Flagship reasoning model for complex multi-step tasks.
Google's high-speed thinking model for agentic workflows, chat, and coding.
No shared agent demos for these models yet.
No captured outputs for these models yet.
Based on the Capability Index, Gemini 3.5 Flash scores higher (86.2 vs 76.5). However, "better" depends on your use case — pricing, speed, context window, and specific capability needs all matter.
Qwen3 Max Thinking has a lower blended cost. Qwen3 Max Thinking: $0.78 input / $3.90 output. Gemini 3.5 Flash: $1.50 input / $9.00 output.
Gemini 3.5 Flash has a larger context window: Qwen3 Max Thinking supports 262K tokens vs Gemini 3.5 Flash at 1M tokens.
Gemini 3.5 Flash supports vision/image input, but Qwen3 Max Thinking does not.
Key differences: Gemini 3.5 Flash has a notably higher capability index (9.7 point gap); only Gemini 3.5 Flash supports vision input. Compare full specs on this page.
If cost is your priority, choose the cheaper option. If you need the highest intelligence for complex tasks, pick the higher-scoring model. For long documents or codebases, choose the larger context window. You can try both Qwen3 Max Thinking and Gemini 3.5 Flash for free on idapt.app to see which performs better for your specific needs.