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Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base

Comparing Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

Google · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base trade strengths across price, capabilities, and technical limits. The better choice depends on the workload.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

  • you want predictable pricing at $0.07/M input and $0.30/M output

Choose Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base

  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Sep 2025
  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B
Google
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Benchmark wins
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Input price
$0.07 / M
— / M
Output price
$0.30 / M
— / M
Context window
1,048,576
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Individual benchmarks

13 reported for Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B · 0 for Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base

No common benchmarks found

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Basedon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

72.0B diff

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base has 72.0B more parameters than Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B, making it 900.0% larger.

Google
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B
8.0Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base
80.0Bparameters
8.0B
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B
80.0B
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B specifies input context (1,048,576 tokens). Only Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B specifies output context (8,192 tokens).

Google
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B
Input1,048,576 tokens
Output8,192 tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Sun Sep 13 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B supports multimodal inputs, whereas Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base does not.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B is licensed under a proprietary license, while Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base uses Apache 2.0.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

Proprietary

Closed source

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B was released on 2024-03-15, while Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base was released on 2025-09-10.

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base is 18 months newer than Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

Mar 15, 2024

2.5 years ago

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base

Sep 10, 2025

1.0 years ago

1.5yr newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-10-01, while Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B's training data extends to 2024-10-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base's cutoff date.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

Oct 2024

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base

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Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B
✓ Preferred
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base
Open in Playground

FAQ

Common questions about Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base.

Which is better, Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B or Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base?

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B (Google) and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base (Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team) each have strengths in different areas. Compare their benchmark scores, pricing, context windows, and capabilities above to determine which fits your needs.

How does Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B compare to Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base in benchmarks?

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B scores XSTest: 92.6%, FLEURS: 86.4%, Natural2Code: 75.5%, WMT23: 72.6%, Video-MME: 66.2%.

What are the context window sizes for Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base?

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B supports 1.0M tokens and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base?

Key differences include multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Proprietary vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base?

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B is developed by Google and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.

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