Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Qwen3.6 27B

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 41.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.6 Flash Google

54.1

Rank #30 Confirmed

Qwen3.6 27B Alibaba (Qwen)

41.9

Rank #112 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher in 5 categories and Qwen3.6 27B in 0 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.6 Flash leads 58.9 to 24.4.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3): 58.9% for Gemini 3.6 Flash and 35.1% for Qwen3.6 27B.
  • Qwen3.6 27B is cheaper at $0.60 / $3.60 per million input/output tokens, against $0.75 / $3.75 for Gemini 3.6 Flash.
  • Gemini 3.6 Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.
  • Qwen3.6 27B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.6 FlashQwen3.6 27B
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index54.141.9
Released2026-07-212026-04-22
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M262K
Max output66K66K
Input $ / M tokens$0.75$0.60
Output $ / M tokens$3.75$3.60
Results tracked4611

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 49.6 (#45), Qwen3.6 27B: 38.5 (#162)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen3.6 27B
SciCode52.7%37.3%
DeepSWE46.7%—
FrontierCode34.4%—
LMArena WebDev1536—
WeirdML56.1%—
LMArena Coding1492—
ALE-Bench715.52—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 32.4 (#56), Qwen3.6 27B: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen3.6 27B
APEX-Agents46.9%—
GDP.pdf14%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 58.9 (#20), Qwen3.6 27B: 24.4 (#148)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen3.6 27B
CritPt10.6%0.9%
Chess Puzzles43%22%
Mystery Game Puzzles30%7%
DTBench95.5%78.1%
LMCA44.9%34.5%
Epoch Capabilities Index154.36146.47
ARC-AGI-260.4%—
NYT Connections (extended)89%—
ARC-AGI-191.2%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1486—

Math Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 57.0 (#33), Qwen3.6 27B: 47.5 (#56)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen3.6 27B
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)58.9%35.1%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202594.2%91.1%
FrontierMath Tier 422%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions70.8%—
ProofBench36%—
LMArena Math1504—

Knowledge Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 67.8 (#7), Qwen3.6 27B: 52.4 (#58)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen3.6 27B
GPQA Diamond94.1%85.9%
SimpleQA Verified66.2%—
LMArena Expert1489—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 38.7 (#55), Qwen3.6 27B: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen3.6 27B
LMArena Vision1297—
Blueprint-Bench 231.2%—
Furniture Assembly23.3%—
LMArena Document1456—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 56.8 (#17), Qwen3.6 27B: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen3.6 27B
LMArena Non-English1470—
LMArena Chinese1530—
LMArena French1501—
LMArena German1478—
LMArena Japanese1477—
LMArena Korean1435—
LMArena Russian1490—
LMArena Spanish1477—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 77.2 (#27), Qwen3.6 27B: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen3.6 27B
LMArena Instruction Following1467—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 45.1 (#47), Qwen3.6 27B: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen3.6 27B
LMArena Longer Query1475—

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 68.3 (#26), Qwen3.6 27B: 50.3 (#180)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen3.6 27B
LMArena Text1478—
LMArena Creative Writing1464—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1604—
EQ-Bench 4—1026
LMArena Multi-Turn1481—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash better than Qwen3.6 27B?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 41.9 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.6 Flash or Qwen3.6 27B?

Qwen3.6 27B is cheaper. It lists at $0.60 per million input tokens and $3.60 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.6 Flash lists at $0.75 and $3.75.

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash or Qwen3.6 27B better for coding?

Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.6 versus 38.5 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.6 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.6 Flash and Qwen3.6 27B share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.6 Flash has 46 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 27B has 11.

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