# Gemini 3.5 Flash vs Qwen3.6 Plus

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

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

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 16
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Pick Gemini 3.5 Flash if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3.6 Plus 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 leads overall 63.95 to 55.21.
- The clearest category separation is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 87.8 for Gemini 3.5 Flash and 67.2 for Qwen3.6 Plus.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is MCP Atlas in Agentic, with scores of 83.6% and 48.2%.
- Qwen3.6 Plus 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 | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | Alibaba |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Overall Score | 63.95 | 55.21 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 27 | 48 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.50 / $9.00 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Gemini 3.5 Flash
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 50.7 (Supported · #42/119)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 33.5 (Supported · #75/119)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 76.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 83.6% | 48.2% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| Toolathlon | 56.5% | 39.8% | 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% | 50.60% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| ResearchClawBench | 18.0% | 18.0% | Tie |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 74.2% | 53.2% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 61.6% | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 58.8% | Coming soon |
| QwenClawBench | Coming soon | 57.2% | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 70.7% | Coming soon |
| VITA-Bench | Coming soon | 44.3% | Coming soon |
| DeepPlanning | Coming soon | 41.5% | Coming soon |
| MCP-Tasks | Coming soon | 74.1% | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | Coming soon | 74.3% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Gemini 3.5 Flash
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 52.3 (Supported · #39/144)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 42.5 (Supported · #60/144)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 76.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 55.1% | 56.6% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| Vibe Code Bench | 48.68% | 25.56% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| cursorBench31 | 49.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CursorBench 3.2 | 48.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 87.6% | 86.0% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 78.8% | 73.4% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 78.8% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 73.8% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 87.1% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 62.8 (#20/27)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 61.3 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Qwen3.6 Plus | 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 |
| AI-Needle | Coming soon | 68.3% | Coming soon |
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 62% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Gemini 3.5 Flash
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 87.8 (#6/49)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 67.2 (#23/49)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CharXiv | 84.2% | 81.5% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| MMMU-Pro | 83.6% | 78.8% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 33.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU | Coming soon | 86.0% | Coming soon |
| MathVision | Coming soon | 88.0% | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | Coming soon | 84.0% | Coming soon |
| ScreenSpot Pro | Coming soon | 68.2% | Coming soon |
| V* | Coming soon | 96.9% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Gemini 3.5 Flash
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 64 (Supported · #30/171)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 52.4 (Supported · #61/171)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA-D | 92.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 40.2% | 28.8% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 92.7% | 87.4% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 89.5% | 87.7% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 90.4% | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 71.6% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 88.5% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Redux | Coming soon | 94.5% | Coming soon |
| C-Eval | Coming soon | 93.3% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 93.8 (#4/16)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | Coming soon | 84.7% | Coming soon |
| NOVA-63 | Coming soon | 57.9% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Directional only
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 84.1 (#43/125)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 82.5 (#48/125)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | Coming soon | 94.3% | Coming soon |
| IFBench | Coming soon | 75.8% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 55.1 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 62 (#5/7)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 38.966% | 26.207% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 14.583% | 8.333% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 95.3% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2025 | Coming soon | 96.7% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Nov 2025 | Coming soon | 94.6% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 87.8% | Coming soon |
| MMAnswerBench | Coming soon | 83.8% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Gemini 3.5 Flash or Qwen3.6 Plus?

Gemini 3.5 Flash is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Gemini 3.5 Flash and Qwen3.6 Plus?

The widest category gap is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 87.8 for Gemini 3.5 Flash and 67.2 for Qwen3.6 Plus.

### 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 Plus cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.6 Plus currently has 48 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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