Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite wins on more metrics (6 of 8), but the right pick depends on what you optimize for — see the breakdown below.
| Metric | Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite | Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence Index | 17.6✓ | 16.7 |
| Coding Index | 9.5 | 9.8✓ |
| GPQA Diamond | 63%✓ | 58% |
| Design Arena Elo | — | — |
| Speed (tokens/sec) | 103 | 139✓ |
| Latency | 399ms✓ | 508ms |
| Input price /M | $0.100✓ | $0.117 |
| Output price /M | $0.400✓ | $1.36 |
| Context window | 1.0M✓ | 256K |
| Capabilities | ReasoningToolsJSONVisionAudio | ReasoningToolsJSONVision |