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Comparison · 3 models · Updated Nov 2, 2026

Qwen3 30B A3B vs Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17 vs DeepSeek V3 0324

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17 comes out ahead, 67 to 57 and 52 on our weighted score.

  1. 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
  2. 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

  3. DeepSeek

    DeepSeek V3 0324

    Released Mar 24, 2025

    52/100
    • ECI135.9
    • Price$0.275 / $1.12
    • Context164K
    Full specs Remove DeepSeek V3 0324
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 (57) and DeepSeek V3 0324 (52). It leads on inputs & features and context window. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.

  • CapabilityQwen3 30B A3BCapabilities Index (ECI): Qwen3 30B A3B 136.2 · DeepSeek V3 0324 135.9 · Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17 133.8
  • Lowest priceQwen3 30B A3BQwen3 30B A3B $0.20 · Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17 $0.21 · DeepSeek V3 0324 $0.486 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 · DeepSeek V3 0324 163,840 · Qwen3 30B A3B 131,072 tokens
  • Widest inputsGemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17Qwen3 30B A3B: Text · Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17: Text, Images, PDFs, Audio, Video · DeepSeek V3 0324: Text
  • Self-hostingQwen3 30B A3B and DeepSeek V3 0324Publishes downloadable weights
How the score is built
MeasureWeightQwen3 30B A3BGemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17DeepSeek V3 0324
CapabilityCapabilities Index (ECI)50%595759
Price25%807962
Inputs & features15%359025
Context window10%256128
Overall100%57/10067/10052/100
02 — Side by side

Every spec in one table

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

Qwen3 30B A3B vs Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17 vs DeepSeek V3 0324 specifications side by side
SpecificationQwen3 30B A3BAlibaba (Qwen)Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17GoogleDeepSeek V3 0324DeepSeek
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)136.2 (best)133.8135.9
ECI rank#126 of 165 (best)#132 of 165#128 of 165
GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions61.7%—67.6% (best)
OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics62.8% (best)—37.8%
Price per million tokens
Input$0.108 (best)$0.12$0.275
Output$0.475 (best)$0.48$1.12
Cached input———
Blended (3:1)$0.20 (best)$0.21$0.486
Long-context rateSame rateSame rateSame rate
Price sourceMedian of 14 providersMedian of 2 providersMedian of 13 providers
Limits
Context window131,072 tokens1,048,576 tokens (best)163,840 tokens
Max output16,384 tokens65,536 tokens163,840 tokens (best)
Inputs and features
TextYesYesYes
ImagesNoYesNo
PDFsNoYesNo
AudioNoYesNo
VideoNoYesNo
ReasoningYesYesNo
Tool callingYesYesYes
Structured outputNoNoNo
Availability
WeightsOpenProprietaryOpen
API model ID———
API providers14 (best)213
ReleasedApr 28, 2025Jun 17, 2025Mar 24, 2025
Knowledge cutoff—Jan 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.

  • Qwen3 30B A3B$2.03
  • Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17$2.16
  • DeepSeek V3 0324$4.99
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: Qwen3 30B A3B, Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17 or DeepSeek V3 0324?

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17 is the better all-round choice, scoring 67/100 against Qwen3 30B A3B (57) and DeepSeek V3 0324 (52). It leads on inputs & features and context window. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.

Which is cheaper, Qwen3 30B A3B, Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17 or DeepSeek V3 0324?

Qwen3 30B A3B is cheaper at $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); DeepSeek V3 0324 costs $0.275 input / $1.12 output per million tokens (median across 13 API providers). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.20 per million tokens for Qwen3 30B A3B versus $0.21 for Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17 (1× as much) and $0.486 for DeepSeek V3 0324 (2.4× 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), DeepSeek V3 0324 135.9 (#128 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 132.5–137.7), so treat the gap as small.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Qwen3 30B A3B, Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17 and DeepSeek V3 0324 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 has the largest context window at 1,048,576 tokens, against 163,840 for DeepSeek V3 0324 and 131,072 for Qwen3 30B A3B. Maximum output per response: Qwen3 30B A3B up to 16,384, Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17 up to 65,536, DeepSeek V3 0324 up to 163,840 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

Qwen3 30B A3B accepts text; Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17 accepts text, images, PDFs, audio and video; DeepSeek V3 0324 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 DeepSeek V3 0324 publishes its weights and can be self-hosted; Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17 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; DeepSeek V3 0324 came out Mar 24, 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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