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Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite vs Qwen3.6 Plus

Updated October 21, 2026. 65 benchmarks have a result for both. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.

Replace Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite Replace Qwen3.6 Plus
Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteGoogle
Coding
33.6
Overall
22.2
Output $/M
$2.50
24
Qwen3.6 PlusQwen
Coding
37.4
Overall
27.0
Output $/M
$1.95
40
vs boards won of 65 shared, 1 tied

Decision reading

Pick Qwen3.6 Plus for coding: it scores 37.4 on the Vibe Coding Index against 33.6 for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite.

Pick Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite when a solved task costs $0.41 against $1.19, or when the context window is larger, 1.05M against 1M tokens.

Model AGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGoogle33.6/1001 independent benchmark$0.41 per solved taskModel BQwen3.6 PlusQwen37.4/1001 independent benchmark$1.19 per solved task
Shared results
65
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite only
18
Qwen3.6 Plus only
18
Like-for-like categories
7 of 9

Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results only one model has describe coverage, not superiority.

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 33.6 from 1 benchmark, Qwen3.6 Plus 37.4 from 1 benchmark.
Widest category
Math, 9.9 points apart on average over 4 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
OTIS Mock AIME: Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite 71.1% against Qwen3.6 Plus 93.3%, 22.2 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite $2.50 against Qwen3.6 Plus $1.95 per million output tokens, 1.3x apart.
Context window
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite takes 1.05M tokens, Qwen3.6 Plus 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.

Boards won, where both have a result
CategoryGemini 3.5 Flash LiteBarsQwen3.6 PlusTies
Coding391 tie
Intelligence02
Agentic work22
Reasoning28
Math04
Knowledge37
General148
All shared boards24401 tie
CodingLike-for-likeFour of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index39
Coding benchmarks for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Qwen3.6 Plus
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.6 PlusLeader
LMArena WebDev14351461Qwen3.6 Plus
AA Coding Index49.354.5Qwen3.6 Plus
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)79.0%86.0%Qwen3.6 Plus
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)75.0%73.4%Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)37.2%25.6%Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
Code migration (Vals AI)6.2%11.1%Qwen3.6 Plus
ProgramBench (Vals AI)0.0%0.0%Tie
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI)50.2%53.2%Qwen3.6 Plus
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 measured43.9%Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured
WeirdML39.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
ALE-Bench765.3670.1Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: coding14531467Qwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Text: software and IT14511462Qwen3.6 Plus
LMArena WebDev: React14081454Qwen3.6 Plus
LMArena WebDev: HTMLNot measured1463Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured
LMArena WebDev: from an image14481472Qwen3.6 Plus
Neither model has a result on the other 20 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
Intelligence benchmarks for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Qwen3.6 Plus
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.6 PlusLeader
AA Intelligence Index22.227.0Qwen3.6 Plus
Epoch Capabilities Index144.9147.3Qwen3.6 Plus
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index22
Agentic work benchmarks for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Qwen3.6 Plus
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.6 PlusLeader
AA Agentic Index14.3Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
Finance Agent (Vals AI)47.4%40.9%Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI)7.2%7.7%Qwen3.6 Plus
Legal Research Bench (Vals AI)13.9%14.9%Qwen3.6 Plus
Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI)43.2%32.9%Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
τ²-Bench TelecomNot measured97.7%Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured
APEX-Agents29.3%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
Vending-Bench 2Not measured$5,115Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured
Neither model has a result on the other 31 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index28
Reasoning benchmarks for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Qwen3.6 Plus
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.6 PlusLeader
GPQA Diamond83.8%87.4%Qwen3.6 Plus
MMMU Pro (Vals AI)83.6%84.2%Qwen3.6 Plus
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)83.8%88.2%Qwen3.6 Plus
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)18.8%27.8%Qwen3.6 Plus
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)83.3%88.4%Qwen3.6 Plus
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%14.0%Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
Mystery game puzzles19.0%12.0%Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: hard prompts14411448Qwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Text: expert14341454Qwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English14401455Qwen3.6 Plus
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 7 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
Math benchmarks for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Qwen3.6 Plus
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.6 PlusLeader
AIMENot measured94.6%Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured
OTIS Mock AIME71.1%93.3%Qwen3.6 Plus
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 326.0%38.2%Qwen3.6 Plus
FrontierMath, tier 40.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
ProofBench13.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
LMArena Text: math14341449Qwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Text: mathematical work14331448Qwen3.6 Plus
Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index37
Knowledge benchmarks for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Qwen3.6 Plus
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.6 PlusLeader
MMLU Pro85.8%87.7%Qwen3.6 Plus
LegalBench (Vals AI)84.1%84.2%Qwen3.6 Plus
CaseLaw (Vals AI)Not measured51.5%Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)60.7%61.9%Qwen3.6 Plus
TaxEval (Vals AI)72.6%74.7%Qwen3.6 Plus
MortgageTax (Vals AI)68.7%68.0%Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
MedCode (Vals AI)43.5%36.9%Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
SimpleQA VerifiedNot measured44.1%Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured
LMArena Text: science14511439Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare14381442Qwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Text: legal and government14311437Qwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Text: business and finance14231430Qwen3.6 Plus
Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index8 boards, none shared
Web design benchmarks for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Qwen3.6 Plus
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.6 PlusLeader
Design Arena: websitesNot measured1243Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured
Design Arena: UI componentsNot measured1233Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured
Design Arena: game devNot measured1211Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured
Design Arena: data vizNot measured1228Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured
Design Arena: 3DNot measured1202Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured
Design Arena: all code categoriesNot measured1236Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured
Design Arena: SVGNot measured1160Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured
Design Arena: ASCII artNot measured1115Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured
Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index148
General benchmarks for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Qwen3.6 Plus
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.6 PlusLeader
Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI)51.8%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
SAGE (Vals AI)47.3%44.9%Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
MedScribe (Vals AI)70.9%77.0%Qwen3.6 Plus
Vals Multimodal IndexNot measured51.5%Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured
IFBenchNot measured75.2%Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)76.0%78.3%Qwen3.6 Plus
DTBench83.5%81.9%Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMCA37.6%33.1%Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
CL-benchNot measured20.3%Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured
LMArena Text14351436Qwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Text: instruction following14191424Qwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Text: creative writing14211404Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Vision1269Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
LMArena Text: English14381445Qwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Text: non-English14271424Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: Chinese14681477Qwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Text: German14541451Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: Japanese14261390Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: Korean14071379Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: French14511455Qwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Text: Spanish14411432Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: Russian14431434Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: Polish14371433Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: multi-turn14451438Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: longer queries14351439Qwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Text: writing and language14281418Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: entertainment and media14141402Gemini 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 14 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 Qwen3.6 Plus
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.6 PlusLeader
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
Qwen3.6 Plus$0.0013Fits in one request

Qwen3.6 Plus costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite$0.022Fits in one request
Qwen3.6 Plus$0.022Fits in one request

Qwen3.6 Plus costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite$0.085Fits in one request
Qwen3.6 Plus$0.085Fits in one request

Qwen3.6 Plus 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 Qwen3.6 Plus
SpecificationGoogle Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.6 Plus
MakerGoogleQwen
WeightsNo public weights listedNo public weights listed
ReleasedJuly 21, 2026April 2, 2026
Context window1.05M1M
Input $/Mtok$0.30$0.325
Output $/Mtok$2.50$1.95
Coding index33.637.4
Independent measurements behind it11
Cost per solved task$0.41$1.19
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite better than Qwen3.6 Plus for coding?

Pick Qwen3.6 Plus for coding: it scores 37.4 on the Vibe Coding Index against 33.6 for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite. Pick Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite when a solved task costs $0.41 against $1.19, or when the context window is larger, 1.05M against 1M tokens.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite or Qwen3.6 Plus?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite costs $0.30 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens; Qwen3.6 Plus costs $0.325 and $1.95. Per solved SWE-bench Verified task, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite costs $0.41 and Qwen3.6 Plus $1.19.

Which has the bigger context window, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite or Qwen3.6 Plus?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.

How many benchmarks is the Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite vs Qwen3.6 Plus comparison based on?

65 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite's coding index rests on 1 independent benchmark and Qwen3.6 Plus's on 1. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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