Qwen 3 Coder vs Gemini 2.5 Flash: cost comparison
Prices updated 2026-10-28 · computed from live provider data
Short answer: Qwen 3 Coder is cheaper on a
3:1 input/output blend — $0.475 per million tokens versus
$0.850, a 44% difference.
Gemini 2.5 Flash offers the larger context window at 1,048,576 tokens, against 262,144 for Qwen 3 Coder.
Head to head
| Qwen 3 Coder | Gemini 2.5 Flash | |
|---|---|---|
| Input, per 1M tokens | $0.300 | $0.300 |
| Output, per 1M tokens | $1.00 | $2.50 |
| Blended 3:1, per 1M | $0.475 | $0.850 |
| Context window | 262,144 | 1,048,576 |
| Vendor | qwen |
Monthly cost at real volumes
| Workload (input / output) | Qwen 3 Coder | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| 1M in / 250K out | $0.550 | $0.925 |
| 10M in / 2.5M out | $5.50 | $9.25 |
| 100M in / 25M out | $55.00 | $92.50 |
Which should you pick?
Pick Gemini 2.5 Flash when you need the longer context window (1,048,576 vs 262,144 tokens). Pick Qwen 3 Coder when price per token dominates your workload — high-volume classification, extraction, or batch summarisation.