Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking is 2.0× cheaper per million tokens (blended). Gemini 3.7 Flash has the larger context window (1,048,576 vs 131,072 tokens, 8.0×). Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking is open-weights; the other is not.
Gemini 3.7 Flash vs Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking
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Gemini 3.7 Flash
Google · google__gemini-3.7-flash
Qwen3 VL 8B Thinkingopen
Qwen · qwen__qwen3-vl-8b-thinking
Identity
| Field | google__gemini-3.7-flash | qwen__qwen3-vl-8b-thinking |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Qwen | |
| Slug | google__gemini-3.7-flash | qwen__qwen3-vl-8b-thinking |
| Status | live | live |
| Open weights | No | Yes |
| License | — | — |
| HuggingFace | — | Qwen/Qwen3-VL-8B-Thinking |
Quality
| Field | google__gemini-3.7-flash | qwen__qwen3-vl-8b-thinking |
|---|---|---|
| Quality index (0–100) | 88.4 | — |
Cost
| Field | google__gemini-3.7-flash | qwen__qwen3-vl-8b-thinking |
|---|---|---|
| Input $ / 1M tokens | $0.75 | $0.18 |
| Cached input $ / 1M | $0.07 | — |
| Output $ / 1M tokens | $3.75 | $2.10 |
Context
| Field | google__gemini-3.7-flash | qwen__qwen3-vl-8b-thinking |
|---|---|---|
| Max context tokens | 1,048,576 | 131,072 |
| Max output tokens | 65,536 | 32,768 |
Modalities
| Field | google__gemini-3.7-flash | qwen__qwen3-vl-8b-thinking |
|---|---|---|
| Input | text, image, video, file, audio | image, text |
| Output | text | text |