Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview vs Qwen3.5-Flash
Qwen3.5-Flash leads Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview on coding, 41.1 to 32.3 on the Vibe Coding Index, and Qwen3.5-Flash costs 46.2x less per output token ($0.26 vs $12.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 54 benchmarks have a result for both.
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview or Qwen3.5-Flash: which to pick
Pick Qwen3.5-Flash for coding: it scores 41.1 on the Vibe Coding Index against 32.3 for Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview, though on 2 benchmarks against 4.
Pick Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview for a larger context window (1.05M against 1M tokens) and work measured by LMArena WebDev or LiveCodeBench (Vals AI), where it leads.
- Shared results
- 54
- Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview only
- 79
- Qwen3.5-Flash only
- 1
- Like-for-like categories
- 5 of 9
Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.
Which one for your work
Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
Qwen3.5-Flash
Qwen3.5-Flash scores 41.1 against 32.3.
4 and 2 benchmarks behind the scores
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
No call
Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview has a AA Intelligence Index result, 29.7.
Directional only
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview has a AA Agentic Index result, 8.2.
Directional only
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads, 95.5% against 82.8%.
Same board, both measured
Math
AIME
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads, 98.1% against 92.5%.
Same board, both measured
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads, 91.0% against 84.1%.
Same board, both measured
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview has a Design Arena: websites result, 1233.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview takes 1.05M tokens against 1M.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Qwen3.5-Flash
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview $0.0080, Qwen3.5-Flash $0.0002 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
Qwen3.5-Flash
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview $0.99, Qwen3.5-Flash $0.40.
Published attempt cost and pass rate
At a glance
- Coding index
- Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview 32.3 from 4 benchmarks, Qwen3.5-Flash 41.1 from 2 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Coding, 21.3 points apart on average over 8 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- SimpleQA Verified: Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview 73.5% against Qwen3.5-Flash 20.3%, 53.2 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview $12.00 against Qwen3.5-Flash $0.26 per million output tokens, 46.2x apart.
- Context window
- Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview takes 1.05M tokens, Qwen3.5-Flash 1M.
Benchmark by benchmark
First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.
| Category | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | Bars | Qwen3.5-Flash | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 8 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 8 | 0 | ||
| Math | 5 | 0 | ||
| Knowledge | 12 | 0 | ||
| General | 21 | 0 | ||
| All shared boards | 54 | 0 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index80
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | Qwen3.5-Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1447 | 1244 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| AA Coding Index | 68.8 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 88.5% | 83.3% | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | 78.8% | 64.4% | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | 2.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 32.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | 17.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | 0.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| IOI (Vals AI) | 51.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | 70.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Vibe Code Bench 1-100 (Vals AI) | 6.7% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| SciCode | 58.7% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 53.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Terminal-Bench | 80.2% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| GSO-Bench | 22.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| WeirdML | 72.1% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| MirrorCode | 8.9% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| ALE-Bench | 1160.6 | 265.9 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1484 | 1412 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1487 | 1416 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1438 | 1229 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1490 | 1291 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | 1481 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| SciCode | 14.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 15 boards here | |||
IntelligenceDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | Qwen3.5-Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 29.7 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | Not measured | 143.5 | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index24 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | Qwen3.5-Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 8.2 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | 1125 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps | 1068 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Design Arena: agents building mobile apps | 1094 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Android apps | 1049 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Godot games | 1236 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Design Arena: agents building games | 1113 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Design Arena: HTML slides | 1103 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Design Arena: PowerPoint slides | 1041 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| SREBench (Vals AI) | 0.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | 43.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | 9.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | 20.7% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | 52.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| BioMysteryBench (Vals AI) | 60.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI) | 1.4% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Vals Science Index | 27.4% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 95.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| APEX-Agents | 35.1% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| METR time horizons | 77.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| BALROG | 57.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| DeepResearch Bench | 47.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| PostTrainBench | 22.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | $911 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 17 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index80
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | Qwen3.5-Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 95.5% | 82.8% | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| MysteryMechanism (Vals AI) | 20.7% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | 88.2% | 81.9% | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 94.1% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 47.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 94.4% | 82.3% | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| ARC-AGI | 98.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 77.1% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| SimpleBench | 79.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Chess puzzles | 51.0% | 14.0% | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| Mystery game puzzles | 34.0% | 20.0% | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| EBR-bench | 14.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1485 | 1403 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1483 | 1407 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1480 | 1409 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | 1311 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LMArena Vision: homework | 1316 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index50
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | Qwen3.5-Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | 98.1% | 92.5% | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| OTIS Mock AIME | 95.6% | 84.4% | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | 59.6% | 18.2% | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | 26.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| ProofBench | 26.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1486 | 1407 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1478 | 1413 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index120
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | Qwen3.5-Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 91.0% | 84.1% | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 87.4% | 84.3% | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| CaseLaw (Vals AI) | 64.8% | 56.0% | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 64.5% | 63.6% | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 72.9% | 72.2% | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | 69.4% | 67.4% | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| MedQA (Vals AI) | 96.4% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 59.1% | 33.0% | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| SimpleQA Verified | 73.5% | 20.3% | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| LMArena Text: science | 1497 | 1415 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1486 | 1407 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1487 | 1398 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1459 | 1394 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| FACTS Benchmark Suite | 67.4% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 4 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index8 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | Qwen3.5-Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1233 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1224 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1202 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1209 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1234 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1231 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1285 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | 1270 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index210
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | Qwen3.5-Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI) | 53.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 48.7% | 42.5% | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 76.1% | 70.6% | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| Vals Multimodal Index | 56.1% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| IFBench | 77.1% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 82.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| DTBench | 97.1% | 82.9% | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| LMCA | 53.8% | 29.1% | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| CL-bench | 20.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Furniture assembly | 26.7% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| ExploitBench | 26.1% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| CL-bench Life | 16.9% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LMArena Text | 1480 | 1397 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1466 | 1374 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1482 | 1343 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| LMArena Vision | 1296 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1478 | 1404 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1476 | 1385 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1527 | 1445 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| LMArena Text: German | 1490 | 1390 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1491 | 1369 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1455 | 1344 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| LMArena Text: French | 1487 | 1413 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1481 | 1400 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1497 | 1380 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1498 | 1376 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1487 | 1393 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1482 | 1392 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1481 | 1369 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1465 | 1347 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| LMArena Vision: English | 1287 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | 1364 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | 1304 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LMArena Vision: humor | 1322 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LMArena Vision: captioning | 1345 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LMArena Vision: recognizing things | 1330 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | 1324 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LMArena Document | 1444 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | Qwen3.5-Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 5 boards here | |||
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.
Chat turn
1K input + 500 output tokens
Qwen3.5-Flash costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Qwen3.5-Flash costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Qwen3.5-Flash costs less
Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.
Specification differences
The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.
| Specification | Google Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | Qwen3.5-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Qwen | |
| Weights | No public weights listed | No public weights listed |
| Released | February 19, 2026 | February 25, 2026 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 1M |
| Input $/Mtok | $2.00 | $0.065 |
| Output $/Mtok | $12.00 | $0.26 |
| Coding index | 32.3 | 41.1 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 4 | 2 |
| Cost per solved task | $0.99 | $0.40 |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview better than Qwen3.5-Flash for coding?
Pick Qwen3.5-Flash for coding: it scores 41.1 on the Vibe Coding Index against 32.3 for Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview, though on 2 benchmarks against 4. Pick Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview for a larger context window (1.05M against 1M tokens) and work measured by LMArena WebDev or LiveCodeBench (Vals AI), where it leads.
Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview or Qwen3.5-Flash?
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview costs $2.00 per million input tokens and $12.00 per million output tokens; Qwen3.5-Flash costs $0.065 and $0.26. Per solved SWE-bench Verified task, Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview costs $0.99 and Qwen3.5-Flash $0.40.
Which has the bigger context window, Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview or Qwen3.5-Flash?
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.
How many benchmarks is the Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview vs Qwen3.5-Flash comparison based on?
54 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview's coding index rests on 4 independent benchmarks and Qwen3.5-Flash's on 2. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.