Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite vs Qwen3.5 397B A17B (Reasoning)
Which is better for the money: Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite by Google or Qwen3.5 397B A17B (Reasoning) by Alibaba? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-26.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
Qwen3.5 397B A17B (Reasoning) vs Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite: 17.1% less intelligence, 179.1% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 593.3% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Qwen3.5 397B A17B (Reasoning) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 22.2 | 18.4 | −17.1% Qwen3.5 397B A17B (Re… is 17.1% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $337.15 | $940.97 | +179.1% Qwen3.5 397B A17B (Re… is 2.8× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 9.50s | 65.86s | +593.3% Qwen3.5 397B A17B (Re… is 593.3% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.30 / $2.50 | $0.60 / $3.60 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image, Speech, Video | Text, Image |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores 46.30 for $207.
- Qwen3.5 397B A17B (Reasoning) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Xhigh) scores 51.00 for $662.
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