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Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite vs Qwen3.5-35B-A3B

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads Qwen3.5-35B-A3B on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 22.2 to 19.3, and Qwen3.5-35B-A3B costs 1.9x less per output token ($1.30 vs $2.50 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 40 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite Replace Qwen3.5-35B-A3B
Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteGoogle
Coding
49.0
Overall
49.8
Output $/M
$2.50
37
Qwen3.5-35B-A3BQwen
Coding
No data
Overall
53.5
Output $/M
$1.30
3
vs boards won of 40 shared

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite or Qwen3.5-35B-A3B: which to pick

Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite has a coding score, 49.0 on the Vibe Coding Index; Qwen3.5-35B-A3B has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.

Pick Qwen3.5-35B-A3B for output tokens 1.9x cheaper ($1.30 vs $2.50 per million) and work measured by GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) or Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run), where it leads.

Model AGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGoogle49.0/1003 independent benchmarks$0.41 per solved taskModel BQwen3.5-35B-A3BQwenNot benchmarked1 independent benchmarkNo cost per solved task
Shared results
40
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite only
45
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B only
5
Like-for-like categories
6 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.

At a glance

Coding index
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite 49.0 from 3 benchmarks, Qwen3.5-35B-A3B not benchmarked.
Widest category
Coding, 17.1 points apart on average over 5 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
LMArena WebDev: React: Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite 1408 against Qwen3.5-35B-A3B 1238, 28.3 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite $2.50 against Qwen3.5-35B-A3B $1.30 per million output tokens, 1.9x apart.
Context window
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite takes 1.05M tokens, Qwen3.5-35B-A3B 262K.

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.

Boards won, where both have a result
CategoryGemini 3.5 Flash LiteBarsQwen3.5-35B-A3BTies
Coding50
Intelligence20
Reasoning33
Math30
Knowledge40
General200
All shared boards373
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index50
Coding benchmarks for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Qwen3.5-35B-A3B
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.5-35B-A3BLeader
LMArena WebDev14351254Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
AA Coding Index49.3Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)79.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)75.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)37.2%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
Code migration (Vals AI)6.2%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
ProgramBench (Vals AI)0.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI)50.2%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
CyberBench (Vals AI)59.1%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
SciCode41.3%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured26.5%Only Qwen3.5-35B-A3B measured
WeirdML39.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
ALE-Bench765.3221.8Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: coding14531410Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: software and IT14511415Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena WebDev: React14081238Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena WebDev: HTMLNot measured1301Only Qwen3.5-35B-A3B measured
LMArena WebDev: from an image1448Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
SciCode6.2%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
Neither model has a result on the other 20 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
Intelligence benchmarks for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Qwen3.5-35B-A3B
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.5-35B-A3BLeader
AA Intelligence Index22.219.3Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
Epoch Capabilities Index144.9142.5Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index8 boards, none shared
Agentic work benchmarks for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Qwen3.5-35B-A3B
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.5-35B-A3BLeader
AA Agentic Index14.3Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
Finance Agent (Vals AI)47.4%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI)7.2%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
Legal Research Bench (Vals AI)13.9%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI)43.2%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
τ²-Bench TelecomNot measured89.2%Only Qwen3.5-35B-A3B measured
APEX-Agents29.3%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
Vending-Bench 2Not measured$463Only Qwen3.5-35B-A3B measured
Neither model has a result on the other 33 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index33
Reasoning benchmarks for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Qwen3.5-35B-A3B
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.5-35B-A3BLeader
GPQA Diamond83.8%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
MMMU Pro (Vals AI)83.6%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)83.8%84.5%Qwen3.5-35B-A3B
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)18.8%21.0%Qwen3.5-35B-A3B
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)83.3%83.5%Qwen3.5-35B-A3B
ARC-AGI53.5%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
ARC-AGI-210.3%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
Chess puzzles21.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
Mystery game puzzles19.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts14411400Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: expert14341408Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English14401411Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Vision: diagrams1284Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
LMArena Vision: homework1291Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index30
Math benchmarks for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Qwen3.5-35B-A3B
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.5-35B-A3BLeader
OTIS Mock AIME71.1%70.0%Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 326.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
FrontierMath, tier 40.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
ProofBench13.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
LMArena Text: math14341404Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: mathematical work14331410Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
Knowledge benchmarks for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Qwen3.5-35B-A3B
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.5-35B-A3BLeader
MMLU Pro85.8%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)84.1%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)60.7%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)72.6%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
MortgageTax (Vals AI)68.7%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
MedCode (Vals AI)43.5%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
LMArena Text: science14511413Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare14381421Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: legal and government14311399Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: business and finance14231394Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
FACTS Benchmark Suite53.5%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
Web designNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Web design benchmarks for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Qwen3.5-35B-A3B
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.5-35B-A3BLeader
Neither model has a result on 9 boards here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index200
General benchmarks for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Qwen3.5-35B-A3B
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.5-35B-A3BLeader
Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI)51.8%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
SAGE (Vals AI)47.3%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
MedScribe (Vals AI)70.9%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
IFBenchNot measured72.5%Only Qwen3.5-35B-A3B measured
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)76.0%72.0%Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
DTBench83.5%80.0%Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMCA37.6%29.5%Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text14351395Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: instruction following14191379Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: creative writing14211347Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Vision1269Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
LMArena Text: English14381407Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: non-English14271378Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: Chinese14681457Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: German14541367Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: Japanese14261326Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: Korean14071355Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: French14511412Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: Spanish14411390Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: Russian14431376Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: Polish14371385Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: multi-turn14451390Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: longer queries14351389Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: writing and language14281365Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: entertainment and media14141347Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Vision: English1269Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
LMArena Vision: Chinese1311Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
LMArena Vision: reading text1280Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
LMArena Vision: humor1287Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
LMArena Vision: creative writing1260Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
Neither model has a result on the other 16 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Qwen3.5-35B-A3B
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.5-35B-A3BLeader
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

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite$0.0015Fits in one request
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B$0.0008Fits in one request

Qwen3.5-35B-A3B costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite$0.022Fits in one request
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B$0.012Fits in one request

Qwen3.5-35B-A3B costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite$0.085Fits in one request
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B$0.045Fits in one request

Qwen3.5-35B-A3B 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.

Specifications of Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Qwen3.5-35B-A3B
SpecificationGoogle Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.5-35B-A3B
MakerGoogleQwen
WeightsNo public weights listedOpen weights
ReleasedJuly 21, 2026February 25, 2026
Context window1.05M262K
Input $/Mtok$0.30$0.1625
Output $/Mtok$2.50$1.30
Coding index49.0Not benchmarked
Independent measurements behind it31
Cost per solved task$0.41Not computable
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite better than Qwen3.5-35B-A3B for coding?

Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite has a coding score, 49.0 on the Vibe Coding Index; Qwen3.5-35B-A3B has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Qwen3.5-35B-A3B for output tokens 1.9x cheaper ($1.30 vs $2.50 per million) and work measured by GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) or Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run), where it leads.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite or Qwen3.5-35B-A3B?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite costs $0.30 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens; Qwen3.5-35B-A3B costs $0.1625 and $1.30. Cost per solved task is known for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite only.

Which has the bigger context window, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite or Qwen3.5-35B-A3B?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks is the Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite vs Qwen3.5-35B-A3B comparison based on?

40 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite's coding index rests on 3 independent benchmarks and Qwen3.5-35B-A3B's on 1. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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