Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs Qwen3.5 397B A17B
Google vs Alibaba — benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities side by side.
- •Qwen3.5 397B A17B has the higher intelligence index (89.3 vs 48.4)
- •Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B is cheaper ($0.07 vs $0.39 per 1M input)
- •Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B is faster
- •Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has a larger context window (1M)
| Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Qwen3.5 397B A17B | |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence index | 48.4 | 89.3 |
| Developer | Alibaba | |
| Type | Multimodal | Multimodal |
| Access | API only | Open weights |
| Context window | 1,048,576 tokens | 262,144 tokens |
| Input price | $0.07 / 1M | $0.39 / 1M |
| Output price | $0.30 / 1M | $2.34 / 1M |
| Speed | 150 tok/s | 53 tok/s |
| Released | March 15, 2024 | February 16, 2026 |
| Parameters | 8000000000 | — |
| Input modalities | — | Text, Image, Video |
| Output modalities | — | Text |
Shared benchmarks
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
GPQA Diamond
38.4
89.3
Humanity’s Last Exam
4.5
27.3