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Alibaba Cloud (Qwen)

Qwen3.6-Flash

VS
Google

Gemini 2.5 Flash

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

Decision Recommendation

⚖️ Editorial Verdict: In our analysis, Qwen3.6-Flash is the premium intelligence choice, scoring 0.0% higher on coding benchmarks. However, Gemini 2.5 Flash compensates by delivering 1.7x faster throughput. If you are building high-volume, simple chatbots or processing massive amounts of text where budget is critical, Gemini 2.5 Flash offers excellent cost savings. For agentic reasoning, code refactoring, or complex logical tasks, the accuracy premium of Qwen3.6-Flash fully justifies the cost.

Model Specs

Qwen3.6-Flash

Benchmarks & Scores

Coding (swe-bench-pro)
N/A
Reasoning (gpqa-diamond)Winner (+17.2%)
85.5%

Cost & Performance

Cost (per 1M tokens)1.5x cheaper
$0.56Input: $0.25 | Output: $1.50
Speed
128 tps
Context Window
1M tokens
Model Specs

Gemini 2.5 Flash

Benchmarks & Scores

Coding (swe-bench-pro)
N/A
Reasoning (gpqa-diamond)
68.3%

Cost & Performance

Cost (per 1M tokens)
$0.85Input: $0.30 | Output: $2.50
Speed1.7x faster
221 tps
Context Window
1M tokens
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Frequently Asked Questions

Qwen3.6-Flash is cheaper than Gemini 2.5 Flash. Qwen3.6-Flash has a blended cost of $0.56/1M tokens, which is about 1.5x cheaper than Gemini 2.5 Flash at $0.85/1M tokens.

Gemini 2.5 Flash is faster than Qwen3.6-Flash. Gemini 2.5 Flash generates 221 tokens per second (tps) compared to Qwen3.6-Flash which generates 128 tokens per second.

Coding benchmark scores are not currently recorded for these models.

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