Gemini 3.5 Flash vs Qwen3 VL 8B
Google vs Alibaba — benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities side by side.
- •Gemini 3.5 Flash has the higher intelligence index (92.2 vs 49.7)
- •Qwen3 VL 8B is cheaper ($0.20 vs $1.50 per 1M input)
- •Gemini 3.5 Flash is faster
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | Qwen3 VL 8B | |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence index | 92.2 | 49.7 |
| Developer | Alibaba | |
| Type | Multimodal | LLM |
| Access | API only | — |
| Context window | 1,048,576 tokens | — |
| Input price | $1.50 / 1M | $0.20 / 1M |
| Output price | $9.00 / 1M | $2.10 / 1M |
| Speed | 221 tok/s | 120 tok/s |
| Released | May 19, 2026 | October 14, 2025 |
| Parameters | — | — |
| Input modalities | Text, Image, Audio, Video | — |
| Output modalities | Text | — |
Shared benchmarks
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Qwen3 VL 8B
GPQA Diamond
92.2
57.9
Humanity’s Last Exam
41
3.3