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Comparison · 2 models · Updated Nov 2, 2026

Gemini 2.5 Flash vs Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507

Gemini 2.5 Flash comes out ahead, 66 to 55 on our weighted score, and it is the cheaper option too.

  1. Our pick

    Google

    Gemini 2.5 Flash

    Released Jun 17, 2025

    66/100
    • ECI140.6
    • Price$0.30 / $2.50
    • Context1.05M
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  2. Alibaba (Qwen)

    Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507

    Released Jul 25, 2025

    55/100
    • ECI143.8
    • Price$0.30 / $2.90
    • Context262K
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01 — Verdict

Gemini 2.5 Flash is our pick

Gemini 2.5 Flash is the better all-round choice, scoring 66/100 against Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507 (55). It leads on price, inputs & features and context window. Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507 wins on capability. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.

  • CapabilityQwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507Capabilities Index (ECI): Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507 143.8 · Gemini 2.5 Flash 140.6
  • Lowest priceGemini 2.5 FlashGemini 2.5 Flash $0.85 · Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507 $0.95 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
  • Longest contextGemini 2.5 FlashGemini 2.5 Flash 1,048,576 · Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507 262,144 tokens
  • Widest inputsGemini 2.5 FlashGemini 2.5 Flash: Text, Images, PDFs, Audio, Video · Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507: Text
  • Self-hostingQwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507Publishes downloadable weights (Apache 2.0)
How the score is built
MeasureWeightGemini 2.5 FlashQwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507
CapabilityCapabilities Index (ECI)50%6569
Price25%5149
Inputs & features15%10035
Context window10%6137
Overall100%66/10055/100
02 — Side by side

Every spec in one table

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Gemini 2.5 Flash vs Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507 specifications side by side
SpecificationGemini 2.5 FlashGoogleQwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507Alibaba (Qwen)
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)140.6143.8 (best)
ECI rank#110 of 165#93 of 165 (best)
GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions—80.1%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics—86.7%
SimpleQA VerifiedShort factual questions—40.4%
Price per million tokens
Input$0.30$0.30
Output$2.50 (best)$2.90
Cached input$0.03—
Blended (3:1)$0.85 (best)$0.95
Long-context rateSame rateSame rate
Price sourceOfficial Google APIMedian of 11 providers
Limits
Context window1,048,576 tokens (best)262,144 tokens
Max output65,536 tokens81,920 tokens (best)
Inputs and features
TextYesYes
ImagesYesNo
PDFsYesNo
AudioYesNo
VideoYesNo
ReasoningYesYes
Tool callingYesYes
Structured outputYesNo
Availability
WeightsProprietaryOpenApache 2.0
API model IDgemini-2.5-flash—
API providers32 (best)12
ReleasedJun 17, 2025Jul 25, 2025
Knowledge cutoffJan 2025—
03 — Cost

What would a month cost?

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  • Gemini 2.5 Flash$8.00
  • Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507$8.80
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: Gemini 2.5 Flash or Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507?

Gemini 2.5 Flash is the better all-round choice, scoring 66/100 against Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507 (55). It leads on price, inputs & features and context window. Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507 wins on capability. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 2.5 Flash or Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507?

Gemini 2.5 Flash is cheaper at $0.30 input / $2.50 output per million tokens (official Google API price). Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507 costs $0.30 input / $2.90 output per million tokens (median across 11 API providers). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.85 per million tokens for Gemini 2.5 Flash versus $0.95 for Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507 (1.1× as much).

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507 scores higher on the Capabilities Index (ECI): Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507 143.8 (#93 of 165) and Gemini 2.5 Flash 140.6 (#110 of 165). The confidence ranges of the top two overlap (141.9–145.2 vs 138.4–142.1), so treat the gap as small.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Gemini 2.5 Flash and Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507 yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507 leads, which tends to carry over to coding, but test on your own codebase. Both support tool calling for agent workflows.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 2.5 Flash has the largest context window at 1,048,576 tokens, against 262,144 for Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507. Maximum output per response: Gemini 2.5 Flash up to 65,536, Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507 up to 81,920 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

Gemini 2.5 Flash accepts text, images, PDFs, audio and video; Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507 accepts text. Gemini 2.5 Flash handles the widest range of inputs.

Are any of these open source?

Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507 publishes its weights (Apache 2.0) and can be self-hosted; Gemini 2.5 Flash is proprietary.

Which is newer?

Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507 is the newest, released Jul 25, 2025. Gemini 2.5 Flash came out Jun 17, 2025. Knowledge cutoff: Gemini 2.5 Flash 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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