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Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Qwen3.6 Plus

Gemini 3.6 Flash leads Qwen3.6 Plus on coding, 62.5 to 44.1 on the Vibe Coding Index, and Qwen3.6 Plus costs 1.9x less per output token ($1.95 vs $3.75 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 75 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace Gemini 3.6 Flash Replace Qwen3.6 Plus
Gemini 3.6 FlashGoogle
Coding
62.5
Overall
68.3
Output $/M
$3.75
73
Qwen3.6 PlusQwen
Coding
44.1
Overall
56.2
Output $/M
$1.95
1
vs boards won of 75 shared, 1 tied

Gemini 3.6 Flash or Qwen3.6 Plus: which to pick

Pick Gemini 3.6 Flash for coding: it scores 62.5 on the Vibe Coding Index against 44.1 for Qwen3.6 Plus.

Pick Qwen3.6 Plus for output tokens 1.9x cheaper ($1.95 vs $3.75 per million) and a lower cost per solved task ($1.19 against $1.49).

Model AGemini 3.6 FlashGoogle62.5/1004 independent benchmarks$1.49 per solved taskModel BQwen3.6 PlusQwen44.1/1003 independent benchmarks$1.19 per solved task
Shared results
75
Gemini 3.6 Flash only
34
Qwen3.6 Plus only
8
Like-for-like categories
8 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 3.6 Flash 62.5 from 4 benchmarks, Qwen3.6 Plus 44.1 from 3 benchmarks.
Widest category
Agentic work, 17.1 points apart on average over 4 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI): Gemini 3.6 Flash 64.0% against Qwen3.6 Plus 25.6%, 38.4 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Gemini 3.6 Flash $3.75 against Qwen3.6 Plus $1.95 per million output tokens, 1.9x apart.
Context window
Gemini 3.6 Flash 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 3.6 FlashBarsQwen3.6 PlusTies
Coding1301 tie
Intelligence20
Agentic work40
Reasoning100
Math40
Knowledge101
Web design70
General230
All shared boards7311 tie
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index130
Coding benchmarks for Gemini 3.6 Flash and Qwen3.6 Plus
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen3.6 PlusLeader
LMArena WebDev15381461Gemini 3.6 Flash
AA Coding Index69.254.5Gemini 3.6 Flash
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)88.1%86.0%Gemini 3.6 Flash
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)79.6%73.4%Gemini 3.6 Flash
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)64.0%25.6%Gemini 3.6 Flash
Code migration (Vals AI)30.9%11.1%Gemini 3.6 Flash
ProgramBench (Vals AI)0.0%0.0%Tie
IOI (Vals AI)35.1%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI)73.8%53.2%Gemini 3.6 Flash
CyberBench (Vals AI)45.4%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
SciCode53.4%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured43.9%Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured
FrontierCode34.4%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
WeirdML56.1%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
ALE-Bench715.5670.1Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: coding14911467Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: software and IT14921462Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena WebDev: React15281454Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena WebDev: HTML15471463Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena WebDev: from an image15451472Gemini 3.6 Flash
SciCode10.8%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Neither model has a result on the other 18 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
Intelligence benchmarks for Gemini 3.6 Flash and Qwen3.6 Plus
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen3.6 PlusLeader
AA Intelligence Index34.027.0Gemini 3.6 Flash
Epoch Capabilities Index154.5147.3Gemini 3.6 Flash
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
Agentic work benchmarks for Gemini 3.6 Flash and Qwen3.6 Plus
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen3.6 PlusLeader
AA Agentic Index29.0Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Design Arena: agents building web apps1197Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps1181Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Design Arena: agents building mobile apps1198Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Design Arena: agents building Android apps1204Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Design Arena: agents building games1180Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Design Arena: HTML slides1099Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Design Arena: PowerPoint slides1121Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Design Arena: spreadsheets1071Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Finance Agent (Vals AI)56.3%40.9%Gemini 3.6 Flash
Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI)18.0%7.7%Gemini 3.6 Flash
Legal Research Bench (Vals AI)25.0%14.9%Gemini 3.6 Flash
Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI)65.4%32.9%Gemini 3.6 Flash
BioMysteryBench (Vals AI)58.5%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI)4.3%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
τ²-Bench TelecomNot measured97.7%Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured
APEX-Agents46.9%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Vending-Bench 2Not measured$5,115Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured
Neither model has a result on the other 23 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index100
Reasoning benchmarks for Gemini 3.6 Flash and Qwen3.6 Plus
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen3.6 PlusLeader
GPQA Diamond93.4%87.4%Gemini 3.6 Flash
MMMU Pro (Vals AI)88.4%84.2%Gemini 3.6 Flash
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)92.8%88.2%Gemini 3.6 Flash
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)40.8%27.8%Gemini 3.6 Flash
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)94.1%88.4%Gemini 3.6 Flash
ARC-AGI91.2%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
ARC-AGI-260.4%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Chess puzzles42.0%14.0%Gemini 3.6 Flash
Mystery game puzzles30.0%12.0%Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: hard prompts14861448Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: expert14901454Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English14841455Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Vision: diagrams1314Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
LMArena Vision: homework1314Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
Math benchmarks for Gemini 3.6 Flash and Qwen3.6 Plus
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen3.6 PlusLeader
AIMENot measured94.6%Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured
OTIS Mock AIME94.2%93.3%Gemini 3.6 Flash
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 358.9%38.2%Gemini 3.6 Flash
FrontierMath, tier 422.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
ProofBench36.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
LMArena Text: math15081449Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: mathematical work14921448Gemini 3.6 Flash
Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index101
Knowledge benchmarks for Gemini 3.6 Flash and Qwen3.6 Plus
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen3.6 PlusLeader
MMLU Pro89.3%87.7%Gemini 3.6 Flash
LegalBench (Vals AI)86.7%84.2%Gemini 3.6 Flash
CaseLaw (Vals AI)Not measured51.5%Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)63.3%61.9%Gemini 3.6 Flash
TaxEval (Vals AI)74.9%74.7%Gemini 3.6 Flash
MortgageTax (Vals AI)67.6%68.0%Qwen3.6 Plus
MedCode (Vals AI)53.1%36.9%Gemini 3.6 Flash
SimpleQA Verified66.2%44.1%Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: science14891439Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare14691442Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: legal and government14791437Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: business and finance14641430Gemini 3.6 Flash
FACTS Benchmark Suite65.3%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index70
Web design benchmarks for Gemini 3.6 Flash and Qwen3.6 Plus
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen3.6 PlusLeader
Design Arena: websites13001243Gemini 3.6 Flash
Design Arena: UI components12941230Gemini 3.6 Flash
Design Arena: game dev12631211Gemini 3.6 Flash
Design Arena: data viz12891228Gemini 3.6 Flash
Design Arena: 3D12711202Gemini 3.6 Flash
Design Arena: all code categories12891236Gemini 3.6 Flash
Design Arena: SVGNot measured1161Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured
Design Arena: ASCII art12811113Gemini 3.6 Flash
Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index230
General benchmarks for Gemini 3.6 Flash and Qwen3.6 Plus
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen3.6 PlusLeader
Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI)56.6%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
SAGE (Vals AI)48.7%44.9%Gemini 3.6 Flash
MedScribe (Vals AI)79.7%77.0%Gemini 3.6 Flash
Vals Multimodal Index65.1%51.5%Gemini 3.6 Flash
IFBenchNot measured75.2%Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)80.0%78.3%Gemini 3.6 Flash
DTBench95.5%81.9%Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMCA44.9%33.1%Gemini 3.6 Flash
CL-benchNot measured20.3%Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured
Furniture assembly23.3%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
LMArena Text14801436Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: instruction following14671424Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: creative writing14661404Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Vision1299Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
LMArena Text: English14821445Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: non-English14701424Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: Chinese15311477Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: German14801451Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: Japanese14751390Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: Korean14291379Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: French15031455Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: Spanish14761432Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: Russian14881434Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: Polish14731433Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: multi-turn14811438Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: longer queries14751439Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: writing and language14701418Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: entertainment and media14561402Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Vision: English1295Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
LMArena Vision: Chinese1357Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
LMArena Vision: reading text1312Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
LMArena Vision: humor1289Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
LMArena Vision: creative writing1278Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
LMArena Document1456Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Neither model has a result on the other 12 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for Gemini 3.6 Flash and Qwen3.6 Plus
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen3.6 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 3.6 Flash$0.0026Fits in one request
Qwen3.6 Plus$0.0013Fits in one request

Qwen3.6 Plus costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Gemini 3.6 Flash$0.049Fits in one request
Qwen3.6 Plus$0.022Fits in one request

Qwen3.6 Plus costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Gemini 3.6 Flash$0.188Fits 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 3.6 Flash and Qwen3.6 Plus
SpecificationGoogle Gemini 3.6 FlashQwen3.6 Plus
MakerGoogleQwen
WeightsNo public weights listedNo public weights listed
ReleasedJuly 21, 2026April 2, 2026
Context window1.05M1M
Input $/Mtok$0.75$0.325
Output $/Mtok$3.75$1.95
Coding index62.544.1
Independent measurements behind it43
Cost per solved task$1.49$1.19
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash better than Qwen3.6 Plus for coding?

Pick Gemini 3.6 Flash for coding: it scores 62.5 on the Vibe Coding Index against 44.1 for Qwen3.6 Plus. Pick Qwen3.6 Plus for output tokens 1.9x cheaper ($1.95 vs $3.75 per million) and a lower cost per solved task ($1.19 against $1.49).

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.6 Flash or Qwen3.6 Plus?

Gemini 3.6 Flash costs $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens; Qwen3.6 Plus costs $0.325 and $1.95. Per solved SWE-bench Verified task, Gemini 3.6 Flash costs $1.49 and Qwen3.6 Plus $1.19.

Which has the bigger context window, Gemini 3.6 Flash or Qwen3.6 Plus?

Gemini 3.6 Flash, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.

How many benchmarks is the Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Qwen3.6 Plus comparison based on?

75 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Gemini 3.6 Flash's coding index rests on 4 independent benchmarks and Qwen3.6 Plus's on 3. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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