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Gemini 3 Pro Preview vs Qwen3 Max

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

Qwen3 Max wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
Price Advantage
Qwen3 Max
Benchmark Advantage
Gemini 3 Pro Preview
Context Window
Gemini 3 Pro Preview
Speed
Gemini 3 Pro Preview

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricGemini 3 Pro PreviewQwen3 MaxWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$2.00$1.20 Qwen3 Max
Output (per 1M tokens)$12.00$6.00 Qwen3 Max
Cache Read (per 1M)$200000.00$240000.00 Gemini 3 Pro Preview
Cache Write (per 1M)$375000.00N/A Gemini 3 Pro Preview
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Qwen3 Max is 47% cheaper overall.

Gemini 3 Pro Preview Providers

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

Qwen3 Max Providers

Alibaba $1.20 (Cheapest)

Benchmark Comparison

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Benchmarks Compared
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Gemini 3 Pro Preview Wins
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Qwen3 Max Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkGemini 3 Pro PreviewQwen3 MaxWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
48.431.3
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
46.526.4
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
95.780.7
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
89.884.1
GPQA
Graduate-level science
90.876.4
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
91.776.7
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
Qwen3 Max
256,000
tokens
Max output: 32,768 tokens
Gemini 3 Pro Preview has a 76% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricGemini 3 Pro PreviewQwen3 MaxWinner
Tokens/second124.2 tok/s30.9 tok/s
Time to First Token31.66s1.98s
Gemini 3 Pro Preview responds 301% faster on average.

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureGemini 3 Pro PreviewQwen3 Max
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyGemini 3 Pro PreviewQwen3 Max
LicenseProprietaryOpen Source
AuthorGoogleQwen
ReleasedNov 2025Sep 2025

Gemini 3 Pro Preview Modalities

Input
textimagefileaudiovideo
Output
text

Qwen3 Max Modalities

Input
text
Output
text

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Frequently Asked Questions

Qwen3 Max has cheaper input pricing at $1.20/M tokens. Qwen3 Max has cheaper output pricing at $6.00/M tokens.
Gemini 3 Pro Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 46.5, compared to Qwen3 Max's score of 26.4.
Gemini 3 Pro Preview has a 1,048,576 token context window, while Qwen3 Max has a 256,000 token context window.
Gemini 3 Pro Preview supports vision. Qwen3 Max does not support vision.