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Comparison · 3 models · Updated Nov 2, 2026

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17 vs Qwen3 30B A3B vs Qwen3 30B-A3B Instruct 2507

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17 comes out ahead, 67 to 59 and 57 on our weighted score, though Qwen3 30B-A3B Instruct 2507 is 29% cheaper per token.

  1. Our pick

    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. 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

  3. Alibaba (Qwen)

    Qwen3 30B-A3B Instruct 2507

    Released Jul 28, 2025

    59/100
    • ECI137.3
    • Price$0.10 / $0.30
    • Context262K
    Full specs Remove Qwen3 30B-A3B Instruct 2507
01 — Verdict

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17 is our pick

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17 is the better all-round choice, scoring 67/100 against Qwen3 30B-A3B Instruct 2507 (59) and Qwen3 30B A3B (57). It leads on inputs & features and context window. Qwen3 30B-A3B Instruct 2507 wins on price. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.

  • CapabilityQwen3 30B-A3B Instruct 2507Capabilities Index (ECI): Qwen3 30B-A3B Instruct 2507 137.3 · Qwen3 30B A3B 136.2 · Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17 133.8
  • Lowest priceQwen3 30B-A3B Instruct 2507Qwen3 30B-A3B Instruct 2507 $0.15 · 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 06-17Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17 1,048,576 · Qwen3 30B-A3B Instruct 2507 262,144 · Qwen3 30B A3B 131,072 tokens
  • Widest inputsGemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17: Text, Images, PDFs, Audio, Video · Qwen3 30B A3B: Text · Qwen3 30B-A3B Instruct 2507: Text
  • Self-hostingQwen3 30B A3B and Qwen3 30B-A3B Instruct 2507Publishes downloadable weights (Apache 2.0)
How the score is built
MeasureWeightGemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17Qwen3 30B A3BQwen3 30B-A3B Instruct 2507
CapabilityCapabilities Index (ECI)50%575961
Price25%798085
Inputs & features15%903525
Context window10%612537
Overall100%67/10057/10059/100
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 Qwen3 30B A3B vs Qwen3 30B-A3B Instruct 2507 specifications side by side
SpecificationGemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17GoogleQwen3 30B A3BAlibaba (Qwen)Qwen3 30B-A3B Instruct 2507Alibaba (Qwen)
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)133.8136.2137.3 (best)
ECI rank#132 of 165#126 of 165#124 of 165 (best)
GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions—61.7% (best)55.6%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics—62.8% (best)62.2%
Price per million tokens
Input$0.12$0.108$0.10 (best)
Output$0.48$0.475$0.30 (best)
Cached input———
Blended (3:1)$0.21$0.20$0.15 (best)
Long-context rateSame rateSame rateSame rate
Price sourceMedian of 2 providersMedian of 14 providersMedian of 12 providers
Limits
Context window1,048,576 tokens (best)131,072 tokens262,144 tokens
Max output65,536 tokens (best)16,384 tokens16,384 tokens
Inputs and features
TextYesYesYes
ImagesYesNoNo
PDFsYesNoNo
AudioYesNoNo
VideoYesNoNo
ReasoningYesYesNo
Tool callingYesYesYes
Structured outputNoNoNo
Availability
WeightsProprietaryOpenOpenApache 2.0
API model ID———
API providers214 (best)14 (best)
ReleasedJun 17, 2025Apr 28, 2025Jul 28, 2025
Knowledge cutoffJan 2025——
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
  • Qwen3 30B A3B$2.03
  • Qwen3 30B-A3B Instruct 2507$1.60
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17, Qwen3 30B A3B or Qwen3 30B-A3B Instruct 2507?

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17 is the better all-round choice, scoring 67/100 against Qwen3 30B-A3B Instruct 2507 (59) and Qwen3 30B A3B (57). It leads on inputs & features and context window. Qwen3 30B-A3B Instruct 2507 wins 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, Qwen3 30B A3B or Qwen3 30B-A3B Instruct 2507?

Qwen3 30B-A3B Instruct 2507 is cheaper at $0.10 input / $0.30 output per million tokens (median across 12 API providers). 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 $0.15 per million tokens for Qwen3 30B-A3B Instruct 2507 versus $0.20 for Qwen3 30B A3B (1.3× as much) and $0.21 for Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17 (1.4× as much).

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

Qwen3 30B-A3B Instruct 2507 scores higher on the Capabilities Index (ECI): Qwen3 30B-A3B Instruct 2507 137.3 (#124 of 165), Qwen3 30B A3B 136.2 (#126 of 165) and Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17 133.8 (#132 of 165). The confidence ranges of the top two overlap (131.7–139.4 vs 130.8–138.5), 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, Qwen3 30B A3B and Qwen3 30B-A3B Instruct 2507 yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, Qwen3 30B-A3B Instruct 2507 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 has the largest context window at 1,048,576 tokens, against 262,144 for Qwen3 30B-A3B Instruct 2507 and 131,072 for Qwen3 30B A3B. Maximum output per response: Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17 up to 65,536, Qwen3 30B A3B up to 16,384, Qwen3 30B-A3B Instruct 2507 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; Qwen3 30B A3B accepts text; Qwen3 30B-A3B Instruct 2507 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 and Qwen3 30B-A3B Instruct 2507 publishes its weights (Apache 2.0) and can be self-hosted; Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17 is proprietary.

Which is newer?

Qwen3 30B-A3B Instruct 2507 is the newest, released Jul 28, 2025. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17 came out Jun 17, 2025; Qwen3 30B A3B came out Apr 28, 2025. Knowledge cutoff: Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17 Jan 2025.

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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