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Comparison · 3 models · Updated Nov 2, 2026

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite vs GLM-4.7 vs Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite comes out ahead, 69 to 55 and 55 on our weighted score, and it is the cheaper option too.

  1. Our pick

    Google

    Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite

    Released Jul 21, 2026

    69/100
    • ECI145.0
    • Price$0.30 / $2.50
    • Context1.05M
    Full specs Remove Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite

  2. Z.ai (Zhipu)

    GLM-4.7

    Released Dec 22, 2025

    55/100
    • ECI143.7
    • Price$0.60 / $2.20
    • Context205K
    Full specs Remove GLM-4.7

  3. Alibaba (Qwen)

    Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507

    Released Jul 25, 2025

    55/100
    • ECI143.8
    • Price$0.30 / $2.90
    • Context262K
    Full specs Remove Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507
01 — Verdict

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is our pick

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is the better all-round choice, scoring 69/100 against Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507 (55) and GLM-4.7 (55). It leads on price, inputs & features and context window. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.

  • CapabilityGemini 3.5 Flash LiteCapabilities Index (ECI): Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite 145.0 · Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507 143.8 · GLM-4.7 143.7
  • Lowest priceGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGemini 3.5 Flash Lite $0.85 · Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507 $0.95 · GLM-4.7 $1.00 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
  • Longest contextGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGemini 3.5 Flash Lite 1,048,576 · Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507 262,144 · GLM-4.7 204,800 tokens
  • Widest inputsGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGemini 3.5 Flash Lite: Text, Images, PDFs, Audio, Video · GLM-4.7: Text · Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507: Text
  • Self-hostingGLM-4.7 and Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507Publishes downloadable weights (Apache 2.0)
How the score is built
MeasureWeightGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGLM-4.7Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507
CapabilityCapabilities Index (ECI)50%706969
Price25%514849
Inputs & features15%1003535
Context window10%613237
Overall100%69/10055/10055/100
02 — Side by side

Every spec in one table

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

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite vs GLM-4.7 vs Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507 specifications side by side
SpecificationGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGoogleGLM-4.7Z.ai (Zhipu)Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507Alibaba (Qwen)
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)145.0 (best)143.7143.8
ECI rank#89 of 165 (best)#94 of 165#93 of 165
GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions83.3% (best)83.3% (best)80.1%
FrontierMath Tiers 1–3Research-level mathematics26.0%——
OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics71.1%83.3%86.7% (best)
SimpleQA VerifiedShort factual questions—32.2%40.4% (best)
Price per million tokens
Input$0.30 (best)$0.60$0.30 (best)
Output$2.50$2.20 (best)$2.90
Cached input$0.03 (best)$0.11—
Blended (3:1)$0.85 (best)$1.00$0.95
Long-context rateSame rateSame rateSame rate
Price sourceOfficial Google APIOfficial Z.AI APIMedian of 11 providers
Limits
Context window1,048,576 tokens (best)204,800 tokens262,144 tokens
Max output65,536 tokens131,072 tokens (best)81,920 tokens
Inputs and features
TextYesYesYes
ImagesYesNoNo
PDFsYesNoNo
AudioYesNoNo
VideoYesNoNo
ReasoningYesminimal · low · medium · highYesYes
Tool callingYesYesYes
Structured outputYesNoNo
Availability
WeightsProprietaryOpenOpenApache 2.0
API model IDgemini-3.5-flash-liteglm-4.7—
API providers2931 (best)12
ReleasedJul 21, 2026Dec 22, 2025Jul 25, 2025
Knowledge cutoffMar 2026Apr 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 3.5 Flash Lite$8.00
  • GLM-4.7$10.40
  • Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507$8.80
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite, GLM-4.7 or Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is the better all-round choice, scoring 69/100 against Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507 (55) and GLM-4.7 (55). It leads on price, inputs & features and context window. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite, GLM-4.7 or Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite 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); GLM-4.7 costs $0.60 input / $2.20 output per million tokens (official Z.AI API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.85 per million tokens for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite versus $0.95 for Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507 (1.1× as much) and $1.00 for GLM-4.7 (1.2× as much).

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite scores higher on the Capabilities Index (ECI): Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite 145.0 (#89 of 165), Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507 143.8 (#93 of 165) and GLM-4.7 143.7 (#94 of 165). The confidence ranges of the top two overlap (142.6–146.3 vs 141.9–145.2), so treat the gap as small. On individual benchmarks: GPQA Diamond — Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite 83.3%, GLM-4.7 83.3%, Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507 80.1%; OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 — Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507 86.7%, GLM-4.7 83.3%, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite 71.1%.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite, GLM-4.7 and Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507 yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite 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 3.5 Flash Lite has the largest context window at 1,048,576 tokens, against 262,144 for Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507 and 204,800 for GLM-4.7. Maximum output per response: Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite up to 65,536, GLM-4.7 up to 131,072, Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507 up to 81,920 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite accepts text, images, PDFs, audio and video; GLM-4.7 accepts text; Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507 accepts text. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite handles the widest range of inputs.

Are any of these open source?

GLM-4.7 and Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507 publishes its weights (Apache 2.0) and can be self-hosted; Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is proprietary.

Which is newer?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is the newest, released Jul 21, 2026. GLM-4.7 came out Dec 22, 2025; Qwen3 235B-A22B Thinking 2507 came out Jul 25, 2025. Knowledge cutoff: Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite Mar 2026, GLM-4.7 Apr 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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