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Comparison · 2 models · Updated Oct 4, 2026

Qwen3.7 Plus vs Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite

Too close to call on our weighted score (Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite 70, Qwen3.7 Plus 70). The right pick depends on what you value most.

  1. Alibaba (Qwen)

    Qwen3.7 Plus

    Released Jun 2, 2026

    70/100
    • ECI147.4
    • Price$0.40 / $1.60
    • Context1M
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  2. Google

    Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite

    Released Jul 21, 2026

    70/100
    • ECI145.1
    • Price$0.30 / $2.50
    • Context1.05M
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01 — Verdict

Too close to call

It is close. Our weighted score puts them within a point (Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite 70/100, Qwen3.7 Plus 70/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: Qwen3.7 Plus for raw capability and Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite for long inputs. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.

  • CapabilityQwen3.7 PlusCapabilities Index (ECI): Qwen3.7 Plus 147.4 · Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite 145.1
  • Lowest priceQwen3.7 PlusQwen3.7 Plus $0.70 · Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite $0.85 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
  • Longest contextGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGemini 3.5 Flash Lite 1,048,576 · Qwen3.7 Plus 1,000,000 tokens
  • Widest inputsGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.7 Plus: Text, Images, Video · Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: Text, Images, PDFs, Audio, Video
  • Self-hostingNo open weightsBoth are available only through APIs
How the score is built
MeasureWeightQwen3.7 PlusGemini 3.5 Flash Lite
CapabilityCapabilities Index (ECI)50%7572
Price25%5753
Inputs & features15%80100
Context window10%6061
Overall100%70/10070/100
02 — Side by side

Every spec in one table

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Qwen3.7 Plus vs Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite specifications side by side
SpecificationQwen3.7 PlusAlibaba (Qwen)Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteGoogle
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)147.4 (best)145.1
ECI rank#61 of 148 (best)#79 of 148
GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions87.9% (best)83.3%
FrontierMath Tiers 1–3Research-level mathematics34.4% (best)26.0%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics93.3% (best)71.1%
Price per million tokens
Input$0.40$0.30 (best)
Output$1.60 (best)$2.50
Cached input$0.04$0.03 (best)
Blended (3:1)$0.70 (best)$0.85
Long-context rateOver 256K: $1.20 / $4.80Same rate
Price sourceOfficial Alibaba APIOfficial Google API
Limits
Context window1,000,000 tokens1,048,576 tokens (best)
Max output64,000 tokens65,536 tokens (best)
Inputs and features
TextYesYes
ImagesYesYes
PDFsNoYes
AudioNoYes
VideoYesYes
ReasoningYesYesminimal · low · medium · high
Tool callingYesYes
Structured outputYesYes
Availability
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
API model IDqwen3.7-plusgemini-3.5-flash-lite
API providers2526 (best)
ReleasedJun 2, 2026Jul 21, 2026
Knowledge cutoffApr 2025Mar 2026
03 — Cost

What would a month cost?

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  • Qwen3.7 Plus$7.20
  • Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite$8.00
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: Qwen3.7 Plus or Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite?

It is close. Our weighted score puts them within a point (Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite 70/100, Qwen3.7 Plus 70/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: Qwen3.7 Plus for raw capability and Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite for long inputs. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.

Which is cheaper, Qwen3.7 Plus or Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite?

Qwen3.7 Plus is cheaper at $0.40 input / $1.60 output per million tokens (official Alibaba API price). Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite costs $0.30 input / $2.50 output per million tokens (official Google API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.70 per million tokens for Qwen3.7 Plus versus $0.85 for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite (1.2× as much).

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

Qwen3.7 Plus scores higher on the Capabilities Index (ECI): Qwen3.7 Plus 147.4 (#61 of 148) and Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite 145.1 (#79 of 148). The confidence ranges of the top two overlap (145.7–148.9 vs 142.5–146.7), so treat the gap as small. On individual benchmarks: GPQA Diamond — Qwen3.7 Plus 87.9%, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite 83.3%; FrontierMath Tiers 1–3 — Qwen3.7 Plus 34.4%, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite 26.0%; OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 — Qwen3.7 Plus 93.3%, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite 71.1%.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Qwen3.7 Plus and Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, Qwen3.7 Plus 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 3.5 Flash Lite has the largest context window at 1,048,576 tokens, against 1,000,000 for Qwen3.7 Plus. Maximum output per response: Qwen3.7 Plus up to 64,000, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite up to 65,536 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

Qwen3.7 Plus accepts text, images and video; Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite accepts text, images, PDFs, audio and video. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite handles the widest range of inputs.

Are any of these open source?

No. Qwen3.7 Plus and Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite are proprietary and only available through APIs and apps.

Which is newer?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is the newest, released Jul 21, 2026. Qwen3.7 Plus came out Jun 2, 2026. Knowledge cutoff: Qwen3.7 Plus Apr 2025, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite Mar 2026.

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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