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Model A
Gemini 3.1 Pro

Google

56.0/100

Estimated · Public rank #93

90% interval 40.0–72.0

Gemini 3.1 Pro vs Qwen3.6 Plus

Updated August 15, 2026. Public scores include evidence status and uncertainty. They are not guarantees for a specific workload.

Model B
Qwen3.6 Plus

Alibaba

64.8/100

Supported · Public rank #36

90% interval 55.7–73.9

Decision reading

Qwen3.6 Plus has the higher public score estimate, 64.79 versus 55.98, but the 90% score intervals overlap. Treat that as a lead, not a settled winner.

10 results are shared. Category rows based on different benchmark sets are marked directional and do not name a winner.

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.

No workload recommendation clears the current evidence threshold.

Use the matched evidence, workload costs, and sourced specifications below instead of treating a point score as a universal answer.

Show secondary and unsupported calls
  • Coding work

    Code generation, repair, and software-engineering tasks

    Not enough matched evidence

    No shared weighted benchmark basis supports a winner.

    Confidence: limited

  • Agentic work

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

    Not enough matched evidence

    No shared weighted benchmark basis supports a winner.

    Confidence: limited

  • 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

What is actually comparable

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

Shared results
10
Gemini 3.1 Pro only
15
Qwen3.6 Plus only
34
Like-for-like categories
1 / 8

1 category uses different evidence sets. Those rows remain visible for coverage context but do not name a winner.

Category results, on a stated basis

Each row states whether both averages use the same weighted benchmark set. Directional and not-comparable rows remain visible, but they never receive a winner in this template.

Multimodal

Like-for-like
Gemini 3.1 Pro
82.6
Qwen3.6 Plus
79.8
Weighted basis
2 vs 2 rows
Reading
Gemini 3.1 Pro leads

Math

Directional only
Gemini 3.1 Pro
31.8
Qwen3.6 Plus
60.5
Weighted basis
2 vs 4 rows
Reading
Directional only

Agentic

Not comparable
Gemini 3.1 Pro
Not measured
Qwen3.6 Plus
61.6
Weighted basis
0 vs 1 rows
Reading
Not comparable

Coding

Not comparable
Gemini 3.1 Pro
Not measured
Qwen3.6 Plus
70.3
Weighted basis
0 vs 2 rows
Reading
Not comparable

Reasoning

Not comparable
Gemini 3.1 Pro
77.1
Qwen3.6 Plus
62.0
Weighted basis
1 vs 1 rows
Reading
Not comparable

Knowledge

Not comparable
Gemini 3.1 Pro
Not measured
Qwen3.6 Plus
57.1
Weighted basis
0 vs 4 rows
Reading
Not comparable

Multilingual

Not comparable
Gemini 3.1 Pro
Not measured
Qwen3.6 Plus
84.7
Weighted basis
0 vs 1 rows
Reading
Not comparable

Instruction following

Not comparable
Gemini 3.1 Pro
Not measured
Qwen3.6 Plus
82.3
Weighted basis
0 vs 2 rows
Reading
Not comparable

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.

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.

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
Qwen3.6 Plus has the higher public score estimate, 64.79 versus 55.98, but the 90% score intervals overlap.
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.

Benchmark evidence

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

Browse raw public benchmark evidence59 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 2.0

    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

  • 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

  • Gemini 3.1 Pro46.3%
    Qwen3.6 Plus12.7%

    Gemini 3.1 Pro leads this result

  • CADGenBench Generation

    Gemini 3.1 Pro21.1%
    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

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

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

    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

Math

  • FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3)

    Shared source
    Gemini 3.1 Pro36.900%
    Qwen3.6 Plus26.207%

    Gemini 3.1 Pro leads this result

  • FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4)

    Shared source
    Gemini 3.1 Pro16.700%
    Qwen3.6 Plus8.333%

    Gemini 3.1 Pro leads this result

  • 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

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

Multimodal

  • 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

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

Frequently asked questions

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

Qwen3.6 Plus has the higher public score estimate, 64.79 versus 55.98, but the 90% score intervals overlap. The higher estimate is not a decisive winner because the uncertainty ranges overlap.

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

The published evidence does not provide a shared weighted coding basis for both models, so BenchLM does not name a coding winner.

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

The published evidence does not provide a shared weighted agentic tasks basis for both models, so BenchLM does not name a agentic tasks winner.

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.

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Last updated August 15, 2026

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