.40.

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash or Qwen Max better for coding?

Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.0 versus 30.7 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.6 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 33K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.6 Flash and Qwen Max share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.6 Flash has 46 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Max has 23.

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