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Gemini 3 Flash Preview vs Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507

Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 26.3 to 12.0, and Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 costs 3.9x less per output token ($0.775 vs $3.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 20 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace Gemini 3 Flash Preview Replace Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507
Gemini 3 Flash PreviewGoogle
Coding
43.7
Overall
55.0
Output $/M
$3.00
20
Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507Qwen
Coding
No data
Overall
No data
Output $/M
$0.775
0
vs boards won of 20 shared

Gemini 3 Flash Preview or Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507: which to pick

Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview has a coding score, 43.7 on the Vibe Coding Index; Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.

Pick Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 for output tokens 3.9x cheaper ($0.775 vs $3.00 per million).

Model AGemini 3 Flash PreviewGoogle43.7/1002 independent benchmarks$0.37 per solved taskModel BQwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507QwenNot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved task
Shared results
20
Gemini 3 Flash Preview only
51
Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 only
4
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 3 Flash Preview 43.7 from 2 benchmarks, Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 not benchmarked.
Widest category
Reasoning, 34.4 points apart on average over 4 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
ARC-AGI: Gemini 3 Flash Preview 84.7% against Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 11.0%, 73.7 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Gemini 3 Flash Preview $3.00 against Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 $0.775 per million output tokens, 3.9x apart.
Context window
Gemini 3 Flash Preview takes 1.05M tokens, Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 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 3 Flash PreviewBarsQwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507Ties
Coding30
Intelligence10
Agentic work10
Reasoning40
Math20
Knowledge10
Web design40
General40
All shared boards200
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index30
Coding benchmarks for Gemini 3 Flash Preview and Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewQwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507Leader
SWE-bench Verified75.8%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)85.6%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)75.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)20.2%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
Code migration (Vals AI)6.4%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
ProgramBench (Vals AI)0.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI)53.9%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)90.8%78.8%Gemini 3 Flash Preview
SciCodeNot measured41.4%Only Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 measured
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)38.6%15.2%Gemini 3 Flash Preview
Terminal-Bench64.3%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
GSO-Bench9.8%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
WeirdML61.6%38.7%Gemini 3 Flash Preview
ALE-Bench1367.2Not measuredOnly Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
SciCode12.7%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
Neither model has a result on the other 24 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
Intelligence benchmarks for Gemini 3 Flash Preview and Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewQwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507Leader
AA Intelligence Index26.312.0Gemini 3 Flash 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
Agentic work benchmarks for Gemini 3 Flash Preview and Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewQwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507Leader
Design Arena: agents building web apps1110Not measuredOnly Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps1063Not measuredOnly Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
Design Arena: agents building mobile apps1090Not measuredOnly Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
Design Arena: agents building Android apps1051Not measuredOnly Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
Design Arena: agents building Godot games1161Not measuredOnly Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
Design Arena: PowerPoint slides1036Not measuredOnly Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
Finance Agent (Vals AI)42.5%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI)11.8%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
Legal Research Bench (Vals AI)18.3%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI)26.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
τ²-Bench Telecom80.4%53.2%Gemini 3 Flash Preview
BALROG48.1%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
DeepResearch Bench49.8%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
Vending-Bench 2$3,635Not measuredOnly Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard (BFCL)Not measured52.1%Only Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 26 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
Reasoning benchmarks for Gemini 3 Flash Preview and Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewQwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507Leader
GPQA Diamond87.9%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
MMMU Pro (Vals AI)87.6%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)89.8%79.0%Gemini 3 Flash Preview
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)36.6%15.9%Gemini 3 Flash Preview
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)89.4%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
ARC-AGI84.7%11.0%Gemini 3 Flash Preview
ARC-AGI-233.6%1.3%Gemini 3 Flash Preview
SimpleBench61.1%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
Chess puzzles39.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
Mystery game puzzles26.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
VPCT72.6%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
Math benchmarks for Gemini 3 Flash Preview and Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewQwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507Leader
AIME95.6%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
MGSM (Vals AI)93.3%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
AA Math Index97.091.0Gemini 3 Flash Preview
AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run)97.0%91.0%Gemini 3 Flash Preview
OTIS Mock AIME95.6%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 351.2%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
FrontierMath, tier 417.1%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
ProofBench15.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
Knowledge benchmarks for Gemini 3 Flash Preview and Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewQwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507Leader
MMLU Pro88.6%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)86.9%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
CaseLaw (Vals AI)55.8%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)66.4%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)73.9%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
MortgageTax (Vals AI)68.7%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
MedQA (Vals AI)95.8%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
MedCode (Vals AI)55.9%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)89.0%84.3%Gemini 3 Flash Preview
SimpleQA Verified66.8%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
GeoBench88.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
FACTS Benchmark Suite63.4%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
Web design benchmarks for Gemini 3 Flash Preview and Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewQwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507Leader
Design Arena: websites11961058Gemini 3 Flash Preview
Design Arena: UI componentsNot measured963Only Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 measured
Design Arena: game dev1166951Gemini 3 Flash Preview
Design Arena: data vizNot measured1070Only Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 measured
Design Arena: 3D1183994Gemini 3 Flash Preview
Design Arena: all code categories11891038Gemini 3 Flash Preview
Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
General benchmarks for Gemini 3 Flash Preview and Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewQwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507Leader
SAGE (Vals AI)51.8%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
MedScribe (Vals AI)69.9%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
Vals Multimodal Index52.2%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured
IFBench78.0%51.2%Gemini 3 Flash Preview
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)78.0%72.0%Gemini 3 Flash Preview
DTBench89.1%78.4%Gemini 3 Flash Preview
LMCA43.1%23.5%Gemini 3 Flash Preview
Neither model has a result on the other 39 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for Gemini 3 Flash Preview and Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewQwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507Leader
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 Flash Preview$0.0020Fits in one request
Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507$0.0005Fits in one request

Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Gemini 3 Flash Preview$0.034Fits in one request
Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507$0.0096Fits in one request

Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Gemini 3 Flash Preview$0.130Fits in one request
Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507$0.037Fits in one request

Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 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 3 Flash Preview and Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507
SpecificationGoogle Gemini 3 Flash PreviewQwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507
MakerGoogleQwen
WeightsNo public weights listedOpen weights
ReleasedDecember 17, 2025July 21, 2025
Context window1.05M262K
Input $/Mtok$0.50$0.145
Output $/Mtok$3.00$0.775
Coding index43.7Not benchmarked
Independent measurements behind it20
Cost per solved task$0.37Not computable
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Gemini 3 Flash Preview better than Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 for coding?

Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview has a coding score, 43.7 on the Vibe Coding Index; Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 for output tokens 3.9x cheaper ($0.775 vs $3.00 per million).

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3 Flash Preview or Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview costs $0.50 per million input tokens and $3.00 per million output tokens; Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 costs $0.145 and $0.775. Cost per solved task is known for Gemini 3 Flash Preview only.

Which has the bigger context window, Gemini 3 Flash Preview or Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks is the Gemini 3 Flash Preview vs Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 comparison based on?

20 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Gemini 3 Flash Preview's coding index rests on 2 independent benchmarks and Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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