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Gemini 3.6 Flash vs QvQ-72B-Preview

Gemini 3.6 Flash leads the LLM Stats Score 43.3 to 7.9.

Google · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Gemini 3.6 Flash leads the overall LLM Stats Score 43.3 to 7.9, ranking #40 overall.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Gemini 3.6 Flash

  • overall performance matters — it scores 43.3 and ranks #40 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Jul 2026

Choose QvQ-72B-Preview

  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Gemini 3.6 Flash
Google
QvQ-72B-Preview
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
43.3
#40
7.9
#282
Reasoning
40.0
#54
8.2
#275
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Input price
$1.50 / M
— / M
Output price
$7.50 / M
— / M
Context window
1,048,576
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Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

2 shared
Index
Gemini 3.6 Flash
QvQ-72B-Preview
Vision
31.9#23
6.3#147
Multimodal
33.3#18
9.6#118
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

7 reported for Gemini 3.6 Flash · 4 for QvQ-72B-Preview

No common benchmarks found

Gemini 3.6 Flash and QvQ-72B-Previewdon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Gemini 3.6 Flash specifies input context (1,048,576 tokens). Only Gemini 3.6 Flash specifies output context (65,536 tokens).

Google
Gemini 3.6 Flash
Input1,048,576 tokens
Output65,536 tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
QvQ-72B-Preview
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Mon Sep 21 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Both Gemini 3.6 Flash and QvQ-72B-Preview support multimodal inputs.

They are both capable of processing various types of data, offering versatility in application.

Gemini 3.6 Flash

Text
Images
Audio
Video

QvQ-72B-Preview

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Gemini 3.6 Flash is licensed under a proprietary license, while QvQ-72B-Preview uses Qwen.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Gemini 3.6 Flash

Proprietary

Closed source

QvQ-72B-Preview

Qwen

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Gemini 3.6 Flash was released on 2026-07-21, while QvQ-72B-Preview was released on 2024-12-25.

Gemini 3.6 Flash is 19 months newer than QvQ-72B-Preview.

Gemini 3.6 Flash

Jul 21, 2026

2 months ago

1.6yr newer
QvQ-72B-Preview

Dec 25, 2024

1.7 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Gemini 3.6 Flash has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2026-03-31, while QvQ-72B-Preview's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Gemini 3.6 Flash's training data extends to 2026-03-31, but cannot make a direct comparison without QvQ-72B-Preview's cutoff date.

Gemini 3.6 Flash

Mar 2026

QvQ-72B-Preview

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Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Gemini 3.6 Flash and QvQ-72B-Preview side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Gemini 3.6 Flash
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QvQ-72B-Preview
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FAQ

Common questions about Gemini 3.6 Flash vs QvQ-72B-Preview.

Which is better, Gemini 3.6 Flash or QvQ-72B-Preview?

Gemini 3.6 Flash leads the LLM Stats Score 43.3 to 7.9. Gemini 3.6 Flash is made by Google and QvQ-72B-Preview is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Gemini 3.6 Flash compare to QvQ-72B-Preview in benchmarks?

Gemini 3.6 Flash scores CharXiv-R: 89.4%, OSWorld-Verified: 83.0%, Terminal-Bench 2.1: 78.0%, MLE-Bench: 63.9%, SWE-Bench Pro: 58.7%. QvQ-72B-Preview scores MathVista: 71.4%, MMMU: 70.3%, MathVision: 35.9%, OlympiadBench: 20.4%.

What are the context window sizes for Gemini 3.6 Flash and QvQ-72B-Preview?

Gemini 3.6 Flash supports 1.0M tokens and QvQ-72B-Preview supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Gemini 3.6 Flash and QvQ-72B-Preview?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (43.3 vs 7.9), licensing (Proprietary vs Qwen). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Gemini 3.6 Flash and QvQ-72B-Preview?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is developed by Google and QvQ-72B-Preview is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.

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