Qwen3 30B A3B vs Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 09-2025: API price and specs

Qwen3 30B A3B is 49% cheaper than Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 09-2025 on input price.

Qwen3 30B A3B is 29% cheaper than Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 09-2025 on output price.

Qwen3 30B A3B is 40% cheaper than Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 09-2025 on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 09-2025 has a 719.2% larger context than Qwen3 30B A3B.

Field	Qwen3 30B A3B	Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 09-2025
Lowest input, per 1M	$0.0509	$0.10 +96.5%
Median input, per 1M	$0.12 +20%	$0.10
Lowest output, per 1M	$0.28	$0.40 +40.4%
Median output, per 1M	$0.50 +25%	$0.40
Lowest unit price	—	—
Cost of 1M in + 200k out	$0.11	$0.18 +66.8%
Context	128K +87.8%	1M
Max output	41K +37.4%	66K
Providers	15	2 +86.7%
Regions	EU, GLOBAL, US	—
Accepts	image, text	audio, image, pdf, text, video
Returns	text	text
Type	Text models	Text models
Free option	no	no
Cheapest provider	edenai	302ai

Your own workload: how many tokens the model gets (input) and gives back (output) - for example, in a month. The "Cost" row of the table above is recalculated for these numbers, for each model.

Computed from current offers each time the page opens; the best value of a row is bold, the percent is how far behind the best.

Providers selling both

302ai, aihubmix

Frequently asked questions

Which is cheaper, Qwen3 30B A3B or Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 09-2025?

Qwen3 30B A3B is 49% cheaper than Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 09-2025 on input price. Qwen3 30B A3B is 29% cheaper than Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 09-2025 on output price. Qwen3 30B A3B is 40% cheaper than Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 09-2025 on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.

Which has the larger context, Qwen3 30B A3B or Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 09-2025?

Qwen3 30B A3B: 128K tokens; Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 09-2025: 1M tokens.

Where can I use both Qwen3 30B A3B and Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 09-2025?

302ai, aihubmix