Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite vs Qwen3-Max
Benchmarks, API pricing and specs, head to head. Data updated 2026-06-10.
Google · Mar 2026
The cheapest Gemini 3 model: multimodal input and a 1M context for $0.25/$1.50 — built for massive-scale pipelines.
Alibaba (Qwen) · Sep 2025
Alibaba's trillion-parameter API flagship — frontier-adjacent quality with strong agentic tool use at mid-tier prices.
The verdict
These two models don't yet share verified results on the benchmarks we track, so judge them on specs, pricing and intended use. On price the gap is dramatic: Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite works out roughly 4.3x cheaper per blended million tokens. Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite also takes 1M of context versus 262K for Qwen3-Max.
Specs & pricing
| Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite | Qwen3-Max | |
|---|---|---|
| modhub Index | — | 80.5 |
| Input price / 1M | $0.25 | $1.2 |
| Output price / 1M | $1.5 | $6 |
| Context window | 1M | 262K |
| Max output | 66K | 66K |
| Open weights | no | no |
| Reasoning model | no | yes |
| Multimodal input | text, image, audio, video | text |
| Knowledge cutoff | Nov 2025 | Jun 2025 |
| Released | Mar 2026 | Sep 2025 |
| Example monthly cost* | $4.75 | $21.00 |
* 10M input + 1.5M output tokens per month at list prices, no caching. Green = better value on that row.
Frequently asked questions
- Which is better, Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite or Qwen3-Max?
- These two models don't yet share verified results on the benchmarks we track, so judge them on specs, pricing and intended use. On price the gap is dramatic: Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite works out roughly 4.3x cheaper per blended million tokens. Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite also takes 1M of context versus 262K for Qwen3-Max.
- Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite or Qwen3-Max?
- Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite costs $0.25/$1.5 per million input/output tokens, while Qwen3-Max costs $1.2/$6. For a typical workload of 10M input and 1.5M output tokens per month, that's $4.75 versus $21.00.
- Which model is better for coding, Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite or Qwen3-Max?
- We don't yet track SWE-bench Verified results for both models; check their individual pages for coding-related scores.