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Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite vs Qwen3.8 Max Preview

Compare Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite 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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Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite
Google · text, image, audio, video → text

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is a balanced model from Google, optimized for applications that require low-latency performance. It retains the practical capabilities of the Gemini 2.5 family, including configurable reasoning based on budget, integration with tools such as grounding via Google Search and code execution, multimodal input support, and an ultra-long context window of up to 1 million tokens, delivering a strong balance between efficiency, functionality, and cost.

Input$0.1 /M
Output$0.4 /M
Cache read$0.01 /M
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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$0.338 /M
Output$1.014 /M
Cache read$0.0338 /M
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Pricing & Specifications

Prices are per million tokens. Time to First Token and throughput are rolling averages measured on AIHubMix.

Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite
Qwen3.8 Max Preview
Input /M
$0.1
$0.338
Output /M
$0.4
$1.014
Cache read /M
$0.01
$0.0338
Context length
1,048,576
983,616
Max output
65,536
131,072
Time to First Token
2.1 s
2.4 s
Throughput
69.8 tok/s
48.1 tok/s
Modalities
textimageaudiovideo
textimage
Supported Parameters
toolsfunction callingstructured outputslong context
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
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1380144015001560
Overall
14111480
Coding
14241520
Math
14061497
Hard prompts
14201502
Instruction following
14021477
Multi-turn
14031493
Creative writing
13971466
Longer query
14191492
Chinese
14451536
English
14121488
Vision
gemini-2.5-flash-liteqwen3.8-max-preview
1180124013001360
Overall
12141300
OCR
12231315
Diagram
12361326
Homework
12371334

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.

Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite
$12.00 /mo
Qwen3.8 Max Preview
$35.49 /mo

Monthly = daily × 30. Discounted rates applied where a promotion is active.

FAQ

Which is cheaper: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite, Qwen3.8 Max Preview?

Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite: $0.4/M output tokens; Qwen3.8 Max Preview: $1.014/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

How do their coding arena scores compare?

Qwen3.8 Max Preview: 1520; Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite: 1424 (LMArena coding leaderboard).

Which responds faster?

Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite: 2.1s 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 2.5 Flash Lite accepts 1,048,576 and Qwen3.8 Max Preview accepts 983,616 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 65,536 tokens on Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite and 131,072 tokens on Qwen3.8 Max Preview.

Which one generates tokens faster?

Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite at 69.8 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 2.5 Flash Lite accepts text, image, audio and video input and supports tool calling, function calling, structured outputs and long context; 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 2.5 Flash Lite 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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