Gemini 3 Flash Preview
Google · text, image, audio → text
gemini-3-flash-preview is Google's latest released, most balanced model, excelling in speed, scale, and cutting-edge intelligence.
Input$0.50 /M
Output$3.00 /M
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Gemini 3 Flash Preview vs Qwen3.8 Max Preview
Compare Gemini 3 Flash Preview from Google and Qwen3.8 Max Preview from Qwen on key metrics including benchmarks, price, context length, and other model features. Access both models and hundreds of others through the AIHubMix API.
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Qwen3.8 Max Preview
Qwen · text, image → text
Qwen 3.8 Max Preview(Qwen3.8-Max-Preview) is the latest-generation foundation model in the Qwen family, packing 2.4T parameters and still evolving. Compared with the previous flagship Qwen 3.7 Max, it delivers major gains in core capabilities like Coding and Cowork (professional productivity), with world-leading performance on complex, long-horizon tasks such as full-stack development, data analysis, and Office workflows. Launch offer: Credits are consumed at just 20% of the standard rate, effectively 5× your usage. Limited time only.
Input$0.34 /M
Output$1.01 /M
Pricing & Specifications
Prices are per million tokens. Time to First Token and throughput are rolling averages measured on AIHubMix.
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
Qwen3.8 Max Preview
Input /M
$0.50
$0.34
Output /M
$3.00
$1.01
Cache read /M
$0.05
$0.03
Context length
1,048,576
983,616
Max output
0
131,072
Time to First Token
4.0 s
2.4 s
Throughput
166.4 tok/s
48.1 tok/s
Modalities
textimageaudio
textimage
Supported Parameters
thinkingwebtoolsfunction callingstructured outputs
toolsfunction callingstructured outputsweblong contextthinking
API Formats
Released
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Promotional prices show the discounted rate; see each model page for promotion windows.
Activity Past 30 Days
Daily traffic served through AIHubMix — how demand for each model is trending.
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Tokens / day
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Requests / day
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Performance Past 3 Days
Measured on real AIHubMix traffic, hourly buckets. Gaps mean no traffic in that hour.
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Throughput (tok/s)
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TTFT (s)
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Uptime (%)
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LMArena Benchmarks
LMArena ratings by capability (Bradley-Terry, commonly called Elo). Higher is better.
Text
gemini-3-flash-previewqwen3.8-max-preview
1440148015201560
Overall
14731481
Coding
15091520
Math
14761504
Hard prompts
14921506
Instruction following
14581478
Multi-turn
14831496
Creative writing
14591469
Longer query
14751497
Chinese
15211545
English
14751486
Vision
gemini-3-flash-previewqwen3.8-max-preview
1240128013201360
Overall
12711302
OCR
12851317
Diagram
12961331
Homework
13141335
WebDev Arena
gemini-3-flash-previewqwen3.8-max-preview
1380148015801680
Overall
14371669
React
14301678
HTML
14401628
Gaming
14521733
Simulations
14171665
Data analytics
14131614
Source: LMArena (arena.ai) leaderboard, imported by AIHubMix. Models without published ratings are omitted per chart.
Cost calculator
Estimate your monthly bill for the same workload on each model.
Qwen3.8 Max Preview
$35.49 /mo
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
$75.00 /mo
Monthly = daily × 30. Discounted rates applied where a promotion is active.
FAQ
Which is cheaper: Gemini 3 Flash Preview, Qwen3.8 Max Preview?
Qwen3.8 Max Preview: $1.01/M output tokens; Gemini 3 Flash Preview: $3.00/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.
How do their coding arena scores compare?
Qwen3.8 Max Preview: 1520; Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 1509 (LMArena coding leaderboard).
Which responds faster?
Qwen3.8 Max Preview: 2.4s time to first token measured on AIHubMix; see the live performance charts above for how each model behaves across the day.
How large is each context window?
Gemini 3 Flash Preview accepts 1,048,576 and Qwen3.8 Max Preview accepts 983,616 input tokens.
Which one generates tokens faster?
Gemini 3 Flash Preview at 166.4 tok/s and Qwen3.8 Max Preview at 48.1 tok/s, measured as output throughput on AIHubMix — a separate metric from time to first token.
What inputs and capabilities does each model support?
Gemini 3 Flash Preview accepts text, image and audio input and supports thinking, web search, tool calling, function calling and structured outputs; Qwen3.8 Max Preview accepts text and image input and supports tool calling, function calling, structured outputs, web search, long context and thinking.
Can I call Gemini 3 Flash Preview and Qwen3.8 Max Preview with the same API key?
Yes. AIHubMix serves every model on this page behind one OpenAI-compatible endpoint, so switching between them is a one-line change to the model field — no second account, key or SDK.
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