Qwen3.5 Flash vs MiMo-V2.5 vs Gemma 4 31B IT
Too close to call on our weighted score (MiMo-V2.5 79, Qwen3.5 Flash 79, Gemma 4 31B IT 70). The right pick depends on what you value most.
Alibaba (Qwen)Qwen3.5 Flash
79/100- ECI144.0
- Price$0.10 / $0.40
- Context1M
XiaomiMiMo-V2.5
79/100- ECI—
- Price$0.14 / $0.28
- Context1.05M
GoogleGemma 4 31B IT
70/100- ECI142.8
- Price$0.14 / $0.40
- Context262K
Too close to call
It is close. Our weighted score puts them within a point (MiMo-V2.5 79/100, Qwen3.5 Flash 79/100, Gemma 4 31B IT 70/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: Qwen3.5 Flash on price and MiMo-V2.5 for long inputs. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.
- CapabilityNot enough dataNo independent benchmark covers every model here yet
- Lowest priceQwen3.5 Flash and MiMo-V2.5Qwen3.5 Flash $0.175 · MiMo-V2.5 $0.175 · Gemma 4 31B IT $0.205 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
- Longest contextMiMo-V2.5MiMo-V2.5 1,048,576 · Qwen3.5 Flash 1,000,000 · Gemma 4 31B IT 262,144 tokens
- Widest inputsMiMo-V2.5Qwen3.5 Flash: Text, Images, Video · MiMo-V2.5: Text, Images, Audio, Video · Gemma 4 31B IT: Text, Images
- Self-hostingMiMo-V2.5 and Gemma 4 31B ITPublishes downloadable weights
| Measure | Weight | Qwen3.5 Flash | MiMo-V2.5 | Gemma 4 31B IT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | 50% | 86 | 86 | 83 |
| Inputs & features | 30% | 80 | 80 | 70 |
| Context window | 20% | 60 | 61 | 37 |
| Overall | 100% | 79/100 | 79/100 | 70/100 |
Left out because at least one model lacks the data: capability. The remaining weights were rescaled.
Every spec in one table
Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.
| Specification | Qwen3.5 FlashAlibaba (Qwen) | MiMo-V2.5Xiaomi | Gemma 4 31B ITGoogle |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capability | |||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | 144.0 (best) | — | 142.8 |
| ECI rank | #82 of 148 (best) | — | #86 of 148 |
| GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions | 82.3% (best) | — | 75.8% |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1–3Research-level mathematics | 18.3% | — | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics | 84.4% (best) | — | 73.3% |
| SimpleQA VerifiedShort factual questions | 20.3% (best) | — | 10.4% |
| Price per million tokens | |||
| Input | $0.10 (best) | $0.14 | $0.14 |
| Output | $0.40 | $0.28 (best) | $0.40 |
| Cached input | $0.01 | $0.0028 (best) | — |
| Blended (3:1) | $0.175 (best) | $0.175 (best) | $0.205 |
| Long-context rate | Same rate | Same rate | Same rate |
| Price source | Official Alibaba API | Official Xiaomi API | Median of 30 providers |
| Limits | |||
| Context window | 1,000,000 tokens | 1,048,576 tokens (best) | 262,144 tokens |
| Max output | 65,536 tokens | 131,072 tokens (best) | 32,768 tokens |
| Inputs and features | |||
| Text | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Images | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PDFs | No | No | No |
| Audio | No | Yes | No |
| Video | Yes | Yes | No |
| Reasoning | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Structured output | Yes | No | Yes |
| Availability | |||
| Weights | Proprietary | Open | Open |
| API model ID | qwen3.5-flash | mimo-v2.5 | gemma-4-31b-it |
| API providers | 8 | 21 | 38 (best) |
| Released | Feb 23, 2026 | Apr 22, 2026 | Apr 2, 2026 |
| Knowledge cutoff | — | Dec 2024 | — |
What would a month cost?
Enter your expected volume in millions of tokens. List prices only; caching and batch discounts would lower these.
- Qwen3.5 Flash$1.80
- MiMo-V2.5$1.96
- Gemma 4 31B IT$2.20
Which should you choose?
Which is better: Qwen3.5 Flash, MiMo-V2.5 or Gemma 4 31B IT?
It is close. Our weighted score puts them within a point (MiMo-V2.5 79/100, Qwen3.5 Flash 79/100, Gemma 4 31B IT 70/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: Qwen3.5 Flash on price and MiMo-V2.5 for long inputs. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.
Which is cheaper, Qwen3.5 Flash, MiMo-V2.5 or Gemma 4 31B IT?
Qwen3.5 Flash is cheaper at $0.10 input / $0.40 output per million tokens (official Alibaba API price). MiMo-V2.5 costs $0.14 input / $0.28 output per million tokens (official Xiaomi API price); Gemma 4 31B IT costs $0.14 input / $0.40 output per million tokens (median across 30 API providers). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.175 per million tokens for Qwen3.5 Flash versus $0.175 for MiMo-V2.5 (1× as much) and $0.205 for Gemma 4 31B IT (1.2× as much).
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
There is no independent benchmark that covers all three models yet. Qwen3.5 Flash has an ECI of 144.0, MiMo-V2.5 has not been scored yet and Gemma 4 31B IT has an ECI of 142.8.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Qwen3.5 Flash, MiMo-V2.5 and Gemma 4 31B IT yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. Test both on a sample of your own tasks. All three support tool calling for agent workflows.
Which has the bigger context window?
MiMo-V2.5 has the largest context window at 1,048,576 tokens, against 1,000,000 for Qwen3.5 Flash and 262,144 for Gemma 4 31B IT. Maximum output per response: Qwen3.5 Flash up to 65,536, MiMo-V2.5 up to 131,072, Gemma 4 31B IT up to 32,768 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
Qwen3.5 Flash accepts text, images and video; MiMo-V2.5 accepts text, images, audio and video; Gemma 4 31B IT accepts text and images. MiMo-V2.5 handles the widest range of inputs.
Are any of these open source?
MiMo-V2.5 and Gemma 4 31B IT publishes its weights and can be self-hosted; Qwen3.5 Flash is proprietary.
Which is newer?
MiMo-V2.5 is the newest, released Apr 22, 2026. Gemma 4 31B IT came out Apr 2, 2026; Qwen3.5 Flash came out Feb 23, 2026. Knowledge cutoff: MiMo-V2.5 Dec 2024.
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.
