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Gemini 2.5 Flash vs Qwen3.5 397B A17B

Qwen3.5 397B A17B grades higher overall (65.4 against 62.9). Gemini 2.5 Flash costs 22% less for the same work.

Gemini 2.5 Flash

by Google · #36 of 67 overall

Coming soon · price at launch
Context
1M
Input / 1M
$0.30
Output / 1M
$2.50

Qwen3.5 397B A17B

by Qwen · #35 of 67 overall

Coming soon · price at launch
Context
256K
Input / 1M
$0.45
Output / 1M
$3.00

Better overall

Qwen3.5 397B A17B

Grade 62.9 vs 65.4

Cheaper

Gemini 2.5 Flash

22% less, $0.85 vs $1.09 blended

Larger context

Gemini 2.5 Flash

1M vs 256K tokens

SWE-bench Verified

Qwen3.5 397B A17B

48.9% vs 76.4%

Head to head

Public benchmarks. Longer is better; each value links to its source.

LMArena TextElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 15, 2026
Gemini 2.5 FlashGemini 2.5 Flash: 1,409
Qwen3.5 397B A17BQwen3.5 397B A17B: 1,442
LMArena WebDevElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 13, 2026
Gemini 2.5 FlashGemini 2.5 Flash: —
Qwen3.5 397B A17BQwen3.5 397B A17B: 1,400
LMArena CodingElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 15, 2026
Gemini 2.5 FlashGemini 2.5 Flash: 1,424
Qwen3.5 397B A17BQwen3.5 397B A17B: 1,491
SWE-bench Verified% of issues resolved · SWE-bench · Feb 16, 2026 · reference
Gemini 2.5 FlashGemini 2.5 Flash: 48.9%v
Qwen3.5 397B A17BQwen3.5 397B A17B: 76.4%v
Terminal-Bench 2.0% of tasks passed · Terminal-Bench · Feb 16, 2026 · reference
Gemini 2.5 FlashGemini 2.5 Flash: —
Qwen3.5 397B A17BQwen3.5 397B A17B: 52.5%v
LiveCodeBenchpass@1, % · LiveCodeBench · Feb 16, 2026 · reference
Gemini 2.5 FlashGemini 2.5 Flash: —
Qwen3.5 397B A17BQwen3.5 397B A17B: 83.6%v

Gemini 2.5 FlashQwen3.5 397B A17Bv = reported by the model’s maker. — = no public score yet. Arena bars span the range across every model we grade.

What it costs you

Drag to match your monthly usage.

Gemini 2.5 Flash$160 /month
Qwen3.5 397B A17B$210 /month

Gemini 2.5 Flash saves you $50.00 a month at this usage, $600 a year.

At a glance

AttributeGemini 2.5 FlashQwen3.5 397B A17B
Made byGoogleQwen
AvailabilityComing soonComing soon
Overall gradeStrong · 62.9Strong · 65.4
Overall rank#36 of 67#35 of 67
Input price$0.30 per 1M$0.45 per 1M
Output price$2.50 per 1M$3.00 per 1M
Context window1,000,000 tokens262,144 tokens
Reasoning levelsYesYes
Reads imagesYesYes
Model IDgemini-2.5-flashqwen3.5-397b-a17b

Try both with one key

Same endpoint, same key, both hosted in the USA. Change one word to switch models, in Claude Code, Cursor, Cline or your own code.

Get your API key
# Ask either model the same thing
curl https://fullsendai.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FULLSEND_API_KEY" \
  -d '{"model": "gemini-2.5-flash", "messages": [...]}'

# …then swap one word
  -d '{"model": "qwen3.5-397b-a17b", "messages": [...]}'

Questions

Is Gemini 2.5 Flash or Qwen3.5 397B A17B better?

Qwen3.5 397B A17B grades 65.4 against 62.9 for Gemini 2.5 Flash, from public benchmarks.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 2.5 Flash or Qwen3.5 397B A17B?

Gemini 2.5 Flash: $0.30 in and $2.50 out per million tokens, against $0.45 and $3.00 through FullsendAI.

Which has the larger context window?

Gemini 2.5 Flash, with 1,000,000 tokens.

Can I use both with one API key?

Yes, once they launch: both are coming soon, at the prices shown, and both will use the same FullsendAI key.

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Scores: LMArena (CC BY 4.0), SWE-bench, Terminal-Bench, LiveCodeBench, and model makers’ published results where marked v. Prices are FullsendAI’s, per million tokens. Data as of Oct 28, 2026.