Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite vs Qwen3.6 27B (Reasoning)
Which is better for the money: Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite by Google or Qwen3.6 27B (Reasoning) by Alibaba? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-26.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
Qwen3.6 27B (Reasoning) vs Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite: 3.6% less intelligence, 213.3% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 1119.7% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Qwen3.6 27B (Reasoning) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 22.2 | 21.4 | −3.6% Qwen3.6 27B (Reasonin… is 3.6% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $365.63 | $1,145.36 | +213.3% Qwen3.6 27B (Reasonin… is 3.1× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 9.09s | 110.87s | +1119.7% Qwen3.6 27B (Reasonin… is 1119.7% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.30 / $2.50 | $0.60 / $3.60 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image, Speech, Video | Text, Image, Video |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Medium) scores 47.80 for $361.
- Qwen3.6 27B (Reasoning) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) scores 51.80 for $1082.
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