Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct vs Gemini 3 Pro Preview: API price and specs

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct is 78% cheaper than Gemini 3 Pro Preview on input price.

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct is 87% cheaper than Gemini 3 Pro Preview on output price.

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct is 83% cheaper than Gemini 3 Pro Preview on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.

Gemini 3 Pro Preview has a 300% larger context than Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct.

Field	Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct	Gemini 3 Pro Preview
Lowest input, per 1M	$0.22	$1.00 +354.5%
Median input, per 1M	$0.36	$2.00 +453.3%
Lowest output, per 1M	$0.80	$6.00 +650%
Median output, per 1M	$1.58	$12.00 +661.9%
Lowest unit price	—	—
Cost of 1M in + 200k out	$0.38	$2.20 +478.9%
Context	262K +75%	1M
Max output	262K	66K +75%
Providers	23	4 +82.6%
Regions	EU, US	—
Accepts	audio, image, text, video	audio, image, text, video
Returns	text	text
Type	Text models	Text models
Free option	no	no
Cheapest provider	google-vertex	requesty

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

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Frequently asked questions

Which is cheaper, Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct or Gemini 3 Pro Preview?

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct is 78% cheaper than Gemini 3 Pro Preview on input price. Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct is 87% cheaper than Gemini 3 Pro Preview on output price. Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct is 83% cheaper than Gemini 3 Pro Preview on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.

Which has the larger context, Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct or Gemini 3 Pro Preview?

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 262K tokens; Gemini 3 Pro Preview: 1M tokens.

Where can I use both Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct and Gemini 3 Pro Preview?

302ai, helicone, jiekou, requesty