# Gemini 3 Deep Think vs Qwen3.6 Plus

> Qwen3.6 Plus has enough public results to be ranked (#54); Gemini 3 Deep Think does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/gemini-3-deep-think-vs-qwen3-6-plus
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 1

## Summary

- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Gemini 3 Deep Think scores higher in 1 category and Qwen3.6 Plus in 0 categories; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3 Deep Think leads 70.8 to 28.5.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is CritPt: 25.7% for Gemini 3 Deep Think and 2.9% for Qwen3.6 Plus.

## Snapshot

| | Gemini 3 Deep Think | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Google | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 58.5 | 47.3 |
| Rank | — | 54 |
| Context | — | 1M |
| Input $/M | — | $0.50 |
| Output $/M | — | $3 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Gemini 3 Deep Think: —
- Qwen3.6 Plus: 40.6 (#125)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Deep Think | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | — | 57.9% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1461 |
| SciCode | — | 40.7% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1467 |
| ALE-Bench | — | 670.15 |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Gemini 3 Deep Think: —
- Qwen3.6 Plus: —

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Deep Think | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 5,115 |

## Reasoning

- Gemini 3 Deep Think: 70.8 (#11)
- Qwen3.6 Plus: 28.5 (#89)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Deep Think | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 25.7% | 2.9% |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 84.6% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 60.3% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 96% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 17% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 59.5% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1449 |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 12% |
| DTBench | — | 81.9% |
| LMCA | — | 33.1% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 147.67 |

## Math

- Gemini 3 Deep Think: —
- Qwen3.6 Plus: 50.6 (#44)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Deep Think | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 38.2% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 93.3% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1450 |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 26.2% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 8.3% |

## Knowledge

- Gemini 3 Deep Think: —
- Qwen3.6 Plus: 56.1 (#40)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Deep Think | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 88.4% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 44.1% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1456 |

## Multilingual

- Gemini 3 Deep Think: —
- Qwen3.6 Plus: 53.5 (#66)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Deep Think | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1424 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1478 |
| LMArena French | — | 1454 |
| LMArena German | — | 1451 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1389 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1381 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1434 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1432 |

## Instruction Following

- Gemini 3 Deep Think: —
- Qwen3.6 Plus: 75.2 (#70)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Deep Think | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1425 |

## Long Context

- Gemini 3 Deep Think: —
- Qwen3.6 Plus: 45.1 (#48)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Deep Think | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| CL-bench | — | 20.3% |
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1440 |

## Writing & Preference

- Gemini 3 Deep Think: —
- Qwen3.6 Plus: 62.4 (#78)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Deep Think | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1437 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1405 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1438 |

## FAQ

### Is Gemini 3 Deep Think better than Qwen3.6 Plus?

Qwen3.6 Plus has enough public results to be ranked (#54); Gemini 3 Deep Think does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### How many benchmarks do Gemini 3 Deep Think and Qwen3.6 Plus share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. Gemini 3 Deep Think has 3 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Plus has 37.