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Gemini 3.5 Flash vs Qwen3.5-35B-A3B

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 16 shared benchmark results across 6 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

64.75/100
Margin
7.8pts
← winning
56.97/100
2 category wins3 category wins

Public leaderboard positions: Gemini 3.5 Flash #33 (Estimated); Qwen3.5-35B-A3B #72 (Supported). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. Gemini 3.5 Flash and Qwen3.5-35B-A3B share 16 comparable benchmark results. 5 of 8 categories are comparable. 30 results are unique to Gemini 3.5 Flash; 12 to Qwen3.5-35B-A3B.

Updated July 23, 2026
Shared results
16
Gemini 3.5 Flash only
30
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B only
12
Comparable categories
5 / 8

Pick Gemini 3.5 Flash if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3.5-35B-A3B only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority or you want the cheaper token bill.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 16 shared benchmark results across 6 evidence categories; 5 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.

Why this result

Gemini 3.5 Flash is clearly ahead on the BenchAlign aggregate, 64.75 to 56.97. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Gemini 3.5 Flash's sharpest advantage is in agentic, where it averages 77.2 against 51. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is Terminal-Bench 2.0, 76.2% to 40.5%. Qwen3.5-35B-A3B does hit back in knowledge, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

Gemini 3.5 Flash is also the more expensive model on tokens at $1.50 input / $9.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for Qwen3.5-35B-A3B. That is roughly Infinityx on output cost alone. Gemini 3.5 Flash gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 262K for Qwen3.5-35B-A3B.

Category breakdown

Exact category averages are shown below. Not measured means BenchLM does not have enough sourced public coverage for that model and category.

Category scores and score margins for Gemini 3.5 Flash and Qwen3.5-35B-A3B
CategoryGemini 3.5 FlashΔQwen3.5-35B-A3B
KnowledgeGemini 3.5 Flash47.2Margin→ 34.4Qwen3.5-35B-A3B81.6
AgenticGemini 3.5 Flash77.2Margin← 26.2Qwen3.5-35B-A3B51.0
ReasoningGemini 3.5 Flash74.7Margin← 15.7Qwen3.5-35B-A3B59.0
Inst. FollowingGemini 3.5 Flash76.3Margin→ 15.6Qwen3.5-35B-A3B91.9
CodingGemini 3.5 Flash53.9Margin→ 6.7Qwen3.5-35B-A3B60.6
MathGemini 3.5 Flash32.9MarginNo overlapQwen3.5-35B-A3BNot measured
MultilingualGemini 3.5 FlashNot measuredMarginNo overlapQwen3.5-35B-A3B81.0
MultimodalGemini 3.5 Flash83.8MarginNo overlapQwen3.5-35B-A3BNot measured

Decisive benchmark drivers

The largest measured benchmark gaps in this matchup, with exact reported values.

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A · Gemini 3.5 FlashB · Qwen3.5-35B-A3B

  1. Terminal-Bench 2.0

    Agentic
    Source ↗
    A 76.2%B 40.5%
    Winner: Gemini 3.5 FlashΔ 35.7
    Terminal-Bench 2.0: Gemini 3.5 Flash scored 76.2%; Qwen3.5-35B-A3B scored 40.5%. Gemini 3.5 Flash wins this benchmark.

  2. OSWorld-Verified

    Agentic
    Source ↗
    A 78.4%B 54.5%
    Winner: Gemini 3.5 FlashΔ 23.9
    OSWorld-Verified: Gemini 3.5 Flash scored 78.4%; Qwen3.5-35B-A3B scored 54.5%. Gemini 3.5 Flash wins this benchmark.

  3. GPQA

    Knowledge
    Source ↗
    A 92.2%B 84.2%
    Winner: Gemini 3.5 FlashΔ 8
    GPQA: Gemini 3.5 Flash scored 92.2%; Qwen3.5-35B-A3B scored 84.2%. Gemini 3.5 Flash wins this benchmark.

Operational comparison

Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.

MetricGemini 3.5 FlashQwen3.5-35B-A3BComparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensGemini 3.5 Flash$1.5 input / $9 outputQwen3.5-35B-A3B$0 input / $0 outputQwen3.5-35B-A3B has the lower combined listed price.
Generation speedtokens per secondGemini 3.5 Flash284.2 tok/sQwen3.5-35B-A3BNot availableA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenGemini 3.5 Flash18.55 sQwen3.5-35B-A3BNot availableA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensGemini 3.5 Flash1MQwen3.5-35B-A3B262KGemini 3.5 Flash lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

AgenticGemini 3.5 Flash wins
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen3.5-35B-A3BResult
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 76.2%40.5%Gemini 3.5 Flash leads
MCP AtlasSource 83.6%—Not comparable
ToolathlonSource 56.5%—Not comparable
OSWorld-VerifiedSource 78.4%54.5%Gemini 3.5 Flash leads
Finance Agent v2Source 57.9%—Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 1349—Not comparable
τ²-bench resultsSource 95.3%89.2%Gemini 3.5 Flash leads
GDPval-AASource 42.4%—Not comparable
AA Agentic IndexSource 37.5%—Not comparable
APEX-Agents-AASource 47.1%—Not comparable
Gert LabsSource 61.85%28.96%Gemini 3.5 Flash leads
ResearchClawBenchSource 18.0%—Not comparable
AA AutomationBenchSource 42.6%—Not comparable
AA EnterpriseOps-GymSource 50.1%—Not comparable
terminalBenchHardSource 40.9%—Not comparable
BrowseCompSource —61%Not comparable
CodingQwen3.5-35B-A3B wins
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen3.5-35B-A3BResult
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 76.2%—Not comparable
SWE-bench ProSource 55.1%—Not comparable
SciCodeSource 53.1%—Not comparable
Vibe Code BenchSource 48.68%—Not comparable
cursorBench31Source 49.8%—Not comparable
cursorBench32Source 48.8%—Not comparable
AA Coding IndexSource 70.1%—Not comparable
AA-SciCodeSource 53.1%37.7%Gemini 3.5 Flash leads
SWE-bench VerifiedSource —69.2%Not comparable
SWE-RebenchSource —53.7%Not comparable
ReasoningGemini 3.5 Flash wins
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen3.5-35B-A3BResult
MRCRv2Source 77.3%—Not comparable
MRCR 1MSource 26.6%—Not comparable
ARC-AGI-2Source 72.1%—Not comparable
AA-LCRSource 69.3%62.7%Gemini 3.5 Flash leads
CritPtSource 13.1%0.9%Gemini 3.5 Flash leads
LongBench v2Source —59%Not comparable
KnowledgeQwen3.5-35B-A3B wins
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen3.5-35B-A3BResult
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 50.2%29.3%Gemini 3.5 Flash leads
GPQASource 92.2%84.2%Gemini 3.5 Flash leads
GPQA-DSource 92.7%—Not comparable
HLESource 40.2%—Not comparable
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 51.9%20.5%Gemini 3.5 Flash leads
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 60.7%84.0%Gemini 3.5 Flash leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 92.2%84.5%Gemini 3.5 Flash leads
AA-HLESource 41.0%19.7%Gemini 3.5 Flash leads
AA-Omniscience IndexSource 22.7%-46.4%Gemini 3.5 Flash leads
MMLU-ProSource —85.3%Not comparable
SuperGPQASource —63.4%Not comparable
Math
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen3.5-35B-A3BResult
FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3)Source 38.966%—Not comparable
FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4)Source 14.583%—Not comparable
Multilingual
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen3.5-35B-A3BResult
MMLU-ProXSource —81%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen3.5-35B-A3BResult
CharXivSource 84.2%—Not comparable
MMMU-ProSource 83.6%—Not comparable
Blueprint-Bench 2Source 33.6%—Not comparable
AA-MMMU-ProSource 84.3%72.7%Gemini 3.5 Flash leads
Design Arena WebsiteSource 1285—Not comparable
MMMUSource —81.4%Not comparable
MMVUSource —72.3%Not comparable
MathVisionSource —83.9%Not comparable
V*Source —92.7%Not comparable
Inst. FollowingQwen3.5-35B-A3B wins
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen3.5-35B-A3BResult
IFBenchSource 76.3%—Not comparable
AA-IFBenchSource 76.3%72.5%Gemini 3.5 Flash leads
IFEvalSource —91.9%Not comparable
Frequently Asked Questions (6)

Which is better, Gemini 3.5 Flash or Qwen3.5-35B-A3B?

Gemini 3.5 Flash is ahead on BenchLM's BenchAlign leaderboard, 64.75 to 56.97. The biggest single separator in this matchup is Terminal-Bench 2.0, where the scores are 76.2% and 40.5%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Gemini 3.5 Flash or Qwen3.5-35B-A3B?

Qwen3.5-35B-A3B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 81.6 versus 47.2. Inside this category, AA-Omniscience Index is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Gemini 3.5 Flash or Qwen3.5-35B-A3B?

Qwen3.5-35B-A3B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 60.6 versus 53.9. Inside this category, AA-SciCode is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, Gemini 3.5 Flash or Qwen3.5-35B-A3B?

Gemini 3.5 Flash has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 74.7 versus 59. Inside this category, CritPt is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Gemini 3.5 Flash or Qwen3.5-35B-A3B?

Gemini 3.5 Flash has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 77.2 versus 51. Inside this category, Terminal-Bench 2.0 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, Gemini 3.5 Flash or Qwen3.5-35B-A3B?

Qwen3.5-35B-A3B has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 91.9 versus 76.3. Inside this category, AA-IFBench is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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