Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3 Flash Preview vs Qwen3.5 35B-A3B

Gemini 3 Flash Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 41.7 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3.5 35B-A3B costs 1.6× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3 Flash Preview's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 26 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3 Flash Preview Google

52.3

Rank #33 Confirmed

Qwen3.5 35B-A3B Alibaba (Qwen)

41.7

Rank #118 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 26 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3 Flash Preview 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 Flash Preview leads 49.2 to 23.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Chess Puzzles: 40% for Gemini 3 Flash Preview and 10% for Qwen3.5 35B-A3B.
  • Qwen3.5 35B-A3B is cheaper at $0.25 / $2 per million input/output tokens, against $0.50 / $3 for Gemini 3 Flash Preview.
  • Gemini 3 Flash Preview 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 Flash PreviewQwen3.5 35B-A3B
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index52.341.7
Released2025-12-172026-02-01
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M262K
Max output66K66K
Input $ / M tokens$0.50$0.25
Output $ / M tokens$3$2
Results tracked5928

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 51.5 (#35), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 33.5 (#244)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewQwen3.5 35B-A3B
LMArena WebDev14391254
LMArena Coding14601410
SWE-bench Verified75.4%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)75.8%—
SWE-bench Multilingual72.7%—
SciCode—29.3%
GSO9.8%—
WeirdML61.6%—
ALE-Bench1,367—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 38.6 (#27), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: —

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewQwen3.5 35B-A3B
Terminal-Bench64.3%—
τ²-bench Airline82.5%—
τ²-bench Banking27.3%—
τ²-bench Retail76.8%—
τ²-bench Telecom91.2%—
DeepResearch Bench49.8%—
BALROG48.1%—
GDP.pdf10%—
LMArena Search1198—
Vending-Bench 23,635—

Reasoning Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 49.2 (#35), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 23.9 (#158)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewQwen3.5 35B-A3B
Chess Puzzles40%10%
LMArena Hard Prompts14651400
DTBench89.1%80%
LMCA43.1%29.5%
Epoch Capabilities Index151.83142.52
ARC-AGI-233.6%—
SimpleBench61.1%—
NYT Connections (extended)83.1%—
ARC-AGI-184.7%—
CritPt—0.6%
Mystery Game Puzzles26%—
ForecastBench58.5—

Math Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 51.4 (#42), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 38.4 (#86)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewQwen3.5 35B-A3B
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions67.6%56%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202595.6%70%
LMArena Math14721404
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)51.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 417.1%—
ProofBench15%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)35.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)4.2%—

Knowledge Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 58.8 (#30), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 47.7 (#73)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewQwen3.5 35B-A3B
GPQA Diamond89.4%83.5%
Vectara Hallucination Rate13.5%10.5%
LMArena Expert14611408
SimpleQA Verified66.8%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 45.3 (#15), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: —

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewQwen3.5 35B-A3B
LMArena Vision1285—
GeoBench88%—
VPCT72.6%—
Blueprint-Bench 20%—
LMArena Document1413—

Multilingual Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 55.9 (#26), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 50.2 (#122)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewQwen3.5 35B-A3B
LMArena Non-English14581379
LMArena Chinese15101458
LMArena French14781412
LMArena German14971367
LMArena Japanese14881326
LMArena Korean14431354
LMArena Russian14801377
LMArena Spanish14701390

Instruction Following Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 75.8 (#52), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 73.0 (#123)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewQwen3.5 35B-A3B
LMArena Instruction Following14371379

Long Context Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 44.4 (#63), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 42.4 (#122)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewQwen3.5 35B-A3B
LMArena Longer Query14521390

Writing & Preference Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 65.6 (#44), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 58.1 (#118)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewQwen3.5 35B-A3B
LMArena Text14661395
LMArena Creative Writing14571347
LMArena Multi-Turn14711391

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3 Flash Preview better than Qwen3.5 35B-A3B?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 41.7 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3.5 35B-A3B costs 1.6× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3 Flash Preview's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3 Flash Preview 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 Flash Preview lists at $0.50 and $3.

Is Gemini 3 Flash Preview or Qwen3.5 35B-A3B better for coding?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 51.5 versus 33.5 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3 Flash Preview and Qwen3.5 35B-A3B share?

26 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3 Flash Preview has 59 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 35B-A3B has 28.

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