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Gemini 3.1 Pro vs Qwen3.6 Plus

Updated November 13, 2026. Rank says Gemini 3.1 Pro is ahead. Price, access, and your workload can each overturn that. Public scores include evidence status and uncertainty.

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Decision reading

Gemini 3.1 Pro has the higher public point estimate, 63.11 versus 53.41. Their conditional score ranges overlap. These ranges do not establish rank confidence. 13 results are shared. Category rows resting on Estimated evidence or different benchmark sets are marked directional and do not name a winner.

Model A
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Google

63.11/100

Estimated · Public rank #38

Conditional range 53.4–72.8

Model B
Alibaba logo

Alibaba

53.41/100

Supported · Public rank #76

90% interval 43.5–63.3

API price per 1M tokens

Gemini 3.1 Pro: $2 input / $12 output

Qwen3.6 Plus: No comparable API price

Context window

Gemini 3.1 Pro: 1M

Qwen3.6 Plus: 1M

Released

Gemini 3.1 Pro: February 19, 2026

Qwen3.6 Plus: April 2, 2026

Shared results
13
Gemini 3.1 Pro only
21
Qwen3.6 Plus only
36
Like-for-like categories
3 / 8
Estimated: Gemini 3.1 Pro · Supported: Qwen3.6 Plus. Conditional ranges do not establish rank confidence.How the comparison works

Which one for your work

Recommendations appear only when a shared evidence basis or an explicit operating constraint supports the call. Secondary and unsupported use cases stay disclosed below the initial list.

  • Coding work

    Code generation, repair, and software-engineering tasks

    Qwen3.6 Plus

    Qwen3.6 Plus has the higher public coding point estimate, 39.8 to 37.9, with Supported evidence for both models. The conditional ranges do not establish rank confidence.

    Confidence: limited
  • Agentic work

    Tool use, computer use, and multi-step task completion

    Gemini 3.1 Pro

    Gemini 3.1 Pro has the higher public agentic point estimate, 39.6 to 34.3, with Supported evidence for both models. The conditional ranges do not establish rank confidence.

    Confidence: limited
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  • Long documents

    Prompts that approach the documented context limit

    No clear pick

    The documented context windows are equal.

    Confidence: documented
  • Chat turn cost

    1K fresh input + 500 output tokens

    Not enough matched evidence

    A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.

    Confidence: listed-rates
  • Cache-heavy agent loop cost

    200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens

    Not enough matched evidence

    A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.

    Confidence: listed-rates
  • Repository review cost

    50K fresh input + 3K output tokens

    Not enough matched evidence

    A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.

    Confidence: listed-rates

Which one for a specific job

Choose a job from the LLM Selector's task catalog to see the category row it rests on, under the same basis rules as the table below. A directional row stays directional; choosing a job never creates a winner.

The same task catalog as the LLM Selector. Each job names the evidence surface it rests on; nothing here adds a new score.

37.9Gemini 3.1 Pro39.8Qwen3.6 Plus

Like-for-like · BenchAlign v5.8

Qwen3.6 Plus has the higher coding point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

Coding scores combine specific tasks and setups. Match the editor, harness, and effort to your workflow.

Same basis rules as the category table below

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What is actually comparable

Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results present for only one model describe coverage, not superiority.

3 categories rest on Estimated evidence or different evidence sets. Those rows remain visible for coverage context but do not name a winner.

Shape of the matched evidence

Only shared public evidence is shown. Sparse evidence stays a ruled list rather than being closed into a radar shape.

Too few matched category axes support a radar. The ruled list below shows only shared benchmark results; positions use each benchmark’s normalized display scale when available.

Bars run 0–100 on each benchmark’s normalized display scale

Category results, on a stated basis

Each row shows the public-lane category score for both models: the BenchAlign v5.8 lane for agentic, coding, reasoning, multimodal, and knowledge, and the weighted public rows elsewhere, with the same rank each model page reports. A row is like-for-like only when both scores rest on Supported evidence or the same weighted set. Directional and not-comparable rows remain visible, but they never receive a winner.

Agentic

Like-for-like
Gemini 3.1 Pro
39.6
Supported · #72/135
Qwen3.6 Plus
34.3
Supported · #87/135
Basis
BenchAlign v5.8 lane · 7 vs 13 public rows
Reading
Gemini 3.1 Pro leads · intervals overlap

Coding

Like-for-like
Gemini 3.1 Pro
37.9
Supported · #76/162
Qwen3.6 Plus
39.8
Supported · #72/162
Basis
BenchAlign v5.8 lane · 9 vs 9 public rows
Reading
Qwen3.6 Plus leads · intervals overlap

Knowledge

Like-for-like
Gemini 3.1 Pro
66.0
Supported · #24/180
Qwen3.6 Plus
53.1
Supported · #66/180
Basis
BenchAlign v5.8 lane · 6 vs 8 public rows
Reading
Gemini 3.1 Pro leads · intervals overlap

Reasoning

Directional only
Gemini 3.1 Pro
56.3
Estimated · #44/160
Qwen3.6 Plus
35.6
Supported · #98/160
Basis
BenchAlign v5.8 lane · 2 vs 2 public rows
Reading
Directional only

Multimodal

Directional only
Gemini 3.1 Pro
65.3
Estimated · #27/67
Qwen3.6 Plus
55.2
Estimated · #46/67
Basis
BenchAlign v5.8 lane · 8 vs 7 public rows
Reading
Directional only

Instruction following

Directional only
Gemini 3.1 Pro
90.2
#27/157
Qwen3.6 Plus
85.8
#50/157
Basis
Provisional lane · 0 vs 1 weighted rows
Reading
Directional only

Multilingual

Not comparable
Gemini 3.1 Pro
Not ranked
Qwen3.6 Plus
93.8
#4/17
Basis
Provisional lane · 0 vs 1 weighted rows
Reading
Not comparable

Math

Not comparable
Gemini 3.1 Pro
60.6
Unranked · 2 rankable rows
Qwen3.6 Plus
62.3
#6/12
Basis
Provisional lane · 2 vs 3 weighted rows
Reading
Not comparable

Ranks count the models scored in each category’s lane, so the agentic, coding, reasoning, multimodal, and knowledge denominators (BenchAlign v5.8) differ from the provisional-lane categories. Unranked scores sit on the provisional lane’s scale but never name a winner. Like-for-like rows within 0.5 points read as a practical tie.

Supported evidence per lane · bars run 0–100Methodology

What each workload costs

Three fixed token mixes turn per-token rates into comparable decisions. Each scenario states context fit and whether cached input had to fall back to the published list-input rate.

Chat turn

1K fresh input + 500 output tokens

Gemini 3.1 Pro
$0.008
Fits in one request
Qwen3.6 Plus
API rate not published
Fits in one request

Qwen3.6 Plus has no comparable published API token rate.

Repository review

50K fresh input + 3K output tokens

Gemini 3.1 Pro
$0.136
Fits in one request
Qwen3.6 Plus
API rate not published
Fits in one request

Qwen3.6 Plus has no comparable published API token rate.

Cache-heavy agent loop

200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens

Gemini 3.1 Pro
$0.2
Fits in one request
Qwen3.6 Plus
API rate not published
Fits in one request
Cached-input rate unavailable

Qwen3.6 Plus has no comparable published API token rate.

Cached input falls back to the list input rate only where a cached rate is unpublished

Price against score, among all priced models

Overall score against output price per 1M tokens, one model per family. Pricing as of November 12, 2026.

Gemini 3.1 Pro

20406080100$0.10$0.50$1$5$10$50$100Output price, $ per 1M tokens (log)Overall score
  • 10 cheaper models score at least as high as Gemini 3.1 Pro. The nearest is Gemini 4 Carbon (score 89.2, $10.00 per 1M output tokens).
  • Qwen3.6 Plus has no public API price, so it is not plotted.

Gray dots are the other priced models. The dark step line is the efficiency frontier: for a model under it, another model costs no more and scores at least as high.

See Gemini 3.1 Pro on the full price vs performance chart

Specification differences

Sourced differences are shown directly. Missing facts stay explicit instead of being inferred from a model name or family.

Cached-input rate

A missing cached-input rate falls back to the listed input rate only in the stated workload estimate.

Gemini 3.1 Pro

$0.2 per 1M cached input tokens

Google Gemini API pricing

Qwen3.6 Plus

No comparable hosted API rate

Reasoning profile

Gemini 3.1 Pro

Reasoning

Qwen3.6 Plus

Reasoning

Weight access

Gemini 3.1 Pro

Proprietary

Qwen3.6 Plus

Proprietary

License

Gemini 3.1 Pro

Proprietary

Qwen3.6 Plus

Proprietary

Release date

Gemini 3.1 Pro

2026-02-19

Qwen3.6 Plus

2026-04-02

If you already use one of these models

Deployment change
The models list different providers, so authentication, endpoint behavior, limits, and feature support may change.
Quality signal
Gemini 3.1 Pro has the higher public point estimate, 63.11 versus 53.41. Their conditional score ranges overlap. These ranges do not establish rank confidence.
Workload cost
A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.
Context tradeoff
Both models list 1M.
Run the same representative tasks against both endpoints before changing production traffic.

Questions

Which is better, Gemini 3.1 Pro or Qwen3.6 Plus?

Gemini 3.1 Pro has the higher public point estimate, 63.11 versus 53.41. Their conditional score ranges overlap. These ranges do not establish rank confidence. The page therefore keeps the decision tied to the specific documented workload.

Which is better for coding, Gemini 3.1 Pro or Qwen3.6 Plus?

Qwen3.6 Plus has the higher public coding point estimate, 39.8 to 37.9, with Supported evidence for both models. The conditional ranges do not establish rank confidence.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Gemini 3.1 Pro or Qwen3.6 Plus?

Gemini 3.1 Pro has the higher public agentic tasks point estimate, 39.6 to 34.3, with Supported evidence for both models. The conditional ranges do not establish rank confidence.

Which costs less, Gemini 3.1 Pro or Qwen3.6 Plus?

Both models do not have comparable published API token rates, so this page does not name a universal price winner.

Which has the larger context window, Gemini 3.1 Pro or Qwen3.6 Plus?

Both models list the same context window, 1M.

Benchmark evidence

The full public result ledger is available for audit without forcing a wide desktop table onto a phone.

Browse raw public benchmark evidence70 rows

Agentic

  • Gemini 3.1 Pro57.8%
    Qwen3.6 Plus58.8%

    Qwen3.6 Plus leads this result

  • DeepSearchQA

    Gemini 3.1 Pro69.7%
    Source
    Qwen3.6 Plus—

    Not directly comparable

  • τ²-bench results

    Gemini 3.1 Pro95.6%
    Source
    Qwen3.6 Plus—

    Not directly comparable

  • Gemini 3.1 Pro56.87%
    Qwen3.6 Plus50.60%

    Gemini 3.1 Pro leads this result

  • ResearchClawBench

    Shared source
    Gemini 3.1 Pro13.3%
    Qwen3.6 Plus18.0%

    Qwen3.6 Plus leads this result

  • Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals)

    Gemini 3.1 Pro70.8%
    Source
    Qwen3.6 Plus53.2%
    Source

    Gemini 3.1 Pro leads this result

  • MazeBench

    Gemini 3.1 Pro1%
    Source
    Qwen3.6 Plus—

    Not directly comparable

  • Terminal-Bench 2.0

    Gemini 3.1 Pro—
    Qwen3.6 Plus61.6%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • QwenClawBench

    Gemini 3.1 Pro—
    Qwen3.6 Plus57.2%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • τ³-bench results

    Gemini 3.1 Pro—
    Qwen3.6 Plus70.7%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • VITA-Bench

    Gemini 3.1 Pro—
    Qwen3.6 Plus44.3%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • DeepPlanning

    Gemini 3.1 Pro—
    Qwen3.6 Plus41.5%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • Toolathlon

    Gemini 3.1 Pro—
    Qwen3.6 Plus39.8%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • MCP Atlas

    Gemini 3.1 Pro—
    Qwen3.6 Plus48.2%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • MCP-Tasks

    Gemini 3.1 Pro—
    Qwen3.6 Plus74.1%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • WideResearch

    Gemini 3.1 Pro—
    Qwen3.6 Plus74.3%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Coding

  • ScarfBench

    Gemini 3.1 Pro37.6%
    Source
    Qwen3.6 Plus—

    Not directly comparable

  • LiveCodeBench Pro

    Gemini 3.1 Pro82.9%
    Source
    Qwen3.6 Plus—

    Not directly comparable

  • React Native Evals

    Gemini 3.1 Pro78.9%
    Source
    Qwen3.6 Plus—

    Not directly comparable

  • Vibe Code Bench

    Shared source
    Gemini 3.1 Pro32.03%
    Qwen3.6 Plus25.56%

    Gemini 3.1 Pro leads this result

  • LiveCodeBench (Vals)

    Gemini 3.1 Pro88.5%
    Source
    Qwen3.6 Plus86.0%
    Source

    Gemini 3.1 Pro leads this result

  • SWE-bench (Vals)

    Gemini 3.1 Pro78.8%
    Source
    Qwen3.6 Plus73.4%
    Source

    Gemini 3.1 Pro leads this result

  • PostTrainBench v1.1

    Gemini 3.1 Pro22.0%
    Source
    Qwen3.6 Plus—

    Not directly comparable

  • PostTrainBench

    Gemini 3.1 Pro18.1%
    Source
    Qwen3.6 Plus—

    Not directly comparable

  • PostTrainBench v1

    Gemini 3.1 Pro21.6%
    Source
    Qwen3.6 Plus—

    Not directly comparable

  • SWE-bench Verified

    Gemini 3.1 Pro—
    Qwen3.6 Plus78.8%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • SWE-bench Pro

    Gemini 3.1 Pro—
    Qwen3.6 Plus56.6%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • SWE Multilingual

    Gemini 3.1 Pro—
    Qwen3.6 Plus73.8%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • LiveCodeBench v6

    Gemini 3.1 Pro—
    Qwen3.6 Plus87.1%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • NL2Repo

    Gemini 3.1 Pro—
    Qwen3.6 Plus37.9%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • Terminal-Bench 2.0

    Gemini 3.1 Pro—
    Qwen3.6 Plus61.6%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Reasoning

  • ARC-AGI-2

    Gemini 3.1 Pro77.1%
    Source
    Qwen3.6 Plus—

    Not directly comparable

  • ARC-AGI-3

    Gemini 3.1 Pro0.4%
    Source
    Qwen3.6 Plus—

    Not directly comparable

  • AI-Needle

    Gemini 3.1 Pro—
    Qwen3.6 Plus68.3%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • LongBench v2

    Gemini 3.1 Pro—
    Qwen3.6 Plus62%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Multimodal

  • ParseBench-1

    Gemini 3.1 Pro67.32%
    Source
    Qwen3.6 Plus—

    Not directly comparable

  • MMMU-Pro

    Gemini 3.1 Pro83.9%
    Source
    Qwen3.6 Plus78.8%
    Source

    Gemini 3.1 Pro leads this result

  • CharXiv

    Gemini 3.1 Pro80.2%
    Source
    Qwen3.6 Plus81.5%
    Source

    Qwen3.6 Plus leads this result

  • ERQA

    Gemini 3.1 Pro69.4%
    Source
    Qwen3.6 Plus—

    Not directly comparable

  • SimpleVQA

    Gemini 3.1 Pro72.4%
    Source
    Qwen3.6 Plus—

    Not directly comparable

  • ScreenSpot Pro

    Gemini 3.1 Pro84.4%
    Source
    Qwen3.6 Plus68.2%
    Source

    Gemini 3.1 Pro leads this result

  • ZeroBench

    Gemini 3.1 Pro29.0%
    Source
    Qwen3.6 Plus—

    Not directly comparable

  • MedXpertQA (MM)

    Gemini 3.1 Pro81.3%
    Source
    Qwen3.6 Plus—

    Not directly comparable

  • MMMU

    Gemini 3.1 Pro—
    Qwen3.6 Plus86.0%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • MathVision

    Gemini 3.1 Pro—
    Qwen3.6 Plus88.0%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • VideoMMMU

    Gemini 3.1 Pro—
    Qwen3.6 Plus84.0%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • V*

    Gemini 3.1 Pro—
    Qwen3.6 Plus96.9%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Knowledge

  • GPQA-D

    Gemini 3.1 Pro94.3%
    Source
    Qwen3.6 Plus—

    Not directly comparable

  • HLE w/o tools

    Gemini 3.1 Pro45.4%
    Source
    Qwen3.6 Plus—

    Not directly comparable

  • HealthBench Hard

    Gemini 3.1 Pro20.6%
    Source
    Qwen3.6 Plus—

    Not directly comparable

  • MedXpertQA (Text)

    Gemini 3.1 Pro71.5%
    Source
    Qwen3.6 Plus—

    Not directly comparable

  • GPQA Diamond (Vals)

    Gemini 3.1 Pro95.5%
    Source
    Qwen3.6 Plus87.4%
    Source

    Gemini 3.1 Pro leads this result

  • MMLU-Pro (Vals)

    Gemini 3.1 Pro91.0%
    Source
    Qwen3.6 Plus87.7%
    Source

    Gemini 3.1 Pro leads this result

  • GPQA

    Gemini 3.1 Pro—
    Qwen3.6 Plus90.4%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • SuperGPQA

    Gemini 3.1 Pro—
    Qwen3.6 Plus71.6%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • MMLU-Pro

    Gemini 3.1 Pro—
    Qwen3.6 Plus88.5%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • MMLU-Redux

    Gemini 3.1 Pro—
    Qwen3.6 Plus94.5%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • C-Eval

    Gemini 3.1 Pro—
    Qwen3.6 Plus93.3%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • HLE

    Gemini 3.1 Pro—
    Qwen3.6 Plus28.8%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Multilingual

  • MMLU-ProX

    Gemini 3.1 Pro—
    Qwen3.6 Plus84.7%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • NOVA-63

    Gemini 3.1 Pro—
    Qwen3.6 Plus57.9%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Instruction following

  • IFEval

    Gemini 3.1 Pro—
    Qwen3.6 Plus94.3%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • IFBench

    Gemini 3.1 Pro—
    Qwen3.6 Plus75.8%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Math

  • FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3)

    Shared source
    Gemini 3.1 Pro59.649%
    Qwen3.6 Plus38.246%

    Gemini 3.1 Pro leads this result

  • FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4)

    Gemini 3.1 Pro26.829%
    Source
    Qwen3.6 Plus—

    Not directly comparable

  • AIME26

    Gemini 3.1 Pro—
    Qwen3.6 Plus95.3%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • HMMT Feb 2025

    Gemini 3.1 Pro—
    Qwen3.6 Plus96.7%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • HMMT Nov 2025

    Gemini 3.1 Pro—
    Qwen3.6 Plus94.6%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • HMMT Feb 2026

    Gemini 3.1 Pro—
    Qwen3.6 Plus87.8%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • MMAnswerBench

    Gemini 3.1 Pro—
    Qwen3.6 Plus83.8%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

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Last updated November 13, 2026