Gemini 3 Flash vs Qwen3.5-9B
Google vs Alibaba — benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities side by side.
- •Gemini 3 Flash has the higher intelligence index (90.2 vs 80.6)
- •Qwen3.5-9B is cheaper ($0.04 vs $0.50 per 1M input)
- •Gemini 3 Flash is faster
- •Gemini 3 Flash has a larger context window (1M)
| Gemini 3 Flash | Qwen3.5-9B | |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence index | 90.2 | 80.6 |
| Developer | Alibaba | |
| Type | Multimodal | Multimodal |
| Access | API only | Open weights |
| Context window | 1,048,576 tokens | 262,144 tokens |
| Input price | $0.50 / 1M | $0.04 / 1M |
| Output price | $3.00 / 1M | $0.15 / 1M |
| Speed | 191 tok/s | 51 tok/s |
| Released | December 17, 2025 | March 10, 2026 |
| Parameters | — | — |
| Input modalities | Text, Image, Audio, Video | Text, Image, Video |
| Output modalities | Text | Text |
Shared benchmarks
Gemini 3 Flash
Qwen3.5-9B
GPQA Diamond
90.4
80.6
Humanity’s Last Exam
34.7
13.3