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Gemini 3 Pro Preview vs Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Gemini 3 Pro Preview wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
  • Supports vision
  • Has reasoning mode

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
Price Advantage
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
Benchmark Advantage
Gemini 3 Pro Preview
Context Window
Gemini 3 Pro Preview
Speed
Gemini 3 Pro Preview

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricGemini 3 Pro PreviewQwen2.5 72B InstructWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$2.00$0.12 Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
Output (per 1M tokens)$12.00$0.39 Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
Cache Read (per 1M)$200000.00N/A Gemini 3 Pro Preview
Cache Write (per 1M)$375000.00N/A Gemini 3 Pro Preview
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Qwen2.5 72B Instruct is 96% cheaper overall.

Gemini 3 Pro Preview Providers

Google AI Studio $2.00 (Cheapest)
Google $2.00 (Cheapest)

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct Providers

DeepInfra $0.12 (Cheapest)
Chutes $0.30
Novita $0.38
Hyperbolic $0.40

Benchmark Comparison

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Benchmarks Compared
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Gemini 3 Pro Preview Wins
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Qwen2.5 72B Instruct Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkGemini 3 Pro PreviewQwen2.5 72B InstructWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
48.415.6
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
46.511.9
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
95.714.0
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
89.872.0
GPQA
Graduate-level science
90.849.1
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
91.727.6
Aider
Real-world code editing
-65.4-
AIME
Competition math
-16.0-
Gemini 3 Pro Preview significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

Gemini 3 Pro Preview
1,048,576
tokens
Max output: 65,536 tokens
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
32,768
tokens
Max output: 16,384 tokens
Gemini 3 Pro Preview has a 97% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricGemini 3 Pro PreviewQwen2.5 72B InstructWinner
Tokens/second132.8 tok/s45.6 tok/s
Time to First Token30.65s1.11s
Gemini 3 Pro Preview responds 191% faster on average.

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureGemini 3 Pro PreviewQwen2.5 72B Instruct
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyGemini 3 Pro PreviewQwen2.5 72B Instruct
LicenseProprietaryOpen Source
AuthorGoogleQwen
ReleasedNov 2025Sep 2024

Gemini 3 Pro Preview Modalities

Input
textimagefileaudiovideo
Output
text

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct Modalities

Input
text
Output
text

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Frequently Asked Questions

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct has cheaper input pricing at $0.12/M tokens. Qwen2.5 72B Instruct has cheaper output pricing at $0.39/M tokens.
Gemini 3 Pro Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 46.5, compared to Qwen2.5 72B Instruct's score of 11.9.
Gemini 3 Pro Preview has a 1,048,576 token context window, while Qwen2.5 72B Instruct has a 32,768 token context window.
Gemini 3 Pro Preview supports vision. Qwen2.5 72B Instruct does not support vision.