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Comparison · 2 models · Updated Oct 4, 2026

Gemini 3 Flash Preview vs Qwen3 14B

Gemini 3 Flash Preview comes out ahead, 73 to 54 on our weighted score, though Qwen3 14B is 46% cheaper per token.

  1. Our pick

    Google

    Gemini 3 Flash Preview

    Released Dec 17, 2025

    73/100
    • ECI151.8
    • Price$0.50 / $3.00
    • Context1.05M
    Full specs Remove Gemini 3 Flash Preview

  2. Alibaba (Qwen)

    Qwen3 14B

    Released Apr 29, 2025

    54/100
    • ECI138.2
    • Price$0.35 / $1.40
    • Context131K
    Full specs Remove Qwen3 14B

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01 — Verdict

Gemini 3 Flash Preview is our pick

Gemini 3 Flash Preview is the better all-round choice, scoring 73/100 against Qwen3 14B (54). It leads on capability, inputs & features and context window. Qwen3 14B wins on price. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.

  • CapabilityGemini 3 Flash PreviewCapabilities Index (ECI): Gemini 3 Flash Preview 151.8 · Qwen3 14B 138.2
  • Lowest priceQwen3 14BQwen3 14B $0.613 · Gemini 3 Flash Preview $1.13 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
  • Longest contextGemini 3 Flash PreviewGemini 3 Flash Preview 1,048,576 · Qwen3 14B 131,072 tokens
  • Widest inputsGemini 3 Flash PreviewGemini 3 Flash Preview: Text, Images, PDFs, Audio, Video · Qwen3 14B: Text
  • Self-hostingQwen3 14BPublishes downloadable weights
How the score is built
MeasureWeightGemini 3 Flash PreviewQwen3 14B
CapabilityCapabilities Index (ECI)50%8063
Price25%4760
Inputs & features15%10035
Context window10%6124
Overall100%73/10054/100
02 — Side by side

Every spec in one table

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Gemini 3 Flash Preview vs Qwen3 14B specifications side by side
SpecificationGemini 3 Flash PreviewGoogleQwen3 14BAlibaba (Qwen)
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)151.8 (best)138.2
ECI rank#43 of 148 (best)#107 of 148
GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions89.4% (best)63.8%
FrontierMath Tiers 1–3Research-level mathematics51.2%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics95.6% (best)66.4%
SWE-bench VerifiedFixing real GitHub issues75.4%—
SimpleQA VerifiedShort factual questions66.8%—
Price per million tokens
Input$0.50$0.35 (best)
Output$3.00$1.40 (best)
Cached input$0.05—
Blended (3:1)$1.13$0.613 (best)
Long-context rateSame rateSame rate
Price sourceOfficial Google APIOfficial Alibaba API
Limits
Context window1,048,576 tokens (best)131,072 tokens
Max output65,536 tokens (best)8,192 tokens
Inputs and features
TextYesYes
ImagesYesNo
PDFsYesNo
AudioYesNo
VideoYesNo
ReasoningYesminimal · low · medium · highYes
Tool callingYesYes
Structured outputYesNo
Availability
WeightsProprietaryOpen
API model IDgemini-3-flash-previewqwen3-14b
API providers20 (best)1
ReleasedDec 17, 2025Apr 29, 2025
Knowledge cutoffJan 2025Apr 2025
03 — Cost

What would a month cost?

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  • Gemini 3 Flash Preview$11.00
  • Qwen3 14B$6.30
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: Gemini 3 Flash Preview or Qwen3 14B?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview is the better all-round choice, scoring 73/100 against Qwen3 14B (54). It leads on capability, inputs & features and context window. Qwen3 14B wins on price. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3 Flash Preview or Qwen3 14B?

Qwen3 14B is cheaper at $0.35 input / $1.40 output per million tokens (official Alibaba API price). Gemini 3 Flash Preview costs $0.50 input / $3.00 output per million tokens (official Google API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.613 per million tokens for Qwen3 14B versus $1.13 for Gemini 3 Flash Preview (1.8× as much).

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview scores higher on the Capabilities Index (ECI): Gemini 3 Flash Preview 151.8 (#43 of 148) and Qwen3 14B 138.2 (#107 of 148). Their confidence ranges do not overlap (150.4–153.7 vs 133.5–140.1), so the gap is a real one. On individual benchmarks: GPQA Diamond — Gemini 3 Flash Preview 89.4%, Qwen3 14B 63.8%; OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 — Gemini 3 Flash Preview 95.6%, Qwen3 14B 66.4%.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Qwen3 14B yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, Gemini 3 Flash Preview 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 3 Flash Preview has the largest context window at 1,048,576 tokens, against 131,072 for Qwen3 14B. Maximum output per response: Gemini 3 Flash Preview up to 65,536, Qwen3 14B up to 8,192 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview accepts text, images, PDFs, audio and video; Qwen3 14B accepts text. Gemini 3 Flash Preview handles the widest range of inputs.

Are any of these open source?

Qwen3 14B publishes its weights and can be self-hosted; Gemini 3 Flash Preview is proprietary.

Which is newer?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview is the newest, released Dec 17, 2025. Qwen3 14B came out Apr 29, 2025. Knowledge cutoff: Gemini 3 Flash Preview Jan 2025, Qwen3 14B 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 Oct 4, 2026.

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