Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite vs Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 Comparison

Comparing Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite and Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

2 benchmarks

Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite outperforms in 1 benchmarks (GPQA), while Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 is better at 1 benchmark (SimpleQA).

Both models are evenly matched across the benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 costs less

For input processing, Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite ($0.25/1M tokens) is 1.7x more expensive than Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 ($0.15/1M tokens).

For output processing, Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite ($1.50/1M tokens) is 1.9x more expensive than Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 ($0.80/1M tokens).

In conclusion, Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite is more expensive than Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507.*

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

Lowest available price from all providers

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Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite

Input tokens$0.25

Output tokens$1.50

Best providerGoogle

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507

Input tokens$0.15

Output tokens$0.80

Best providerFireworks

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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite accepts 1,000,000 input tokens compared to Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507's 262,144 tokens. Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 can generate longer responses up to 131,072 tokens, while Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite is limited to 65,536 tokens.

Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite

Input1,000,000 tokens

Output65,536 tokens

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507

Input262,144 tokens

Output131,072 tokens

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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite supports multimodal inputs, whereas Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 does not.

Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite

Text

Images

Audio

Video

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507

Text

Images

Audio

Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite is licensed under a proprietary license, while Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 uses Apache 2.0.

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

Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite

Proprietary

Closed source

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite was released on 2026-03-03, while Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 was released on 2025-07-22.

Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite is 7 months newer than Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507.

Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite

Mar 3, 2026

1 weeks ago

7mo newer

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507

Jul 22, 2025

7 months ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2025-01-31, while Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite's training data extends to 2025-01-31, but cannot make a direct comparison without Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507's cutoff date.

Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite

Jan 2025

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507

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Provider Availability

Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite is available from Google. Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 is available from Fireworks, Novita. The availability of providers can affect quality of the model and reliability.