# Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Qwen3.5 Flash

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemini 3.6 Flash and Qwen3.5 Flash across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gemini-3-6-flash-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 3.6 Flash 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 3.6 Flash leads overall 64.58 to 45.49.
- The clearest category separation is in coding, where the averages are 54.6 for Gemini 3.6 Flash and 26.5 for Qwen3.5 Flash.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is SWE-bench (Vals) in Coding, with scores of 79.6% 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 3.6 Flash | Qwen3.5 Flash |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | Alibaba |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Overall Score | 64.58 | 45.49 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 10 | 6 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.75 / $3.75 | $0.10 / $0.40 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 45.3 (Supported · #38/105)
- Qwen3.5 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Qwen3.5 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| OSWorld-Verified | 83% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 73.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Directional only
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 54.6 (Supported · #30/135)
- Qwen3.5 Flash public-lane score: 26.5 (Estimated · #97/135)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Qwen3.5 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| DeepSWE | 49.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| cursorBench32 | 53.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 88.1% | 83.3% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 79.6% | 64.4% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 63.9 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.5 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Qwen3.5 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-1 | 91.20% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 60.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 82.6 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Qwen3.5 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 64.3 (Supported · #25/158)
- Qwen3.5 Flash public-lane score: 43 (Estimated · #80/158)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Qwen3.5 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 93.4% | 82.8% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 89.3% | 84.1% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5 Flash public-lane score: 28.4 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | 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 3.6 Flash or Qwen3.5 Flash?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Gemini 3.6 Flash and Qwen3.5 Flash?

The widest category gap is in coding, where the averages are 54.6 for Gemini 3.6 Flash and 26.5 for Qwen3.5 Flash.

### How many benchmarks does Gemini 3.6 Flash cover on BenchLM?

Gemini 3.6 Flash 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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