# Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite vs Qwen3.5 Flash

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite and Qwen3.5 Flash across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gemini-3-5-flash-lite-vs-qwen3-5-flash
- Last updated: September 27, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Pick Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3.5 Flash only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite leads overall 50.96 to 45.49.
- The clearest category separation is in coding, where the averages are 39.5 for Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite and 26.5 for Qwen3.5 Flash.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is SWE-bench (Vals) in Coding, with scores of 75.0% and 64.4%.
- Qwen3.5 Flash is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Qwen3.5 Flash |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | Alibaba |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Overall Score | 50.96 | 45.49 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 10 | 6 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.30 / $2.50 | $0.10 / $0.40 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 30.4 (Supported · #66/105)
- Qwen3.5 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Qwen3.5 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 54.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 74% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 50.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Directional only
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 39.5 (Supported · #57/135)
- Qwen3.5 Flash public-lane score: 26.5 (Estimated · #97/135)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Qwen3.5 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 54.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 54.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 79.0% | 83.3% | Qwen3.5 Flash |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 75.0% | 64.4% | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 61.1 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.5 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Qwen3.5 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MRCRv2 | 72.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 76.4 (#17/50)
- Qwen3.5 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 49.1 (Supported · #60/158)
- Qwen3.5 Flash public-lane score: 43 (Estimated · #80/158)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Qwen3.5 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 83.8% | 82.8% | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 85.8% | 84.1% | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5 Flash public-lane score: 28.4 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Qwen3.5 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | Coming soon | 6.207% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | Coming soon | 0.000% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite or Qwen3.5 Flash?

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite and Qwen3.5 Flash?

The widest category gap is in coding, where the averages are 39.5 for Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite and 26.5 for Qwen3.5 Flash.

### How many benchmarks does Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite cover on BenchLM?

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite currently has 10 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Qwen3.5 Flash cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.5 Flash currently has 6 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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