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Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite vs Qwen3.6-35B-A3B

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Head-to-head evidence from 17 shared benchmark results across 5 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

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51.47/100
1 category wins1 category wins

Public leaderboard positions: Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite unranked (Not scored); Qwen3.6-35B-A3B #104 (Estimated). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite and Qwen3.6-35B-A3B share 17 comparable benchmark results. 2 of 8 categories are comparable. 4 results are unique to Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite; 40 to Qwen3.6-35B-A3B.

Updated July 21, 2026
Shared results
17
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite only
4
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B only
40
Comparable categories
2 / 8

Treat this as a split decision. Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite makes more sense if agentic is the priority or you need the larger 1M context window; Qwen3.6-35B-A3B is the better fit if coding is the priority.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 17 shared benchmark results across 5 evidence categories; 2 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.

Why this result

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite and Qwen3.6-35B-A3B finish on the same BenchAlign overall score, so this is less about a single winner and more about where the edge shows up. The BenchAlign headline says tie; the benchmark table is where the real choice happens.

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 262K for Qwen3.6-35B-A3B.

Category breakdown

Exact category averages are shown below. Not measured means BenchLM does not have enough sourced public coverage for that model and category.

Category scores and score margins for Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite and Qwen3.6-35B-A3B
CategoryGemini 3.5 Flash-LiteΔQwen3.6-35B-A3B
CodingGemini 3.5 Flash-Lite54.2Margin→ 19.6Qwen3.6-35B-A3B73.8
AgenticGemini 3.5 Flash-Lite63.4Margin← 11.9Qwen3.6-35B-A3B51.5
ReasoningGemini 3.5 Flash-Lite72.2MarginNo overlapQwen3.6-35B-A3BNot measured
KnowledgeGemini 3.5 Flash-LiteNot measuredMarginNo overlapQwen3.6-35B-A3B51.4
MathGemini 3.5 Flash-LiteNot measuredMarginNo overlapQwen3.6-35B-A3B88.2
MultimodalGemini 3.5 Flash-LiteNot measuredMarginNo overlapQwen3.6-35B-A3B76.3

Decisive benchmark drivers

The largest measured benchmark gaps in this matchup, with exact reported values.

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A · Gemini 3.5 Flash-LiteB · Qwen3.6-35B-A3B

  1. SWE-bench Pro

    Coding
    Source ↗
    A 54.2%B 49.5%
    Winner: Gemini 3.5 Flash-LiteΔ 4.7
    SWE-bench Pro: Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite scored 54.2%; Qwen3.6-35B-A3B scored 49.5%. Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite wins this benchmark.

  2. Terminal-Bench 2.0

    Agentic
    Source ↗
    A 54%B 51.5%
    Winner: Gemini 3.5 Flash-LiteΔ 2.5
    Terminal-Bench 2.0: Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite scored 54%; Qwen3.6-35B-A3B scored 51.5%. Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite wins this benchmark.

Operational comparison

Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.

MetricGemini 3.5 Flash-LiteQwen3.6-35B-A3BComparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensGemini 3.5 Flash-Lite$0.3 input / $2.5 outputQwen3.6-35B-A3BNot availableA complete price comparison is not available.
Generation speedtokens per secondGemini 3.5 Flash-LiteNot availableQwen3.6-35B-A3BNot availableA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenGemini 3.5 Flash-LiteNot availableQwen3.6-35B-A3BNot availableA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensGemini 3.5 Flash-Lite1MQwen3.6-35B-A3B262KGemini 3.5 Flash-Lite lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

AgenticGemini 3.5 Flash-Lite wins
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash-LiteQwen3.6-35B-A3BResult
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 54%51.5%Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite leads
OSWorld-VerifiedSource 74%—Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 11401049Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite leads
AA Agentic IndexSource 26.8%21.4%Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite leads
GDPval-AASource 32.0%27.4%Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite leads
AA BriefcaseSource 634—Not comparable
AA Tau3 BankingSource 16.5%—Not comparable
Claw-EvalSource —68.7%Not comparable
QwenClawBenchSource —52.6%Not comparable
QwenWebBenchSource —1397Not comparable
τ³-bench resultsSource —67.2%Not comparable
VITA-BenchSource —35.6%Not comparable
DeepPlanningSource —25.9%Not comparable
ToolathlonSource —26.9%Not comparable
MCP AtlasSource —62.8%Not comparable
WideResearchSource —60.1%Not comparable
τ²-bench resultsSource —95.3%Not comparable
Gert LabsSource —42.65%Not comparable
CodingQwen3.6-35B-A3B wins
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash-LiteQwen3.6-35B-A3BResult
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 54.0%51.5%Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite leads
SWE-bench ProSource 54.2%49.5%Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite leads
AA Coding IndexSource 49.3%41.9%Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite leads
AA-SciCodeSource 40.9%35.8%Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite leads
SWE-bench VerifiedSource —73.4%Not comparable
SWE MultilingualSource —67.2%Not comparable
LiveCodeBenchSource —80.4%Not comparable
NL2RepoSource —29.4%Not comparable
Reasoning
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash-LiteQwen3.6-35B-A3BResult
MRCRv2Source 72.2%—Not comparable
AA-LCRSource 62.0%63.7%Qwen3.6-35B-A3B leads
CritPtSource 0.0%0.3%Qwen3.6-35B-A3B leads
Knowledge
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash-LiteQwen3.6-35B-A3BResult
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 36.5%31.6%Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 83.8%84.1%Qwen3.6-35B-A3B leads
AA-HLESource 17.5%20.2%Qwen3.6-35B-A3B leads
AA-Omniscience IndexSource 6.9%-21.4%Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite leads
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 30.3%18.9%Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite leads
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 33.5%49.7%Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite leads
MMLU-ProSource —85.2%Not comparable
SuperGPQASource —64.7%Not comparable
C-EvalSource —90%Not comparable
GPQASource —86%Not comparable
HLESource —21.4%Not comparable
Math
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash-LiteQwen3.6-35B-A3BResult
HMMT Feb 2025Source —90.7%Not comparable
HMMT Nov 2025Source —89.1%Not comparable
HMMT Feb 2026Source —83.6%Not comparable
MMAnswerBenchSource —78.9%Not comparable
AIME26Source —92.7%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash-LiteQwen3.6-35B-A3BResult
AA-MMMU-ProSource 79.0%75.0%Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite leads
MMMUSource —81.7%Not comparable
MMMU-ProSource —75.3%Not comparable
RealWorldQASource —85.3%Not comparable
OmniDocBench 1.5Source —89.9%Not comparable
CharXivSource —78%Not comparable
SimpleVQASource —58.9%Not comparable
CC-OCRSource —81.9%Not comparable
AI2D_TESTSource —92.7%Not comparable
RefCOCO (avg)Source —92.0%Not comparable
ODINW13Source —50.8%Not comparable
Video-MME (with subtitle)Source —86.6%Not comparable
Video-MME (w/o subtitle)Source —82.5%Not comparable
VideoMMMUSource —83.7%Not comparable
MLVU (M-Avg)Source —86.2%Not comparable
Inst. Following
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash-LiteQwen3.6-35B-A3BResult
AA-IFBenchSource —64.4%Not comparable
Frequently Asked Questions (3)

Which is better, Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite or Qwen3.6-35B-A3B?

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite and Qwen3.6-35B-A3B are tied on the BenchAlign overall score, so the right pick depends on which category matters most for your use case.

Which is better for coding, Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite or Qwen3.6-35B-A3B?

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 73.8 versus 54.2. Inside this category, AA Coding Index is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite or Qwen3.6-35B-A3B?

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 63.4 versus 51.5. Inside this category, GDPval-AA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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