Noometry

Model comparison

Qwen3.6 Plus vs Reka Flash 3

Qwen3.6 Plus has enough public results to be ranked (#62); Reka Flash 3 does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Qwen3.6 Plus Alibaba (Qwen)

47.5

Rank #62 Confirmed

Reka Flash 3 Reka

36.8

Unranked Sparse

Summary

  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3.6 Plus leads 62.2 to 43.7.
  • Reka Flash 3 is cheaper at $0.10 / $0.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.50 / $3 for Qwen3.6 Plus.
  • Qwen3.6 Plus accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 66K.
  • Reka Flash 3 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Qwen3.6 PlusReka Flash 3
ProviderAlibaba (Qwen)Reka
Noometry Index47.536.8
Released2026-03-312025-03-10
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1M66K
Max output66K59K
Input $ / M tokens$0.50$0.10
Output $ / M tokens$3$0.20
Results tracked372

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Qwen3.6 Plus: 40.8 (#130), Reka Flash 3: —

BenchmarkQwen3.6 PlusReka Flash 3
SWE-bench Verified57.9%—
LMArena WebDev1461—
SciCode40.7%—
LMArena Coding1467—
ALE-Bench670.15—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Qwen3.6 Plus: —, Reka Flash 3: 30.4

BenchmarkQwen3.6 PlusReka Flash 3
BALROG—29.2%
Vending-Bench 25,115—

Reasoning Not comparable

Qwen3.6 Plus: 29.3 (#93), Reka Flash 3: —

BenchmarkQwen3.6 PlusReka Flash 3
NYT Connections (extended)60.3%—
CritPt2.9%—
Chess Puzzles17%—
Thematic Generalization59.5%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1449—
Mystery Game Puzzles12%—
DTBench81.9%—
LMCA33.1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index147.65—

Math Not comparable

Qwen3.6 Plus: 51.8 (#54), Reka Flash 3: —

BenchmarkQwen3.6 PlusReka Flash 3
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)38.2%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202593.3%—
LMArena Math1450—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)26.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)8.3%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Qwen3.6 Plus: 56.1 (#45), Reka Flash 3: —

BenchmarkQwen3.6 PlusReka Flash 3
GPQA Diamond88.4%—
SimpleQA Verified44.1%—
LMArena Expert1454—

Multilingual Not comparable

Qwen3.6 Plus: 53.3 (#70), Reka Flash 3: —

BenchmarkQwen3.6 PlusReka Flash 3
LMArena Non-English1424—
LMArena Chinese1477—
LMArena French1455—
LMArena German1452—
LMArena Japanese1389—
LMArena Korean1379—
LMArena Russian1434—
LMArena Spanish1432—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Qwen3.6 Plus: 75.0 (#74), Reka Flash 3: —

BenchmarkQwen3.6 PlusReka Flash 3
LMArena Instruction Following1425—

Long Context Not comparable

Qwen3.6 Plus: 45.2 (#49), Reka Flash 3: —

BenchmarkQwen3.6 PlusReka Flash 3
CL-bench20.3%—
LMArena Longer Query1439—

Writing & Preference Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Qwen3.6 Plus: 62.2 (#82), Reka Flash 3: 43.7

BenchmarkQwen3.6 PlusReka Flash 3
LMArena Text1437—
LMArena Creative Writing1404—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1228
LMArena Multi-Turn1438—

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen3.6 Plus better than Reka Flash 3?

Qwen3.6 Plus has enough public results to be ranked (#62); Reka Flash 3 does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Which is cheaper, Qwen3.6 Plus or Reka Flash 3?

Reka Flash 3 is cheaper. It lists at $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.20 per million output tokens; Qwen3.6 Plus lists at $0.50 and $3.

Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen3.6 Plus does, with 1M tokens against 66K.

How many benchmarks do Qwen3.6 Plus and Reka Flash 3 share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen3.6 Plus has 37 scored results on Noometry and Reka Flash 3 has 2.

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