Gemini 3.5 Flash vs Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct
Google vs Alibaba — benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities side by side.
- •Gemini 3.5 Flash has the higher intelligence index (92.2 vs 43)
- •Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct is cheaper ($0.08 vs $1.50 per 1M input)
- •Gemini 3.5 Flash is faster
- •Gemini 3.5 Flash has a larger context window (1M)
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence index | 92.2 | 43 |
| Developer | Alibaba | |
| Type | Multimodal | Multimodal |
| Access | API only | Open weights |
| Context window | 1,048,576 tokens | 256,000 tokens |
| Input price | $1.50 / 1M | $0.08 / 1M |
| Output price | $9.00 / 1M | $0.50 / 1M |
| Speed | 221 tok/s | 145 tok/s |
| Released | May 19, 2026 | October 14, 2025 |
| Parameters | — | — |
| Input modalities | Text, Image, Audio, Video | Image, Text |
| Output modalities | Text | Text |
Shared benchmarks
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct
GPQA Diamond
92.2
42.7
Humanity’s Last Exam
41
2.9