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Gemini 2.5 Flash-LitevsQwen3.6-Flash
Qwen3.6-Flash leads 1 of 1 shared benchmark. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is 2.3x cheaper per token. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite has the larger context window (1.0M tokens).
Benchmarks from cited public sources; pricing from official pages; status from official provider feeds.
Shared benchmarks
0 – 1
Qwen3.6-Flash leads
Cheaper per token
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite
2.3x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite
1.0M tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
100% · —
Google · Qwen
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite
Google · released 2025-07-22
textvisionaudio
Qwen3.6-Flash
Qwen · released 2026-04-16
textvision
Quality
Benchmark matrix
1 shared · 3 only Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite · 3 only Qwen3.6-Flash| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Qwen3.6-Flash | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 1 | ||||
| GPQA Diamond | 66.7% ↗ | 83.3% ↗epoch | -16.6 pt | Qwen3.6-Flash |
| Only Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite reports · 3 | ||||
| SWE-bench Verified | 27.6% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| AIME 2025 | 63.1% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam (no tools) | 6.9% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Only Qwen3.6-Flash reports · 3 | ||||
| FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run) | not reported | 17.2% ↗epoch | — | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run) | not reported | 84.4% ↗epoch | — | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | not reported | 15.9% ↗epoch | — | — |
Scores tagged "epoch" or "matharena" are independent runs, used only where the lab has not published its own; ⚠ marks rows MathArena flags as released after the competition. Higher is better on every row. Δ is Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite minus Qwen3.6-Flash in the benchmark's own unit. "Not reported" means the lab has not published that figure; it is not a zero. ↗ opens the source.
Specs & pricing
Side by side
Official pricing pages and model cards| Spec | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Qwen3.6-Flash | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 1.0M tokens | 1M tokens | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite |
| Max output | 66K tokens | — | — |
| Input price / 1M | $0.1 ↗ | $0.165 ↗ | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite |
| Output price / 1M | $0.4 ↗ | $0.99 ↗ | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.01 ↗ | — | — |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | $0.5 | $1.16 | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite |
| Modalities | text · vision · audio | text · vision | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite |
| Released | 2025-07-22 | 2026-04-16 | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 4 | 4 | — |
Reliability
Provider status
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