Gemini 3 Pro vs Qwen3.6 Max Preview
Wins 2 of 6 areas
Reasoning · Facts
Wins 4 of 6 areas
Coding · Agents · Long documents · Following instructions
Qwen3.6 Max Preview is the stronger all-rounder.Gemini 3 Pro is better at reasoning.
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.
- CodingWriting and fixing software12Qwen3.6 Max Preview2 of 3 tests
- 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
- ReasoningHard problems that need careful thinking40Gemini 3 Pro4 of 4 tests
- FactsGetting facts right instead of making them up21Gemini 3 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 35% 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 Max Preview pulls ahead
- Avoids making up answers it doesn't knowAA-Omniscience · Non-hallucination+45.3points ahead
- Real work tasks from 44 professionsGDPVal+16points ahead
- Follows unfamiliar, precisely checkable instructionsIFBench+6.2points ahead
Where Gemini 3 Pro pulls ahead
- Short factual questions, answered correctlySimpleQA Verified+20.9points ahead
- Answers hard knowledge questions correctlyAA-Omniscience · Accuracy+17.9points ahead
- Common-sense trick questionsSimpleBench+13.4points 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
- SciCodeGemini 3 Pro by 9.256.146.9+9.2
- LMArena · WebDevQwen3.6 Max Preview by 42 rating points14401482+42 rating
- Terminal-Bench HardQwen3.6 Max Preview by 2.241.743.9+2.2
ReasoningGemini 3 Pro
- SimpleBenchGemini 3 Pro by 13.476.463+13.4
- Humanity's Last ExamGemini 3 Pro by 8.939.730.8+8.9
- CritPtGemini 3 Pro by 5.49.13.7+5.4
- GPQA DiamondGemini 3 Pro by 290.888.8+2
FactsGemini 3 Pro
- AA-Omniscience · Non-hallucinationQwen3.6 Max Preview by 45.38.553.8+45.3
- SimpleQA VerifiedGemini 3 Pro by 20.972.952+20.9
- AA-Omniscience · AccuracyGemini 3 Pro by 17.955.837.9+17.9
Long documentsQwen3.6 Max Preview
- AA-LCRQwen3.6 Max Preview by 4.77680.7+4.7
Following instructionsQwen3.6 Max Preview
- IFBenchQwen3.6 Max Preview by 6.270.476.6+6.2
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.
- frontiermath_tier_4_v1Gemini 3 Pro by 14.618.84.2+14.6
- AA Agentic IndexQwen3.6 Max Preview by 12.85264.8+12.8
- τ²-Bench Telecom (AA run)Qwen3.6 Max Preview by 8.887.195.9+8.8
- AA-OmniscienceGemini 3 Pro by 6.115.39.2+6.1
- Artificial Analysis Coding IndexGemini 3 Pro by 1.646.544.9+1.6
- AA Intelligencetie2828.4tie
Questions people ask
Which is better, Gemini 3 Pro or Qwen3.6 Max Preview?
Qwen3.6 Max Preview wins four of the six areas where both have results: coding, agents, long documents and following instructions. Gemini 3 Pro wins reasoning and facts.
Which is better for coding?
Qwen3.6 Max Preview. It wins 2 of the 3 coding tests both models report; Gemini 3 Pro wins 1.
Which is cheaper?
Gemini 3 Pro costs $2.00 per million input tokens and $12.00 per million output tokens; Qwen3.6 Max Preview costs $1.30 and $7.80. That makes Qwen3.6 Max Preview about 35% 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.