Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3 Flash Preview vs Qwen3.6 35B-A3B

Gemini 3 Flash Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 37.6 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3.6 35B-A3B costs 2.0× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3 Flash Preview's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3 Flash Preview Google

52.3

Rank #40 Confirmed

Qwen3.6 35B-A3B Alibaba (Qwen)

37.6

Rank #201 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3 Flash Preview scores higher in 5 categories and Qwen3.6 35B-A3B in 0 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads 49.2 to 28.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 83.1% for Gemini 3 Flash Preview and 41.6% for Qwen3.6 35B-A3B.
  • Qwen3.6 35B-A3B is cheaper at $0.25 / $1.49 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.
  • Qwen3.6 35B-A3B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3 Flash PreviewQwen3.6 35B-A3B
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index52.337.6
Released2025-12-172026-04-01
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M262K
Max output66K66K
Input $ / M tokens$0.50$0.25
Output $ / M tokens$3$1.49
Results tracked5914

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 50.9 (#42), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 37.2 (#196)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewQwen3.6 35B-A3B
WeirdML61.6%34.5%
SWE-bench Verified75.4%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)75.8%—
LMArena WebDev1439—
SWE-bench Multilingual72.7%—
SciCode—35.8%
GSO9.8%—
LMArena Coding1460—
ALE-Bench1,367—

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 38.7 (#29), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 22.1 (#134)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewQwen3.6 35B-A3B
Terminal-Bench64.3%23%
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 (#37), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 28.0 (#109)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewQwen3.6 35B-A3B
NYT Connections (extended)83.1%41.6%
Chess Puzzles40%26%
Mystery Game Puzzles26%22%
DTBench89.1%73.9%
LMCA43.1%29.7%
Epoch Capabilities Index151.8143.93
ARC-AGI-233.6%—
SimpleBench61.1%—
ARC-AGI-184.7%—
CritPt—0.3%
LMArena Hard Prompts1465—
Surface Evolver Bench—44.4%
ForecastBench58.5—

Math Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 51.7 (#55), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 38.9 (#121)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewQwen3.6 35B-A3B
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)51.2%20.4%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202595.6%86.7%
FrontierMath Tier 417.1%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions67.6%—
ProofBench15%—
LMArena Math1473—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)35.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)4.2%—

Knowledge Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 58.8 (#33), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 51.3 (#68)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewQwen3.6 35B-A3B
GPQA Diamond89.4%84.8%
SimpleQA Verified66.8%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate13.5%—
LMArena Expert1462—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 45.5 (#16), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —

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

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 55.7 (#27), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewQwen3.6 35B-A3B
LMArena Non-English1458—
LMArena Chinese1511—
LMArena French1477—
LMArena German1497—
LMArena Japanese1489—
LMArena Korean1443—
LMArena Russian1480—
LMArena Spanish1469—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 75.7 (#56), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewQwen3.6 35B-A3B
LMArena Instruction Following1437—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 44.4 (#67), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewQwen3.6 35B-A3B
LMArena Longer Query1452—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 65.5 (#45), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewQwen3.6 35B-A3B
LMArena Text1466—
LMArena Creative Writing1457—
LMArena Multi-Turn1471—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3 Flash Preview better than Qwen3.6 35B-A3B?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 37.6 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3.6 35B-A3B costs 2.0× 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 Qwen3.6 35B-A3B?

Qwen3.6 35B-A3B is cheaper. It lists at $0.25 per million input tokens and $1.49 per million output tokens; Gemini 3 Flash Preview lists at $0.50 and $3.

Is Gemini 3 Flash Preview or Qwen3.6 35B-A3B better for coding?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.9 versus 37.2 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 Qwen3.6 35B-A3B share?

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3 Flash Preview has 59 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 35B-A3B has 14.

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