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Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking vs Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct benchmark

Name: Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking vs Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct AI benchmark comparison
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This page compares Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking (Google) and Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct (Alibaba) using the latest snapshots we have as of Aug 17, 2026. Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking wins on output price at $0.4/1M. Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking has the larger context window (1M tokens). Every cell below is a dated snapshot from a named public source — we do not invent missing scores, and we do not run SWE-bench ourselves.

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Google

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking

Google experimental reasoning model that visualizes thoughts in real-time.

Elo 1,490$0.4/1M out

Alibaba

Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct

Auto-discovered from OpenRouter (qwen/qwen3-vl-30b-a3b-instruct). Preview until a second source matches.

$0.52/1M out

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking Inference Compute Profile

Inference-Time Compute & Reasoning EffortDynamic CoT

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking Reasoning Scaler & Token Billing Simulator

Param: thinking_budget

Reasoning models scale test-time compute by generating hidden chain-of-thought (CoT) tokens. These tokens are billed at standard output rates and directly expand latency (TTFT) in exchange for higher GPQA Diamond and SWE-bench Verified problem resolve rates.

Estimated TTFT

220 ms

1.0x (Standard eval)

CoT Thinking Tokens

~2,400

Billed as output tokens

Est. Cost / 1k Calls

$1.13

6.6x base invoice

STEM / SWE Boost

+4.8%

GPQA & SWE-bench scaling

Medium (8k tokens) Operational Profile

Balanced reasoning for coding and multimodal comprehension.

Direct Provider APIGoogle

"thinking": {
  "type": "enabled",
  "budget_tokens": 16384
}

OpenRouter Unified APIUnified Gateway

"reasoning": {
  "effort": "medium",
  "max_tokens": 2400
}

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Category wins across intelligence, speed, and pricing efficiency.

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking (10)vsQwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct (0)

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking: 10W (100%)Overall: Gemini 2.0 Flash ThinkingQwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct: 0W (0%)

← Gemini 2.0 Flash ThinkingQwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct →

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking (5/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

Preference Elo, Coding proficiency, SWE-bench & LiveBench accuracy

Preference Elo

1,490vs—

Coding Elo

1,515vs—

SWE-bench

66.8%vs—

LiveBench

67%vs—

GPQA Diamond

81%vs—

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking: 5WQwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct: 0W

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking (2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Output speed

115 tok/svs—

Time to first token

220 msvs—

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking: 2WQwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct: 0W

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking (3/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Output price

$0.4/1Mvs$0.52/1M

Input price

$0.1/1Mvs$0.13/1M

Context window

1Mvs262k

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking: 3WQwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct: 0W

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Percentile 0–100

Dimensional AdvantageGemini 2.0 Flash Thinking 6/6

Preference Elo

No shared data

Throughput Speed

No shared data

Token Price Efficiency

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking

$0.12/1M cheaper

Full Benchmark Score Matrix

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Elo

High is better

1,490

EloHigh is better

—

Code Elo

High is better

1,515

Code EloHigh is better

—

LiveBench

High is better

67%

LiveBenchHigh is better

—

SWE-bench

High is better

66.8%

SWE-benchHigh is better

—

GPQA

High is better

81%

GPQAHigh is better

—

TTFT

Low is better

220 ms

TTFTLow is better

—

Speed

High is better

115 tok/s

SpeedHigh is better

—

In $

Low is better

+30%$0.10 / 1M

In $Low is better

$0.13 / 1M

Out $

Low is better

+30%$0.40 / 1M

Out $Low is better

$0.52 / 1M

Context

High is better

+300%1M

ContextHigh is better

262k

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Workload Cost & Savings Calculator

Simulate monthly production API costs in USD (US Dollar).

Save up to 23% with Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking

Monthly Volume50M tokens/mo

Quick Presets:

Token Ratio (In vs Out)70% In / 30% Out

RAG / Search (10% out)Coding / Chat (50% out)

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking$9.50 / mo

In: $3.5Out: $6

Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct$12.35 / mo

In: $4.55Out: $7.8

Estimated Cost Delta

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking is estimated to save $2.85/month ($34/year).

Based on 50M tokens (30% gen)

Key Selection Recommendations

1
Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking:Pick Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking when you are optimizing output cost.
2
Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking:Pick Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking for million-token RAG or long-document jobs.

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatGemini 2.0 Flash Thinking

Lower output list price ($0.4/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGGemini 2.0 Flash Thinking

Larger window (1M).

Screenshots / visionGemini 2.0 Flash Thinking

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	insufficient data	Need SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chat	Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking	Lower output list price ($0.4/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	insufficient data	Need TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAG	Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking	Larger window (1M).
Screenshots / vision	Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking	Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

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LIVE

Google

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking

Elo 1,490

LiveBench67%

SWE-bench66.8%

Speed115 tok/s

Output cost$0.4/1M

Alibaba

Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct

Elo n/a

LiveBench—

SWE-bench—

Speed—

Output cost$0.52/1M

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking or Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct?: We do not have preference Elo for both models, so we do not declare an overall winner. Compare the metrics that exist.
Which is better at coding, Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking or Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct?: SWE-bench is missing for at least one model, so we do not rank coding from a single number.
Which is cheaper to run in production?: Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking output tokens are $0.4/1M versus $0.52/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.
Which is faster, Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking or Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct?: We do not have TTFT for both models.
Which has the larger context window?: Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking accepts 1M tokens versus 262k.
Can I self-host either model?: Neither model is marked open-weights here. You are comparing hosted APIs.
Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?: No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.
What does preference Elo mean on this page?: Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking and Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

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Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking vs Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct benchmark

Interactive Comparison Diagram

Matchup Breakdown

Tug-of-War Matchup Matrix

Category wins across intelligence, speed, and pricing efficiency.

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking (10)vsQwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct (0)

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking: 10W (100%)Overall: Gemini 2.0 Flash ThinkingQwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct: 0W (0%)

← Gemini 2.0 Flash ThinkingQwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct →

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking (5/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

Preference Elo, Coding proficiency, SWE-bench & LiveBench accuracy

Preference Elo

1,490vs—

Coding Elo

1,515vs—

SWE-bench

66.8%vs—

LiveBench

67%vs—

GPQA Diamond

81%vs—

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking: 5WQwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct: 0W

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking (2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Output speed

115 tok/svs—

Time to first token

220 msvs—

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking: 2WQwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct: 0W

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking (3/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Output price

$0.4/1Mvs$0.52/1M

Input price

$0.1/1Mvs$0.13/1M

Context window

1Mvs262k

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking: 3WQwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct: 0W

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatGemini 2.0 Flash Thinking

Lower output list price ($0.4/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGGemini 2.0 Flash Thinking

Larger window (1M).

Screenshots / visionGemini 2.0 Flash Thinking

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	insufficient data	Need SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chat	Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking	Lower output list price ($0.4/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	insufficient data	Need TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAG	Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking	Larger window (1M).
Screenshots / vision	Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking	Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking or Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct?

We do not have preference Elo for both models, so we do not declare an overall winner. Compare the metrics that exist.

Which is better at coding, Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking or Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct?

SWE-bench is missing for at least one model, so we do not rank coding from a single number.

Which is cheaper to run in production?

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking output tokens are $0.4/1M versus $0.52/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.

Which is faster, Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking or Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct?

We do not have TTFT for both models.

Which has the larger context window?

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking accepts 1M tokens versus 262k.

Can I self-host either model?

Neither model is marked open-weights here. You are comparing hosted APIs.

Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?

No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.

What does preference Elo mean on this page?

Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking and Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.