Gemini 2.5 Pro vs Qwen3.6 Max Preview
Wins 1 of 6 areas
Facts
Wins 5 of 6 areas
Coding · Agents · Reasoning · Long documents · Following instructions
Qwen3.6 Max Preview is the stronger all-rounder.Gemini 2.5 Pro is better at facts.
Scores updated · 19 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the six areas where both have results. Each piece is one test, so a longer bar means more evidence; grey means the two scored within a point of each other.
- ReasoningHard problems that need careful thinking04Qwen3.6 Max Preview4 of 4 tests
- CodingWriting and fixing software02Qwen3.6 Max Preview2 of 3 tests · 1 tie
- AgentsCarrying out multi-step tasks on its own01Qwen3.6 Max Preview1 of 1 test
- Long documentsFinding answers in very long texts01Qwen3.6 Max Preview1 of 1 test
- Following instructionsDoing exactly what it is asked01Qwen3.6 Max Preview1 of 1 test
- FactsGetting facts right instead of making them up21Gemini 2.5 Pro2 of 3 tests
Agents, 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 Max Preview costs 19% less for the same work.
The biggest differences
The tests each model wins by the widest margin, up to three each. Scores are out of 100.
Where Qwen3.6 Max Preview pulls ahead
- Avoids making up answers it doesn't knowAA-Omniscience · Non-hallucination+44.7points ahead
- Follows unfamiliar, precisely checkable instructionsIFBench+27.9points ahead
- Hard command-line tasks in a real terminalTerminal-Bench Hard+17.4points ahead
Where Gemini 2.5 Pro pulls ahead
- Short factual questions, answered correctlySimpleQA Verified+4points ahead
- Answers hard knowledge questions correctlyAA-Omniscience · Accuracy+1.2points ahead
Every test, side by side
All 19 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingQwen3.6 Max Preview
- LMArena · WebDevQwen3.6 Max Preview by 258 rating points12241482+258 rating
- Terminal-Bench HardQwen3.6 Max Preview by 17.426.543.9+17.4
- SciCodetie46.346.9tie
ReasoningQwen3.6 Max Preview
- Humanity's Last ExamQwen3.6 Max Preview by 12.81830.8+12.8
- SimpleBenchQwen3.6 Max Preview by 11.451.663+11.4
- GPQA DiamondQwen3.6 Max Preview by 5.283.688.8+5.2
- CritPtQwen3.6 Max Preview by 1.12.63.7+1.1
FactsGemini 2.5 Pro
- AA-Omniscience · Non-hallucinationQwen3.6 Max Preview by 44.79.153.8+44.7
- SimpleQA VerifiedGemini 2.5 Pro by 45652+4
- AA-Omniscience · AccuracyGemini 2.5 Pro by 1.23937.9+1.2
Long documentsQwen3.6 Max Preview
- AA-LCRQwen3.6 Max Preview by 11.76980.7+11.7
Following instructionsQwen3.6 Max Preview
- IFBenchQwen3.6 Max Preview by 27.948.776.6+27.9
Other results6 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.
- AA Agentic IndexQwen3.6 Max Preview by 61.33.564.8+61.3
- τ²-Bench Telecom (AA run)Qwen3.6 Max Preview by 41.854.195.9+41.8
- AA-OmniscienceQwen3.6 Max Preview by 25.5-16.49.2+25.5
- AA IntelligenceQwen3.6 Max Preview by 13.41528.4+13.4
- Artificial Analysis Coding IndexGemini 2.5 Pro by 1.846.744.9+1.8
- frontiermath_tier_4_v1tie4.24.2tie
Questions people ask
Which is better, Gemini 2.5 Pro or Qwen3.6 Max Preview?
Qwen3.6 Max Preview wins five of the six areas where both have results: coding, agents, reasoning, long documents and following instructions. Gemini 2.5 Pro wins facts.
Which is better for coding?
Qwen3.6 Max Preview. It wins 2 of the 3 coding tests both models report; Gemini 2.5 Pro wins none, and 1 is a tie.
Which is cheaper?
Gemini 2.5 Pro costs $1.25 per million input tokens and $10.00 per million output tokens; Qwen3.6 Max Preview costs $1.30 and $7.80. That makes Qwen3.6 Max Preview about 19% cheaper for the same work.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 19 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 13 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 6 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.