Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.7 Flash vs Qwen3.5 35B-A3B

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 42.0 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3.5 35B-A3B costs 2.2× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.7 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 26 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.7 Flash Google

59.8

Rank #14 Confirmed

Qwen3.5 35B-A3B Alibaba (Qwen)

42.0

Rank #123 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 26 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.7 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen3.5 35B-A3B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.7 Flash leads 70.0 to 24.6.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Chess Puzzles: 47% for Gemini 3.7 Flash and 10% for Qwen3.5 35B-A3B.
  • Qwen3.5 35B-A3B is cheaper at $0.25 / $2 per million input/output tokens, against $0.75 / $3.75 for Gemini 3.7 Flash.
  • Gemini 3.7 Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.
  • Qwen3.5 35B-A3B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.7 FlashQwen3.5 35B-A3B
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index59.842.0
Released2026-08-132026-02-01
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M262K
Max output66K66K
Input $ / M tokens$0.75$0.25
Output $ / M tokens$3.75$2
Results tracked4428

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 56.2 (#22), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 33.8 (#251)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashQwen3.5 35B-A3B
LMArena WebDev15921254
SciCode59.8%29.3%
LMArena Coding14971410
DeepSWE65.5%—
FrontierCode43.6%—
FrontierSWE20.3%—
ALE-Bench904.3—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 42.1 (#19), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashQwen3.5 35B-A3B
APEX-Agents67.8%—
Remote Labor Index5%—
GDP.pdf23.8%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 70.0 (#15), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 24.6 (#161)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashQwen3.5 35B-A3B
CritPt14.3%0.6%
Chess Puzzles47%10%
LMArena Hard Prompts14941400
DTBench96.8%80%
LMCA50.4%29.5%
Epoch Capabilities Index157.27142.52
ARC-AGI-284.6%—
NYT Connections (extended)94%—
ARC-AGI-195.5%—
Mystery Game Puzzles37%—

Math Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.6 (#23), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 39.9 (#97)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashQwen3.5 35B-A3B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202597.2%70%
LMArena Math15071404
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)71.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 436.6%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions—56%
ProofBench58%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.7 (#5), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 47.8 (#79)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashQwen3.5 35B-A3B
GPQA Diamond94.8%83.5%
LMArena Expert15081408
SimpleQA Verified69.2%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate—10.5%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 37.3 (#73), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashQwen3.5 35B-A3B
LMArena Vision1316—
Furniture Assembly26.7%—

Multilingual Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 57.6 (#7), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 50.0 (#127)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashQwen3.5 35B-A3B
LMArena Non-English14841378
LMArena Chinese15481457
LMArena French15051412
LMArena German14981367
LMArena Japanese15121325
LMArena Korean14831356
LMArena Russian15161376
LMArena Spanish15031392

Instruction Following Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 77.7 (#15), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 72.8 (#128)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashQwen3.5 35B-A3B
LMArena Instruction Following14831379

Long Context Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 45.7 (#30), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 42.4 (#127)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashQwen3.5 35B-A3B
LMArena Longer Query14921389

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 71.2 (#20), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 57.9 (#124)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashQwen3.5 35B-A3B
LMArena Text14861395
LMArena Creative Writing14901346
LMArena Multi-Turn14891390
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1723—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.7 Flash better than Qwen3.5 35B-A3B?

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 42.0 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3.5 35B-A3B costs 2.2× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.7 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.7 Flash or Qwen3.5 35B-A3B?

Qwen3.5 35B-A3B is cheaper. It lists at $0.25 per million input tokens and $2 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.7 Flash lists at $0.75 and $3.75.

Is Gemini 3.7 Flash or Qwen3.5 35B-A3B better for coding?

Gemini 3.7 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 56.2 versus 33.8 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.7 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.7 Flash and Qwen3.5 35B-A3B share?

26 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.7 Flash has 44 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 35B-A3B has 28.

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