Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 Instruct vs Gemini 3 Pro Preview (high)

Comparing 2 AI models · 6 benchmarks · Alibaba, Google

Most Affordable
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Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 Instruct
$0.70/1M
Highest Intelligence
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Gemini 3 Pro Preview (high)
90.8% GPQA
Best for Coding
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Gemini 3 Pro Preview (high)
44.7 Coding Index
Price Difference
2.9x
input cost range

Composite Indices

Intelligence, Coding, Math

Standard Benchmarks

Academic and industry benchmarks

Benchmark Winners

6 tests
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Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 Instruct

1
  • MATH 500
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Gemini 3 Pro Preview (high)

5
  • GPQA
  • MMLU Pro
  • HLE
  • LiveCodeBench
  • AIME 2025
Metric
Alibaba logo Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 Instruct
Alibaba
Google logo Gemini 3 Pro Preview (high)
Google
Pricing
Per 1M tokens
Input Cost $0.70/1M $2.00/1M
Output Cost $2.80/1M $12.00/1M
Blended Cost 3:1 input/output ratio
$1.22/1M $4.50/1M
Specifications
Organization Model creator
Alibaba Google
Release Date Launch date
Jul 21, 2025 Nov 18, 2025
Performance & Speed
Throughput Output speed
42.9 tok/s 121.6 tok/s
Time to First Token (TTFT) Initial response delay
1042ms 32614ms
Latency Time to first answer token
1042ms 32614ms
Composite Indices
Intelligence Index Overall reasoning capability
24.5 47.9
Coding Index Programming ability
21.4 44.7
Math Index Mathematical reasoning
71.7 95.7
Standard Benchmarks
GPQA Graduate-level reasoning
75.3% 90.8%
MMLU Pro Advanced knowledge
82.8% 89.8%
HLE Hard language evaluation
10.6% 37.2%
LiveCodeBench Real-world coding tasks
52.4% 91.7%
MATH 500 Mathematical problems
98.0%
AIME 2025 Advanced math competition
71.7% 95.7%
AIME (Original) Math olympiad problems
71.7%
SciCode Scientific code generation
36.0% 56.1%
LCR Code review capability
31.2% 70.7%
IFBench Instruction-following
46.1% 70.4%
TAU-bench v2 Tool use & agentic tasks
33.3% 87.1%
TerminalBench Hard CLI command generation
14.2% 39.0%

Key Takeaways

Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 Instruct offers the best value at $0.70/1M, making it ideal for high-volume applications and cost-conscious projects.

Gemini 3 Pro Preview (high) leads in reasoning capabilities with a 90.8% GPQA score, excelling at complex analytical tasks and problem-solving.

Gemini 3 Pro Preview (high) achieves a 44.7 coding index, making it the top choice for software development and code generation tasks.

All models support context windows of ∞+ tokens, suitable for processing lengthy documents and maintaining extended conversations.

When to Choose Each Model

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Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 Instruct

  • Cost-sensitive applications
  • High-volume processing
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Gemini 3 Pro Preview (high)

  • Complex reasoning tasks
  • Research & analysis
  • Code generation
  • Software development

Cost Calculator

Alibaba logo Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 Instruct
$0.00
per month
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$0.00
per month

Costs are estimates based on API pricing. Actual costs may vary based on caching, batch processing, and volume discounts.