Gemini 3 Pro vs Qwen3.6 27B
Wins 5 of 8 areas
Agents · Reasoning · Images and charts · Math · Following instructions
Wins 1 of 8 areas
Long documents
Gemini 3 Pro is the stronger all-rounder.Qwen3.6 27B is cheaper and better at long documents.
Both rank among the ten best models we track in images and charts.
Scores updated · 35 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.
- ReasoningHard problems that need careful thinking30Gemini 3 Pro3 of 3 tests
- Images and chartsUnderstanding pictures, charts and video31Gemini 3 Pro3 of 5 tests · 1 tie
- MathCompetition and research-level math21Gemini 3 Pro2 of 3 tests
- AgentsCarrying out multi-step tasks on its own10Gemini 3 Pro1 of 1 test
- Following instructionsDoing exactly what it is asked10Gemini 3 Pro1 of 1 test
- Long documentsFinding answers in very long texts01Qwen3.6 27B1 of 1 test
- CodingWriting and fixing software33Even3 each
- FactsGetting facts right instead of making them up11Even1 each
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 27B costs 70% less for the same work.
The biggest differences
The three tests each model wins by the widest margin. Scores are out of 100.
Where Gemini 3 Pro pulls ahead
- Answers hard knowledge questions correctlyAA-Omniscience · Accuracy+36.2points ahead
- Very hard expert questions across many subjectsHumanity's Last Exam+16.6points ahead
- Code for real scientific research problemsSciCode+13.3points ahead
Where Qwen3.6 27B pulls ahead
- Avoids making up answers it doesn't knowAA-Omniscience · Non-hallucination+42.2points ahead
- Long, multi-file coding tasks in real codebasesSWE-bench Pro+10.2points ahead
- Fixes real GitHub issues in many programming languagesSWE-bench Multilingual+6.3points ahead
Every test, side by side
All 35 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingEven
- SciCodeGemini 3 Pro by 13.356.142.8+13.3
- SWE-bench ProQwen3.6 27B by 10.243.353.5+10.2
- Terminal-Bench HardGemini 3 Pro by 6.941.734.8+6.9
- SWE-bench MultilingualQwen3.6 27B by 6.36571.3+6.3
- LiveCodeBench v6Gemini 3 Pro by 3.587.483.9+3.5
- SWE-bench VerifiedQwen3.6 27B by 176.277.2+1
ReasoningGemini 3 Pro
- Humanity's Last ExamGemini 3 Pro by 16.639.723.1+16.6
- CritPtGemini 3 Pro by 89.11.1+8
- GPQA DiamondGemini 3 Pro by 6.690.884.2+6.6
FactsEven
- AA-Omniscience · Non-hallucinationQwen3.6 27B by 42.28.550.7+42.2
- AA-Omniscience · AccuracyGemini 3 Pro by 36.255.819.6+36.2
Images and chartsGemini 3 Pro
- MMMU-ProGemini 3 Pro by 5.680.274.6+5.6
- OCRBenchv2Qwen3.6 27B by 4.963.468.3+4.9
- CharXiv (RQ)Gemini 3 Pro by 381.478.4+3
- MathVistaGemini 3 Pro by 2.489.887.4+2.4
- OCRBenchtie90.389.4tie
MathGemini 3 Pro
- AIME 2026Qwen3.6 27B by 2.491.794.1+2.4
- IMOAnswerBenchGemini 3 Pro by 2.383.180.8+2.3
- HMMT Feb. 2026Gemini 3 Pro by 2.186.484.3+2.1
Following instructionsGemini 3 Pro
- IFBenchGemini 3 Pro by 2.870.467.6+2.8
Other results13 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-OmniscienceGemini 3 Pro by 35.315.3-20+35.3
- AA Agentic IndexGemini 3 Pro by 31.95220.1+31.9
- SimpleVQAGemini 3 Pro by 13.669.756.1+13.6
- Artificial Analysis Coding IndexQwen3.6 27B by 7.246.553.7+7.2
- τ²-Bench Telecom (AA run)Qwen3.6 27B by 7.187.194.2+7.1
- AA IntelligenceGemini 3 Pro by 6.62821.4+6.6
- MLVUQwen3.6 27B by 5.980.786.6+5.9
- OCRBench v2 (Chinese)Gemini 3 Pro by 5.163.858.7+5.1
- Terminal-Bench 2.0Qwen3.6 27B by 5.154.259.3+5.1
- MMLU-ProGemini 3 Pro by 3.990.186.2+3.9
- HMMT Feb. 2025Gemini 3 Pro by 3.797.593.8+3.7
- VideoMMMUGemini 3 Pro by 3.287.684.4+3.2
- HMMT Nov. 2025Gemini 3 Pro by 2.693.390.7+2.6
Questions people ask
Which is better, Gemini 3 Pro or Qwen3.6 27B?
Gemini 3 Pro wins five of the eight areas we test: agents, reasoning, images and charts, math and following instructions. Qwen3.6 27B wins long documents, and costs 70% less. They are level on coding and facts.
Which is better for coding?
Neither. They win 3 coding tests each of the 6 both models report.
Which is cheaper?
Gemini 3 Pro costs $2.00 per million input tokens and $12.00 per million output tokens; Qwen3.6 27B costs $0.60 and $3.60. That makes Qwen3.6 27B about 70% cheaper for the same work.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 35 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 22 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 13 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.