Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite vs Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B leads Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 11.9 to 10.4, and Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite costs 3.8x less per output token ($0.40 vs $1.50 per million). Updated October 21, 2026; 12 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Replace Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B

Gemini 2.5 Flash LiteGoogle

Coding: No data
Overall: No data
Output $/M: $0.40

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35BQwen

Coding: No data
Overall: No data
Output $/M: $1.50

vs boards won of 12 shared

Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite or Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B: which to pick

Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.

Pick Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite for output tokens 3.8x cheaper ($0.40 vs $1.50 per million) and a larger context window (1.05M against 262K tokens).

Model AGemini 2.5 Flash LiteGoogleNot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved task Model BQwen3 Coder 480B A35BQwenNot benchmarked1 independent benchmarkNo cost per solved task

121841

Shared results: 12
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite only: 18
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B only: 41
Like-for-like categories: 7 of 9

Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.

Which one for your work

Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.

Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Neither has a coding score yet.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B leads, 11.9 against 10.4.
Same board, both measured
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite has a GPQA Diamond result, 70.2%.
Directional only
Math
AIME
No call
Only Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite has a AIME result, 42.1%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite has a MMLU Pro result, 79.1%.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B has a Design Arena: websites result, 1159.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite takes 1.05M tokens against 262K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite $0.0003, Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B $0.0010 per turn.
List prices

At a glance

Coding index: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite not benchmarked, Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B not benchmarked.
Widest category: Agentic work, 24.6 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
Widest single gap: τ²-Bench Telecom: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite 19.0% against Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B 43.6%, 24.6 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite $0.40 against Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B $1.50 per million output tokens, 3.8x apart.
Context window: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite takes 1.05M tokens, Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B 262K.

Benchmark by benchmark

First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.

Boards won, where both have a result
Category	Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite	Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
Coding	1	1
Intelligence	0	1
Agentic work	0	1
Reasoning	2	1
Math	2	0
Knowledge	0	1
General	2	0
All shared boards	7	5

CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index11

Coding benchmarks for Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
Benchmark	Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite	Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B	Leader
SWE-bench Verified	Not measured	69.6%	Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
LMArena WebDev	Not measured	1275	Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)	71.4%	Not measured	Only Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite measured
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)	59.3%	58.5%	Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)	4.5%	18.9%	Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
Terminal-Bench	Not measured	27.2%	Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
GSO-Bench	Not measured	4.9%	Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
WeirdML	Not measured	41.2%	Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
ALE-Bench	Not measured	461.4	Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
LMArena Text: coding	Not measured	1412	Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
LMArena Text: software and IT	Not measured	1393	Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
LMArena WebDev: React	Not measured	1257	Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
LMArena WebDev: HTML	Not measured	1287	Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
Neither model has a result on the other 26 boards here

IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01

Intelligence benchmarks for Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
Benchmark	Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite	Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B	Leader
AA Intelligence Index	10.4	11.9	Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
Epoch Capabilities Index	133.8	Not measured	Only Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite measured

Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01

Agentic work benchmarks for Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
Benchmark	Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite	Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B	Leader
τ²-Bench Telecom	19.0%	43.6%	Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard (BFCL)	36.9%	Not measured	Only Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite measured
Neither model has a result on the other 39 boards here

ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index21

Reasoning benchmarks for Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
Benchmark	Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite	Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B	Leader
GPQA Diamond	70.2%	Not measured	Only Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite measured
MMMU Pro (Vals AI)	75.4%	Not measured	Only Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)	62.5%	61.8%	Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)	6.8%	4.5%	Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: hard prompts	Not measured	1372	Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
LMArena Text: expert	Not measured	1338	Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English	Not measured	1380	Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
Kagi LLM Benchmark	40.5%	49.5%	Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
Neither model has a result on the other 14 boards here

MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20

Math benchmarks for Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
Benchmark	Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite	Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B	Leader
AIME	42.1%	Not measured	Only Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite measured
MGSM (Vals AI)	89.5%	Not measured	Only Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite measured
AA Math Index	53.3	39.3	Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite
AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run)	53.3%	39.3%	Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: math	Not measured	1365	Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
LMArena Text: mathematical work	Not measured	1367	Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here

KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01

Knowledge benchmarks for Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
Benchmark	Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite	Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B	Leader
MMLU Pro	79.1%	Not measured	Only Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)	82.0%	Not measured	Only Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)	57.6%	Not measured	Only Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)	66.2%	Not measured	Only Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite measured
MortgageTax (Vals AI)	57.6%	Not measured	Only Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite measured
MedQA (Vals AI)	88.9%	Not measured	Only Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite measured
MedCode (Vals AI)	34.2%	Not measured	Only Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite measured
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)	75.9%	78.8%	Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
LMArena Text: science	Not measured	1347	Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare	Not measured	1347	Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
LMArena Text: legal and government	Not measured	1358	Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
LMArena Text: business and finance	Not measured	1343	Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here

Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index5 boards, none shared

Web design benchmarks for Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
Benchmark	Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite	Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B	Leader
Design Arena: websites	Not measured	1159	Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
Design Arena: UI components	Not measured	1113	Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
Design Arena: game dev	Not measured	1099	Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
Design Arena: data viz	Not measured	1084	Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
Design Arena: all code categories	Not measured	1143	Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
Neither model has a result on the other 4 boards here

GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20

General benchmarks for Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
Benchmark	Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite	Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B	Leader
SAGE (Vals AI)	30.8%	Not measured	Only Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite measured
MedScribe (Vals AI)	75.8%	Not measured	Only Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite measured
IFBench	49.9%	40.5%	Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)	55.7%	45.7%	Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite
DTBench	62.8%	Not measured	Only Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite measured
LMCA	18.1%	Not measured	Only Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite measured
LMArena Text	Not measured	1357	Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
LMArena Text: instruction following	Not measured	1355	Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
LMArena Text: creative writing	Not measured	1333	Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
LMArena Text: English	Not measured	1359	Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
LMArena Text: non-English	Not measured	1346	Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
LMArena Text: Chinese	Not measured	1357	Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
LMArena Text: German	Not measured	1325	Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
LMArena Text: Japanese	Not measured	1311	Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
LMArena Text: Korean	Not measured	1305	Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
LMArena Text: French	Not measured	1398	Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
LMArena Text: Spanish	Not measured	1360	Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
LMArena Text: Russian	Not measured	1366	Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
LMArena Text: Polish	Not measured	1344	Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
LMArena Text: multi-turn	Not measured	1366	Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
LMArena Text: longer queries	Not measured	1378	Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
LMArena Text: writing and language	Not measured	1340	Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
LMArena Text: entertainment and media	Not measured	1317	Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
Neither model has a result on the other 23 boards here

Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared

Image generation benchmarks for Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
Benchmark	Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite	Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B	Leader
Neither model has a result on 5 boards here

What each workload costs

Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.

Chat turn

1K input + 500 output tokens

Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite$0.0003Fits in one request

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B$0.0010Fits in one request

Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite$0.0062Fits in one request

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B$0.019Fits in one request

Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite$0.024Fits in one request

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B$0.075Fits in one request

Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite costs less

Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.

Specification differences

The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.

Specifications of Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
Specification	Google Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite	Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
Maker	Google	Qwen
Weights	No public weights listed	Open weights
Released	July 22, 2025	July 23, 2025
Context window	1.05M	262K
Input $/Mtok	$0.10	$0.30
Output $/Mtok	$0.40	$1.50
Coding index	Not benchmarked	Not benchmarked
Independent measurements behind it	0	1
Cost per solved task	Not computable	Not computable
Source	OpenRouter listing	OpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite better than Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B for coding?

Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite for output tokens 3.8x cheaper ($0.40 vs $1.50 per million) and a larger context window (1.05M against 262K tokens).

Which is cheaper, Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite or Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B?

Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite costs $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.40 per million output tokens; Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B costs $0.30 and $1.50. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.

Which has the bigger context window, Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite or Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B?

Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks is the Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite vs Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B comparison based on?

12 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B's on 1. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite or Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B: which to pick

Which one for your work

Coding

Intelligence

Reasoning

Math

Knowledge

Web design

Long documents

Everyday cost

At a glance

Benchmark by benchmark

What each workload costs

Chat turn

Repository review

Agent loop

Specification differences

Questions

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