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Gemini 3 Pro Preview vs Qwen3.5-27B

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
  • Supports tool calls

Qwen3.5-27B wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
Price Advantage
Qwen3.5-27B
Benchmark Advantage
Gemini 3 Pro Preview
Context Window
Gemini 3 Pro Preview
Speed
Gemini 3 Pro Preview

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricGemini 3 Pro PreviewQwen3.5-27BWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$2.00$0.30 Qwen3.5-27B
Output (per 1M tokens)$12.00$2.40 Qwen3.5-27B
Cache Read (per 1M)$0.20N/A Gemini 3 Pro Preview
Cache Write (per 1M)$0.38N/A Gemini 3 Pro Preview
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Qwen3.5-27B is 82% cheaper overall.

Gemini 3 Pro Preview Providers

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

Qwen3.5-27B Providers

Alibaba $0.30 (Cheapest)

Benchmark Comparison

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Gemini 3 Pro Preview Wins
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Qwen3.5-27B Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkGemini 3 Pro PreviewQwen3.5-27BWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
48.4--
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
46.5--
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
95.7--
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
89.8--
GPQA
Graduate-level science
90.8--
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
91.7--
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
Qwen3.5-27B
262,144
tokens
Max output: 65,536 tokens
Gemini 3 Pro Preview has a 75% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricGemini 3 Pro PreviewQwen3.5-27BWinner
Tokens/second137.5 tok/sN/A
Time to First Token31.09sN/A

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureGemini 3 Pro PreviewQwen3.5-27B
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyGemini 3 Pro PreviewQwen3.5-27B
LicenseProprietaryOpen Source
AuthorGoogleQwen
ReleasedNov 2025Feb 2026

Gemini 3 Pro Preview Modalities

Input
textimagefileaudiovideo
Output
text

Qwen3.5-27B Modalities

Input
textimagevideo
Output
text

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Frequently Asked Questions

Qwen3.5-27B has cheaper input pricing at $0.30/M tokens. Qwen3.5-27B has cheaper output pricing at $2.40/M tokens.
Gemini 3 Pro Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 46.5, compared to Qwen3.5-27B's score of N/A.
Gemini 3 Pro Preview has a 1,048,576 token context window, while Qwen3.5-27B has a 262,144 token context window.
Gemini 3 Pro Preview supports vision. Qwen3.5-27B supports vision.