Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite vs Qwen3.6 35B A3B (Reasoning)
Which is better for the money: Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite by Google or Qwen3.6 35B A3B (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 35B A3B (Reasoning) vs Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite: 18.0% less intelligence, 145.2% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 416.4% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Qwen3.6 35B A3B (Reasoning) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 22.2 | 18.2 | −18.0% Qwen3.6 35B A3B (Reas… is 18.0% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $365.63 | $896.39 | +145.2% Qwen3.6 35B A3B (Reas… is 2.5× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 9.09s | 46.94s | +416.4% Qwen3.6 35B A3B (Reas… is 416.4% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.30 / $2.50 | $0.38 / $2.25 | |
| 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 35B A3B (Reasoning) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Xhigh) scores 51.00 for $662.
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