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Comparison · 3 models · Updated Nov 2, 2026

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17 vs Gemini 2.0 Flash vs Qwen3 30B A3B

Too close to call on our weighted score (Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17 67, Gemini 2.0 Flash 67, Qwen3 30B A3B 57). The right pick depends on what you value most.

  1. Google

    Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17

    Released Jun 17, 2025

    67/100
    • ECI133.8
    • Price$0.12 / $0.48
    • Context1.05M
    Full specs Remove Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17

  2. Google

    Gemini 2.0 Flash

    Released Dec 11, 2024

    67/100
    • ECI134.7
    • Price$0.10 / $0.42
    • Context1.05M
    Full specs Remove Gemini 2.0 Flash

  3. Alibaba (Qwen)

    Qwen3 30B A3B

    Released Apr 28, 2025

    57/100
    • ECI136.2
    • Price$0.108 / $0.475
    • Context131K
    Full specs Remove Qwen3 30B A3B
01 — Verdict

Too close to call

It is close. Our weighted score puts them within a point (Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17 67/100, Gemini 2.0 Flash 67/100, Qwen3 30B A3B 57/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: Qwen3 30B A3B for raw capability and Gemini 2.0 Flash on price. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.

  • CapabilityQwen3 30B A3BCapabilities Index (ECI): Qwen3 30B A3B 136.2 · Gemini 2.0 Flash 134.7 · Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17 133.8
  • Lowest priceGemini 2.0 FlashGemini 2.0 Flash $0.18 · Qwen3 30B A3B $0.20 · Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17 $0.21 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
  • Longest contextGemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17 and Gemini 2.0 FlashGemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17 1,048,576 · Gemini 2.0 Flash 1,048,576 · Qwen3 30B A3B 131,072 tokens
  • Widest inputsGemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17 and Gemini 2.0 FlashGemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17: Text, Images, PDFs, Audio, Video · Gemini 2.0 Flash: Text, Images, PDFs, Audio, Video · Qwen3 30B A3B: Text
  • Self-hostingQwen3 30B A3BPublishes downloadable weights
How the score is built
MeasureWeightGemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17Gemini 2.0 FlashQwen3 30B A3B
CapabilityCapabilities Index (ECI)50%575859
Price25%798280
Inputs & features15%908035
Context window10%616125
Overall100%67/10067/10057/100
02 — Side by side

Every spec in one table

Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17 vs Gemini 2.0 Flash vs Qwen3 30B A3B specifications side by side
SpecificationGemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17GoogleGemini 2.0 FlashGoogleQwen3 30B A3BAlibaba (Qwen)
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)133.8134.7136.2 (best)
ECI rank#132 of 165#130 of 165#126 of 165 (best)
GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions—64.1% (best)61.7%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics—31.1%62.8% (best)
Price per million tokens
Input$0.12$0.10 (best)$0.108
Output$0.48$0.42 (best)$0.475
Cached input———
Blended (3:1)$0.21$0.18 (best)$0.20
Long-context rateSame rateSame rateSame rate
Price sourceMedian of 2 providersMedian of 1 providersMedian of 14 providers
Limits
Context window1,048,576 tokens (best)1,048,576 tokens (best)131,072 tokens
Max output65,536 tokens (best)8,192 tokens16,384 tokens
Inputs and features
TextYesYesYes
ImagesYesYesNo
PDFsYesYesNo
AudioYesYesNo
VideoYesYesNo
ReasoningYesNoYes
Tool callingYesYesYes
Structured outputNoNoNo
Availability
WeightsProprietaryProprietaryOpen
API model ID———
API providers2214 (best)
ReleasedJun 17, 2025Dec 11, 2024Apr 28, 2025
Knowledge cutoffJan 2025Jun 2024—
03 — Cost

What would a month cost?

Enter your expected volume in millions of tokens. List prices only; caching and batch discounts would lower these.

  • Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17$2.16
  • Gemini 2.0 Flash$1.84
  • Qwen3 30B A3B$2.03
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17, Gemini 2.0 Flash or Qwen3 30B A3B?

It is close. Our weighted score puts them within a point (Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17 67/100, Gemini 2.0 Flash 67/100, Qwen3 30B A3B 57/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: Qwen3 30B A3B for raw capability and Gemini 2.0 Flash on price. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17, Gemini 2.0 Flash or Qwen3 30B A3B?

Gemini 2.0 Flash is cheaper at $0.10 input / $0.42 output per million tokens (median across 1 API provider). Qwen3 30B A3B costs $0.108 input / $0.475 output per million tokens (median across 14 API providers); Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17 costs $0.12 input / $0.48 output per million tokens (median across 2 API providers). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.18 per million tokens for Gemini 2.0 Flash versus $0.20 for Qwen3 30B A3B (1.1× as much) and $0.21 for Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17 (1.2× as much).

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

Qwen3 30B A3B scores higher on the Capabilities Index (ECI): Qwen3 30B A3B 136.2 (#126 of 165), Gemini 2.0 Flash 134.7 (#130 of 165) and Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17 133.8 (#132 of 165). The confidence ranges of the top two overlap (130.8–138.5 vs 131.4–136.5), so treat the gap as small.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17, Gemini 2.0 Flash and Qwen3 30B A3B yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, Qwen3 30B A3B leads, which tends to carry over to coding, but test on your own codebase. All three support tool calling for agent workflows.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17 and Gemini 2.0 Flash have the largest context windows (1,048,576 and 1,048,576 tokens), against 131,072 for Qwen3 30B A3B. Maximum output per response: Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17 up to 65,536, Gemini 2.0 Flash up to 8,192, Qwen3 30B A3B up to 16,384 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17 accepts text, images, PDFs, audio and video; Gemini 2.0 Flash accepts text, images, PDFs, audio and video; Qwen3 30B A3B accepts text. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17 handles the widest range of inputs.

Are any of these open source?

Qwen3 30B A3B publishes its weights and can be self-hosted; Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17 and Gemini 2.0 Flash is proprietary.

Which is newer?

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17 is the newest, released Jun 17, 2025. Qwen3 30B A3B came out Apr 28, 2025; Gemini 2.0 Flash came out Dec 11, 2024. Knowledge cutoff: Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17 Jan 2025, Gemini 2.0 Flash Jun 2024.

How do you decide the winner?

Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Nov 2, 2026.

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