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Gemini 3 Pro Preview vs Qwen3 VL 30B A3B 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
  • Has reasoning mode

Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
Price Advantage
Qwen3 VL 30B A3B 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 PreviewQwen3 VL 30B A3B InstructWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$2.00$0.13 Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct
Output (per 1M tokens)$12.00$0.52 Qwen3 VL 30B A3B 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, Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct is 95% cheaper overall.

Gemini 3 Pro Preview Providers

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

Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct Providers

Alibaba $0.13 (Cheapest)
DeepInfra $0.15
Phala $0.20
Novita $0.20
SiliconFlow $0.29

Benchmark Comparison

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Gemini 3 Pro Preview Wins
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Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkGemini 3 Pro PreviewQwen3 VL 30B A3B InstructWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
48.416.0
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
46.514.3
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
95.772.3
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
89.876.4
GPQA
Graduate-level science
90.869.5
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
91.747.6
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 VL 30B A3B Instruct
131,072
tokens
Max output: 32,768 tokens
Gemini 3 Pro Preview has a 88% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricGemini 3 Pro PreviewQwen3 VL 30B A3B InstructWinner
Tokens/second137.5 tok/s105.4 tok/s
Time to First Token29.53s0.92s
Gemini 3 Pro Preview responds 30% faster on average.

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureGemini 3 Pro PreviewQwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyGemini 3 Pro PreviewQwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct
LicenseProprietaryOpen Source
AuthorGoogleQwen
ReleasedNov 2025Oct 2025

Gemini 3 Pro Preview Modalities

Input
textimagefileaudiovideo
Output
text

Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct Modalities

Input
textimage
Output
text

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Frequently Asked Questions

Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct has cheaper input pricing at $0.13/M tokens. Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct has cheaper output pricing at $0.52/M tokens.
Gemini 3 Pro Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 46.5, compared to Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct's score of 14.3.
Gemini 3 Pro Preview has a 1,048,576 token context window, while Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct has a 131,072 token context window.
Gemini 3 Pro Preview supports vision. Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct supports vision.