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Gemini 2.5 Flash vs Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B

Gemini 2.5 Flash leads Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 15.5 to 11.9, and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B costs 1.7x less per output token ($1.50 vs $2.50 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 47 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace Gemini 2.5 Flash Replace Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
Gemini 2.5 FlashGoogle
Coding
No data
Overall
34.3
Output $/M
$2.50
38
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35BQwen
Coding
No data
Overall
No data
Output $/M
$1.50
9
vs boards won of 47 shared

Gemini 2.5 Flash 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 for a larger context window (1.05M against 262K tokens) and work measured by SWE-bench Verified or Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run), where it leads.

Model AGemini 2.5 FlashGoogleNot benchmarkedNo coding benchmark$0.466 per solved taskModel BQwen3 Coder 480B A35BQwenNot benchmarked1 independent benchmarkNo cost per solved task
Shared results
47
Gemini 2.5 Flash only
26
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B only
6
Like-for-like categories
8 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.

At a glance

Coding index
Gemini 2.5 Flash not benchmarked, Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B not benchmarked.
Widest category
Math, 21.2 points apart on average over 4 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
SWE-bench Verified: Gemini 2.5 Flash 28.7% against Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B 69.6%, 40.9 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Gemini 2.5 Flash $2.50 against Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B $1.50 per million output tokens, 1.7x apart.
Context window
Gemini 2.5 Flash 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
CategoryGemini 2.5 FlashBarsQwen3 Coder 480B A35BTies
Coding33
Intelligence10
Agentic work01
Reasoning60
Math40
Knowledge50
Web design05
General190
All shared boards389
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index33
Coding benchmarks for Gemini 2.5 Flash and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 FlashQwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
SWE-bench Verified28.7%69.6%Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
LMArena WebDevNot measured1275Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)69.5%58.5%Gemini 2.5 Flash
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)13.6%18.9%Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
Terminal-Bench17.1%27.2%Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
GSO-BenchNot measured4.9%Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
WeirdMLNot measured41.2%Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
ALE-BenchNot measured461.4Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
LMArena Text: coding14231412Gemini 2.5 Flash
LMArena Text: software and IT14251393Gemini 2.5 Flash
LMArena WebDev: ReactNot measured1257Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
LMArena WebDev: HTMLNot measured1287Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
Neither model has a result on the other 27 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
Intelligence benchmarks for Gemini 2.5 Flash and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 FlashQwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
AA Intelligence Index15.511.9Gemini 2.5 Flash
Epoch Capabilities Index142.9Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Flash measured
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
Agentic work benchmarks for Gemini 2.5 Flash and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 FlashQwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
τ²-Bench Telecom31.6%43.6%Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BALROG33.5%Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Flash measured
Vending-Bench 2$549Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Flash measured
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard (BFCL)56.2%Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Flash measured
BrowseComp-Plus39.9%Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Flash measured
Neither model has a result on the other 36 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index60
Reasoning benchmarks for Gemini 2.5 Flash and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 FlashQwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)79.0%61.8%Gemini 2.5 Flash
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)12.1%4.5%Gemini 2.5 Flash
ARC-AGI33.3%Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Flash measured
ARC-AGI-22.5%Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Flash measured
SimpleBench41.2%Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Flash measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts14221372Gemini 2.5 Flash
LMArena Text: expert14261338Gemini 2.5 Flash
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English14201380Gemini 2.5 Flash
LMArena Vision: diagrams1245Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Flash measured
LMArena Vision: homework1244Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Flash measured
Kagi LLM Benchmark56.8%49.5%Gemini 2.5 Flash
Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
Math benchmarks for Gemini 2.5 Flash and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 FlashQwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
AA Math Index73.339.3Gemini 2.5 Flash
AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run)73.3%39.3%Gemini 2.5 Flash
LMArena Text: math14111365Gemini 2.5 Flash
LMArena Text: mathematical work14221367Gemini 2.5 Flash
Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index50
Knowledge benchmarks for Gemini 2.5 Flash and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 FlashQwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
MedCode (Vals AI)40.4%Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Flash measured
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)83.2%78.8%Gemini 2.5 Flash
LMArena Text: science14331347Gemini 2.5 Flash
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare14281347Gemini 2.5 Flash
LMArena Text: legal and government14301358Gemini 2.5 Flash
LMArena Text: business and finance14041343Gemini 2.5 Flash
FACTS Benchmark Suite47.2%Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Flash measured
Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index05
Web design benchmarks for Gemini 2.5 Flash and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 FlashQwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
Design Arena: websites10741158Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
Design Arena: UI components10021110Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
Design Arena: game dev10041098Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
Design Arena: data viz10601084Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
Design Arena: 3D1020Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Flash measured
Design Arena: all code categories10591142Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
Design Arena: SVG1020Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Flash measured
Neither model has a result on the other 2 boards here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index190
General benchmarks for Gemini 2.5 Flash and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 FlashQwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
SAGE (Vals AI)44.8%Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Flash measured
MedScribe (Vals AI)83.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Flash measured
IFBench50.3%40.5%Gemini 2.5 Flash
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)65.3%45.7%Gemini 2.5 Flash
DTBench76.5%Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Flash measured
LMCA27.5%Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Flash measured
LMArena Text14171357Gemini 2.5 Flash
LMArena Text: instruction following14051355Gemini 2.5 Flash
LMArena Text: creative writing14001333Gemini 2.5 Flash
LMArena Vision1235Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Flash measured
LMArena Text: English14181359Gemini 2.5 Flash
LMArena Text: non-English14091346Gemini 2.5 Flash
LMArena Text: Chinese14491357Gemini 2.5 Flash
LMArena Text: German14171325Gemini 2.5 Flash
LMArena Text: Japanese13961311Gemini 2.5 Flash
LMArena Text: Korean13851305Gemini 2.5 Flash
LMArena Text: French14321398Gemini 2.5 Flash
LMArena Text: Spanish14221360Gemini 2.5 Flash
LMArena Text: Russian14151366Gemini 2.5 Flash
LMArena Text: Polish14131344Gemini 2.5 Flash
LMArena Text: multi-turn14081366Gemini 2.5 Flash
LMArena Text: longer queries14191378Gemini 2.5 Flash
LMArena Text: writing and language14051340Gemini 2.5 Flash
LMArena Text: entertainment and media13931317Gemini 2.5 Flash
LMArena Vision: English1239Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Flash measured
LMArena Vision: Chinese1284Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Flash measured
LMArena Vision: reading text1237Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Flash measured
LMArena Vision: humor1225Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Flash measured
LMArena Vision: captioning1277Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Flash measured
LMArena Vision: recognizing things1252Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Flash measured
LMArena Vision: creative writing1241Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Flash measured
Neither model has a result on the other 15 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 and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 FlashQwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
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$0.0015Fits in one request
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B$0.0010Fits in one request

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Gemini 2.5 Flash$0.022Fits in one request
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B$0.019Fits in one request

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Gemini 2.5 Flash$0.085Fits in one request
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B$0.075Fits in one request

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B 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 and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
SpecificationGoogle Gemini 2.5 FlashQwen3 Coder 480B A35B
MakerGoogleQwen
WeightsNo public weights listedOpen weights
ReleasedJune 17, 2025July 23, 2025
Context window1.05M262K
Input $/Mtok$0.30$0.30
Output $/Mtok$2.50$1.50
Coding indexNot benchmarkedNot benchmarked
Independent measurements behind it01
Cost per solved task$0.466Not computable
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Gemini 2.5 Flash 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 for a larger context window (1.05M against 262K tokens) and work measured by SWE-bench Verified or Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run), where it leads.

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

Gemini 2.5 Flash costs $0.30 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens; Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B costs $0.30 and $1.50. Cost per solved task is known for Gemini 2.5 Flash only.

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

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

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

47 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Gemini 2.5 Flash'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.

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