Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite vs Qwen3.5-397B-A17B Comparison

Comparing Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite and Qwen3.5-397B-A17B across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

2 benchmarks

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Qwen3.5-397B-A17B is better at 2 benchmarks (GPQA, MMLU-Pro).

Qwen3.5-397B-A17B significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite costs less

For input processing, Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite ($0.07/1M tokens) is 8.6x cheaper than Qwen3.5-397B-A17B ($0.60/1M tokens).

For output processing, Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite ($0.30/1M tokens) is 12.0x cheaper than Qwen3.5-397B-A17B ($3.60/1M tokens).

In conclusion, Qwen3.5-397B-A17B is more expensive than Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite.*

* Using a 3:1 ratio of input to output tokens

Lowest available price from all providers

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Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite

Input tokens$0.07

Output tokens$0.30

Best providerGoogle

Qwen3.5-397B-A17B

Input tokens$0.60

Output tokens$3.60

Best providerNovita

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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite accepts 1,048,576 input tokens compared to Qwen3.5-397B-A17B's 262,144 tokens. Qwen3.5-397B-A17B can generate longer responses up to 64,000 tokens, while Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is limited to 8,192 tokens.

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite

Input1,048,576 tokens

Output8,192 tokens

Qwen3.5-397B-A17B

Input262,144 tokens

Output64,000 tokens

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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Both Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite and Qwen3.5-397B-A17B support multimodal inputs.

They are both capable of processing various types of data, offering versatility in application.

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite

Text

Images

Audio

Video

Qwen3.5-397B-A17B

Text

Images

Audio

Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is licensed under a proprietary license, while Qwen3.5-397B-A17B uses Apache 2.0.

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

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite

Proprietary

Closed source

Qwen3.5-397B-A17B

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite was released on 2025-02-05, while Qwen3.5-397B-A17B was released on 2026-02-16.

Qwen3.5-397B-A17B is 13 months newer than Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite.

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite

Feb 5, 2025

1.1 years ago

Qwen3.5-397B-A17B

Feb 16, 2026

3 weeks ago

1.0yr newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-06-01, while Qwen3.5-397B-A17B's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite's training data extends to 2024-06-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Qwen3.5-397B-A17B's cutoff date.

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite

Jun 2024

Qwen3.5-397B-A17B

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Provider Availability

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is available from Google. Qwen3.5-397B-A17B is available from Novita. The availability of providers can affect quality of the model and reliability.