Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 vs Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B
Compare Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 by Google AI against Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B by Qwen, context windows of 1.0M vs 262K, tested across 44 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05
Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3BRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 has the edge — bigger model tier, bigger context window, major provider backing.
Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B is 10x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05
Input
$1.25
Output
$10.00
Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B
Input
$0.16
7.8× cheaper
Output
$0.97
10× cheaper
Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B is cheaper on both — 7.8× input, 10× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
40%
Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B uses 160.3x more emoji
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05
Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B
51%Vocabulary59%
15wSentence Length15w
0.31Hedging0.31
4.8Bold4.9
4.1Lists2.7
0.00Emoji1.60
0.98Headings0.75
0.05Transitions0.05
Based on 20 + 27 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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