Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview vs Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview leads Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 15.6 to 12.7, and Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview costs 2.3x less per output token ($1.50 vs $3.50 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 36 benchmarks have a result for both.
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview or Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507: which to pick
Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview has a coding score, 22.7 on the Vibe Coding Index; Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 for work measured by LMArena Text: coding or LMArena Text: software and IT, where it leads.
- Shared results
- 36
- Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview only
- 44
- Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 only
- 10
- 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.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview has a coding score, so no call is made.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview leads, 15.6 against 12.7.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview leads, 1.6 against 1.3.
Same board, both measured
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview has a GPQA Diamond result, 81.1%.
Directional only
Math
AIME
No call
Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview has a AIME result, 83.3%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview has a MMLU Pro result, 86.2%.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview leads, 1082 against 1052.
Same board, both measured
Long documents
Listed context window
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview takes 1.05M tokens against 128K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview $0.0010, Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 $0.0022 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview has the number, $0.18.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview 22.7 from 3 benchmarks, Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- Web design, 8.6 points apart on average over 6 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- Design Arena: UI components: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview 1069 against Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 942, 15.9 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview $1.50 against Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 $3.50 per million output tokens, 2.3x apart.
- Context window
- Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview takes 1.05M tokens, Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 128K.
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.
| Category | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview | Bars | Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 1 | 2 | ||
| Intelligence | 1 | 0 | ||
| Agentic work | 1 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 0 | 3 | ||
| Math | 1 | 1 | ||
| Knowledge | 1 | 3 | ||
| Web design | 6 | 0 | ||
| General | 12 | 4 | ||
| All shared boards | 23 | 13 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index12
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview | Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1257 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| AA Coding Index | 34.7 | 22.1 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 80.1% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | 62.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 0.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | 4.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | 0.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | 34.1% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| WeirdML | Not measured | 41.0% | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured |
| ALE-Bench | 797.7 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1400 | 1424 | Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1413 | 1431 | Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1245 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1276 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | 1336 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| SciCode | 4.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 27 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview | Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 15.6 | 12.7 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview | Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 1.6 | 1.3 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | 30.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | 3.1% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | 3.4% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | 8.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | Not measured | -$11 | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 36 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index03
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview | Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 81.1% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | 82.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | Not measured | 80.1% | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | Not measured | 9.0% | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1407 | 1416 | Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1398 | 1463 | Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1403 | 1432 | Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | 1242 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LMArena Vision: homework | 1271 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 14 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index11
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview | Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | 83.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| OTIS Mock AIME | Not measured | 86.7% | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1428 | 1412 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1417 | 1435 | Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index13
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview | Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 86.2% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 83.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| CaseLaw (Vals AI) | 55.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 59.4% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 71.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | 68.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 47.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| SimpleQA Verified | Not measured | 40.4% | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1425 | 1433 | Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1428 | 1456 | Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1418 | 1415 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1389 | 1413 | Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 |
| FACTS Benchmark Suite | 51.4% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index60
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview | Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1082 | 1052 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1069 | 942 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1029 | 956 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1045 | 950 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1047 | 997 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1071 | 1032 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1052 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | 1167 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index124
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview | Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 49.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 63.9% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| Vals Multimodal Index | 41.4% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| DTBench | Not measured | 80.3% | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured |
| LMCA | Not measured | 29.3% | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured |
| Fiction.LiveBench | Not measured | 75.0% | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured |
| Creative writing (Lech Mazur) | Not measured | 82.4% | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text | 1416 | 1415 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1377 | 1386 | Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1401 | 1384 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| LMArena Vision | 1240 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1414 | 1429 | Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1410 | 1397 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1460 | 1481 | Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 |
| LMArena Text: German | 1430 | 1408 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1413 | 1386 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1392 | 1375 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| LMArena Text: French | 1424 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1421 | 1389 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1420 | 1401 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1443 | 1390 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1417 | 1406 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1394 | 1400 | Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1408 | 1388 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1386 | 1370 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| LMArena Vision: English | 1232 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | 1278 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | 1246 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LMArena Vision: humor | 1266 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LMArena Vision: captioning | 1259 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LMArena Vision: recognizing things | 1308 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | 1248 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| MultiChallenge | 60.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview 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
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview | Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 | 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 3.1 Flash Lite Preview costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview 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.
| Specification | Google Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview | Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Qwen | |
| Weights | No public weights listed | Open weights |
| Released | March 3, 2026 | July 25, 2025 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 128K |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.25 | $0.45 |
| Output $/Mtok | $1.50 | $3.50 |
| Coding index | 22.7 | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 3 | 0 |
| Cost per solved task | $0.18 | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview better than Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 for coding?
Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview has a coding score, 22.7 on the Vibe Coding Index; Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 for work measured by LMArena Text: coding or LMArena Text: software and IT, where it leads.
Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview or Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507?
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview costs $0.25 per million input tokens and $1.50 per million output tokens; Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 costs $0.45 and $3.50. Cost per solved task is known for Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview only.
Which has the bigger context window, Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview or Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507?
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview, with 1.05M tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks is the Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview vs Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 comparison based on?
36 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview's coding index rests on 3 independent benchmarks and Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.