Model comparison

Gemini 3 Deep Think vs Qwen3.6 Max Preview

Qwen3.6 Max Preview has enough public results to be ranked (#43); Gemini 3 Deep Think does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

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Gemini 3 Deep Think Google

58.3

Unranked Sparse

Qwen3.6 Max Preview Alibaba (Qwen)

51.5

Rank #43 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3 Deep Think leads 70.2 to 41.7.

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Gemini 3 Deep Think and Qwen3.6 Max Preview specifications
Gemini 3 Deep ThinkQwen3.6 Max Preview
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index58.351.5
Released2026-02-122026-04-20
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window—262K
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.30
Output $ / M tokens—$7.80
Results tracked329

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 48.7 (#54)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkQwen3.6 Max Preview
SWE-bench Verified—76.7%
LMArena WebDev—1482
LMArena Coding—1471

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkQwen3.6 Max Preview
Vending-Bench 2—4,254

Reasoning Gemini 3 Deep Think leads

Gemini 3 Deep Think: 70.2 (#14), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 41.7 (#53)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkQwen3.6 Max Preview
ARC-AGI-284.6%—
SimpleBench—63%
NYT Connections (extended)—74.1%
ARC-AGI-196%—
CritPt25.7%—
Chess Puzzles—20%
LMArena Hard Prompts—1457
Mystery Game Puzzles—19%
DTBench—87.2%
LMCA—42.5%
Epoch Capabilities Index—149.24

Math Not comparable

Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 54.1 (#46)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkQwen3.6 Max Preview
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—91.1%
LMArena Math—1465
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—23.1%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—4.2%

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 57.6 (#39)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkQwen3.6 Max Preview
GPQA Diamond—87.4%
SimpleQA Verified—52%
LMArena Expert—1478

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 54.2 (#48)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Non-English—1437
LMArena Chinese—1487
LMArena French—1449
LMArena Russian—1445
LMArena Spanish—1454

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 75.7 (#55)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Instruction Following—1438

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 44.6 (#61)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Longer Query—1457

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 63.8 (#60)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Text—1447
LMArena Creative Writing—1435
LMArena Multi-Turn—1456

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3 Deep Think better than Qwen3.6 Max Preview?

Qwen3.6 Max Preview has enough public results to be ranked (#43); Gemini 3 Deep Think does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3 Deep Think and Qwen3.6 Max Preview share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3 Deep Think has 3 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Max Preview has 29.

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