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

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemini 3.5 Flash and Qwen3.6-35B-A3B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gemini-3-5-flash-vs-qwen3-6-35b-a3b
- Last updated: October 2, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 7
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Gemini 3.5 Flash leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- Gemini 3.5 Flash has the higher overall point estimate 63.95 to 44.72. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 87.8 for Gemini 3.5 Flash and 51 for Qwen3.6-35B-A3B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Toolathlon in Agentic, with scores of 56.5% and 26.9%.
- Gemini 3.5 Flash also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | Alibaba |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 262K |
| Overall Score | 63.95 | 44.72 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 27 | 41 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.50 / $9.00 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 50.7 (Supported · #42/119)
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 29 (Estimated · #83/119)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 76.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 83.6% | 62.8% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| Toolathlon | 56.5% | 26.9% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| OSWorld-Verified | 78.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Finance Agent v2 | 57.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 61.85% | 42.65% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| ResearchClawBench | 18.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 74.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 51.5% | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 68.7% | Coming soon |
| QwenClawBench | Coming soon | 52.6% | Coming soon |
| QwenWebBench | Coming soon | 1397 | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 67.2% | Coming soon |
| VITA-Bench | Coming soon | 35.6% | Coming soon |
| DeepPlanning | Coming soon | 25.9% | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | Coming soon | 60.1% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Directional only
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 52.3 (Supported · #39/144)
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 35.5 (Estimated · #79/144)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 76.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 55.1% | 49.5% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| Vibe Code Bench | 48.68% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| cursorBench31 | 49.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CursorBench 3.2 | 48.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 87.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 78.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 73.4% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 67.2% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 51.5% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench | Coming soon | 80.4% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 29.4% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 62.8 (#20/27)
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 71.6 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MRCRv2 | 77.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MRCR 1M | 26.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 72.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Gemini 3.5 Flash
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 87.8 (#6/49)
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 51 (#37/49)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CharXiv | 84.2% | 78% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| MMMU-Pro | 83.6% | 75.3% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 33.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU | Coming soon | 81.7% | Coming soon |
| RealWorldQA | Coming soon | 85.3% | Coming soon |
| OmniDocBench 1.5 | Coming soon | 89.9% | Coming soon |
| SimpleVQA | Coming soon | 58.9% | Coming soon |
| CC-OCR | Coming soon | 81.9% | Coming soon |
| AI2D_TEST | Coming soon | 92.7% | Coming soon |
| RefCOCO (avg) | Coming soon | 92.0% | Coming soon |
| ODINW13 | Coming soon | 50.8% | Coming soon |
| Video-MME (with subtitle) | Coming soon | 86.6% | Coming soon |
| Video-MME (w/o subtitle) | Coming soon | 82.5% | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | Coming soon | 83.7% | Coming soon |
| MLVU (M-Avg) | Coming soon | 86.2% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 64 (Supported · #30/171)
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 42.1 (Estimated · #94/171)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA-D | 92.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 40.2% | 21.4% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 92.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 89.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 85.2% | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 64.7% | Coming soon |
| C-Eval | Coming soon | 90% | Coming soon |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 86% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Directional only
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 84.1 (#43/125)
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 76.8 (#57/125)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 55.1 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 70.7 (Unranked · 5 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 38.966% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 14.583% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2025 | Coming soon | 90.7% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Nov 2025 | Coming soon | 89.1% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 83.6% | Coming soon |
| MMAnswerBench | Coming soon | 78.9% | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 92.7% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

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

Gemini 3.5 Flash has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### Where is the biggest gap between Gemini 3.5 Flash and Qwen3.6-35B-A3B?

The widest category gap is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 87.8 for Gemini 3.5 Flash and 51 for Qwen3.6-35B-A3B.

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

Gemini 3.5 Flash currently has 27 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Qwen3.6-35B-A3B cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B currently has 41 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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