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Gemini 3 Pro Preview vs Qwen3 VL 8B 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 8B Instruct wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
Price Advantage
Qwen3 VL 8B 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 8B InstructWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$2.00$0.08 Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct
Output (per 1M tokens)$12.00$0.50 Qwen3 VL 8B 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 8B Instruct is 96% cheaper overall.

Gemini 3 Pro Preview Providers

Google $2.00 (Cheapest)

Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct Providers

Novita $0.08 (Cheapest)
Together $0.18
Alibaba $0.18
Parasail $0.25

Benchmark Comparison

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Benchmarks Compared
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Gemini 3 Pro Preview Wins
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Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkGemini 3 Pro PreviewQwen3 VL 8B InstructWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
48.414.7
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
46.57.3
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
95.727.3
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
89.868.6
GPQA
Graduate-level science
90.842.7
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
91.733.2
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 8B 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 8B InstructWinner
Tokens/second117.3 tok/s97.7 tok/s
Time to First Token31.63s0.90s
Gemini 3 Pro Preview responds 20% faster on average.

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureGemini 3 Pro PreviewQwen3 VL 8B 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 8B Instruct
LicenseProprietaryOpen Source
AuthorGoogleQwen
ReleasedNov 2025Oct 2025

Gemini 3 Pro Preview Modalities

Input
textimagefileaudiovideo
Output
text

Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct Modalities

Input
imagetext
Output
text

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Frequently Asked Questions

Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct has cheaper input pricing at $0.08/M tokens. Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct has cheaper output pricing at $0.50/M tokens.
Gemini 3 Pro Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 46.5, compared to Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct's score of 7.3.
Gemini 3 Pro Preview has a 1,048,576 token context window, while Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct has a 131,072 token context window.
Gemini 3 Pro Preview supports vision. Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct supports vision.