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Gemini 2.5 Pro vs Qwen3.5 27B

Close to a tie overall. Qwen3.5 27B costs 75% less for the same work.

Gemini 2.5 Pro

by Google · #44 of 67 overall

Coming soon · price at launch
Context
1M
Input / 1M
$1.25
Output / 1M
$10.00

Qwen3.5 27B

by Qwen · #45 of 67 overall

Coming soon · price at launch
Context
256K
Input / 1M
$0.26
Output / 1M
$2.60

Better overall

About even

Grade 55.6 vs 54.6

Cheaper

Qwen3.5 27B

75% less, $0.84 vs $3.44 blended

Larger context

Gemini 2.5 Pro

1M vs 256K tokens

SWE-bench Verified

Qwen3.5 27B

59.6% vs 72.4%

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
LMArena WebDevElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 13, 2026
LMArena CodingElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 15, 2026
SWE-bench Verified% of issues resolved · SWE-bench · Feb 24, 2026 · reference
Terminal-Bench 2.0% of tasks passed · Terminal-Bench · Feb 24, 2026 · reference
Gemini 2.5 ProGemini 2.5 Pro: —
LiveCodeBenchpass@1, % · LiveCodeBench · Feb 24, 2026 · reference
Gemini 2.5 ProGemini 2.5 Pro: —

Gemini 2.5 ProQwen3.5 27Bv = 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 Pro$650 /month
Qwen3.5 27B$156 /month

Qwen3.5 27B saves you $494 a month at this usage, $5,928 a year.

At a glance

AttributeGemini 2.5 ProQwen3.5 27B
Made byGoogleQwen
AvailabilityComing soonComing soon
Overall gradeStrong · 55.6Good · 54.6
Overall rank#44 of 67#45 of 67
Input price$1.25 per 1M$0.26 per 1M
Output price$10.00 per 1M$2.60 per 1M
Context window1,000,000 tokens262,144 tokens
Reasoning levelsYesYes
Reads imagesYesYes
Model IDgemini-2.5-proqwen3.5-27b

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-pro", "messages": [...]}'

# …then swap one word
  -d '{"model": "qwen3.5-27b", "messages": [...]}'

Questions

Is Gemini 2.5 Pro or Qwen3.5 27B better?

They grade within two points of each other (55.6 and 54.6), so pick on price and the benchmarks that match your work.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 2.5 Pro or Qwen3.5 27B?

Qwen3.5 27B: $0.26 in and $2.60 out per million tokens, against $1.25 and $10.00 through FullsendAI.

Which has the larger context window?

Gemini 2.5 Pro, 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.

Model rankingsAll benchmarksCompare other models

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.