Gemini 2.5 Pro vs Qwen3.6 35B A3B
Wins 1 of 8 areas
Math
Wins 5 of 8 areas
Coding · Agents · Images and charts · Long documents · Following instructions
Qwen3.6 35B A3B is the stronger all-rounder.Gemini 2.5 Pro is better at math.
Scores updated · 31 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the eight areas we test. Each piece is one test, so a longer bar means more evidence; grey means the two scored within a point of each other.
- Images and chartsUnderstanding pictures, charts and video03Qwen3.6 35B A3B3 of 4 tests · 1 tie
- CodingWriting and fixing software13Qwen3.6 35B A3B3 of 4 tests
- AgentsCarrying out multi-step tasks on its own02Qwen3.6 35B A3B2 of 4 tests · 2 ties
- Long documentsFinding answers in very long texts01Qwen3.6 35B A3B1 of 1 test
- Following instructionsDoing exactly what it is asked01Qwen3.6 35B A3B1 of 1 test
- MathCompetition and research-level math10Gemini 2.5 Pro1 of 1 test
- ReasoningHard problems that need careful thinking11Even1 each · 1 tie
- FactsGetting facts right instead of making them up11Even1 each
Math, long documents and following instructions rest on a single test each.
What it costs
Prices per million tokens, roughly 750,000 words. The bars show the cost of a million tokens read plus a million written.
Qwen3.6 35B A3B costs 77% less for the same work.
The biggest differences
The three tests each model wins by the widest margin. Scores are out of 100.
Where Qwen3.6 35B A3B pulls ahead
- Avoids making up answers it doesn't knowAA-Omniscience · Non-hallucination+40.4points ahead
- Finds hard-to-locate facts by browsing the webBrowseComp+38.8points ahead
- Command-line tasks in a real terminalTerminal-Bench 2.1+16.4points ahead
Where Gemini 2.5 Pro pulls ahead
- Answers hard knowledge questions correctlyAA-Omniscience · Accuracy+20.3points ahead
- Code for real scientific research problemsSciCode+9.7points ahead
- Unpublished advanced math problemsFrontierMath Tiers 1-3 (v2)+4.2points ahead
Every test, side by side
All 31 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingQwen3.6 35B A3B
- Terminal-Bench 2.1Qwen3.6 35B A3B by 16.428.544.9+16.4
- SWE-bench VerifiedQwen3.6 35B A3B by 10.263.273.4+10.2
- SciCodeGemini 2.5 Pro by 9.746.336.6+9.7
- Terminal-Bench HardQwen3.6 35B A3B by 8.326.534.8+8.3
AgentsQwen3.6 35B A3B
- BrowseCompQwen3.6 35B A3B by 38.89.948.7+38.8
- GDPValQwen3.6 35B A3B by 19.8019.8+19.8
- τ-Bench V3 · Bankingtie9.79.3tie
- Terminal-Bench 4.0tie00tie
ReasoningEven
- Humanity's Last ExamQwen3.6 35B A3B by 4.21822.2+4.2
- CritPtGemini 2.5 Pro by 2.32.60.3+2.3
- GPQA Diamondtie83.684.1tie
FactsEven
- AA-Omniscience · Non-hallucinationQwen3.6 35B A3B by 40.49.149.5+40.4
- AA-Omniscience · AccuracyGemini 2.5 Pro by 20.33918.8+20.3
Images and chartsQwen3.6 35B A3B
- OCRBenchv2Qwen3.6 35B A3B by 6.259.365.5+6.2
- MathVistaQwen3.6 35B A3B by 2.583.986.4+2.5
- MMMUQwen3.6 35B A3B by 2.179.681.7+2.1
- MMMU-Protie74.975tie
Following instructionsQwen3.6 35B A3B
- IFBenchQwen3.6 35B A3B by 15.748.764.4+15.7
Other results11 tests, not counted
Tests outside the eight areas. They are not counted above: several are summary scores built from other tests, or the same test under another name.
- τ²-Bench Telecom (AA run)Qwen3.6 35B A3B by 41.254.195.3+41.2
- HMMT 2025Qwen3.6 35B A3B by 23.465.789.1+23.4
- AA Agentic IndexQwen3.6 35B A3B by 11.53.515+11.5
- HMMT Feb. 2025Qwen3.6 35B A3B by 9.980.890.7+9.9
- HMMT Nov. 2025Qwen3.6 35B A3B by 9.18089.1+9.1
- AA-OmniscienceGemini 2.5 Pro by 5.9-16.4-22.2+5.9
- Artificial Analysis Coding IndexGemini 2.5 Pro by 4.846.741.9+4.8
- AA IntelligenceQwen3.6 35B A3B by 3.21518.2+3.2
- OCRBench v2 (Chinese)Gemini 2.5 Pro by 1.462.260.8+1.4
- MMLU-Protie8685.2tie
- VideoMMMUtie83.683.7tie
Questions people ask
Which is better, Gemini 2.5 Pro or Qwen3.6 35B A3B?
Qwen3.6 35B A3B wins five of the eight areas we test: coding, agents, images and charts, long documents and following instructions. Gemini 2.5 Pro wins math. They are level on reasoning and facts.
Which is better for coding?
Qwen3.6 35B A3B. It wins 3 of the 4 coding tests both models report; Gemini 2.5 Pro wins 1.
Which is cheaper?
Gemini 2.5 Pro costs $1.25 per million input tokens and $10.00 per million output tokens; Qwen3.6 35B A3B costs $0.38 and $2.25. That makes Qwen3.6 35B A3B about 77% cheaper for the same work.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 31 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 20 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 11 are listed but not counted, because several are summary scores or repeat a test. Each score is the one shown on the model's own page.