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Alibaba Cloud (Qwen)

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B

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Google

Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite

✍️ Analysis by:the whichllmmodel Editorial Team|📅 Updated: June 2026

Decision Recommendation

⚖️ Editorial Verdict: In our analysis, Qwen3.6-35B-A3B is the premium intelligence choice, scoring 49.5% higher on coding benchmarks. However, Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite compensates by delivering 1.6x faster throughput. If you are building high-volume, simple chatbots or processing massive amounts of text where budget is critical, Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite offers excellent cost savings. For agentic reasoning, code refactoring, or complex logical tasks, the accuracy premium of Qwen3.6-35B-A3B fully justifies the cost.

Model Specs

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B

Benchmarks & Scores

Coding (swe-bench-pro)Winner (+)
49.5%
Reasoning (gpqa-diamond)
86%

Cost & Performance

Cost (per 1M tokens)
$0.56Input: $0.25 | Output: $1.50
Speed
128 tps
Context Window
1M tokens
Model Specs

Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite

Benchmarks & Scores

Coding (swe-bench-pro)
N/A
Reasoning (gpqa-diamond)Winner (+0.9%)
86.9%

Cost & Performance

Cost (per 1M tokens)
$0.56Input: $0.25 | Output: $1.50
Speed1.6x faster
205 tps
Context Window
1M tokens
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Frequently Asked Questions

Both Qwen3.6-35B-A3B and Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite cost the same, with a blended cost of $0.56 per 1 million tokens.

Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite is faster than Qwen3.6-35B-A3B. Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite generates 205 tokens per second (tps) compared to Qwen3.6-35B-A3B which generates 128 tokens per second.

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B is better for coding tasks. It scores 49.5% on coding evaluations (swe-bench-pro) compared to Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite which scores N/A.

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