Which is cheaper, Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite or Qwen3.5 Flash?

Qwen3.5 Flash, at $0.37 per million tokens against $0.49 for Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite, three parts input to one part output, read on 28 Sept 2026.

Where is each one cheapest?

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: $0.49 at Poe. Qwen3.5 Flash: $0.37 at Alibaba Cloud (China).

Can I buy both from one provider?

Yes. 9 providers sell both: LLMTR, Eden AI, Atlas Cloud, NanoGPT, Ofox, OrcaRouter, and more. The cheapest of them for the two together is LLMTR.

Which holds more context?

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite, at 1M tokens against 1M.

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite vs Qwen3.5 Flash.

model vs model · prices as of 28 Sept 2026

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite and Qwen3.5 Flash split the 5 rounds this table counts: the two list price rows, the cheapest price we can explain, the standard price and context. The weighting you pick decides the rest.

Google

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite

$0.49/M tokens

cheapest we can explain, at Poe · $0.0588 per 1,000 pages

1M context · tool calling · reads images

Poe ↗

Alibaba Cloud

Qwen3.5 Flash

$0.37/M tokens

cheapest we can explain, at Alibaba Cloud (China) · $0.0346 per 1,000 pages

1M context · tool calling · reads images

Alibaba Cloud (China) ↗

List price in (lower wins)

$0.10/M

List price out (lower wins)

$0.40/M

Cheapest we can explain (lower wins)

$0.49/M at Poe

$0.37/M at Alibaba Cloud (China)

Standard price (lower wins)

$0.70/M

Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)

$0.0588

$0.0346

Context

1M tokens

Open weights

Tool calling

yes

Structured output

yes

Reads images

yes

Reasoning

yes

Released

17 Jun 2025

23 Feb 2026

Providers selling it

Price we measure against

the maker's own

Trains on your prompts (no is better)

not stated

Providers selling both · 9

LLMTR$0.40 / $0.70
Eden AI$0.70 / $0.46
Atlas Cloud$0.70 / $0.70
NanoGPT$0.70 / $0.70
Ofox$0.70 / $0.70
OrcaRouter$0.70 / $0.70
Vercel AI Gateway$0.70 / $0.70
ZenMux$0.70 / $0.70

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite then Qwen3.5 Flash, per million tokens · showing the 8 cheapest of 9

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Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite or Qwen3.5 Flash?: Qwen3.5 Flash, at $0.37 per million tokens against $0.49 for Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite, three parts input to one part output, read on 28 Sept 2026.
Where is each one cheapest?: Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: $0.49 at Poe. Qwen3.5 Flash: $0.37 at Alibaba Cloud (China).
Can I buy both from one provider?: Yes. 9 providers sell both: LLMTR, Eden AI, Atlas Cloud, NanoGPT, Ofox, OrcaRouter, and more. The cheapest of them for the two together is LLMTR.
Which holds more context?: Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite, at 1M tokens against 1M.

Prices exclude tax and are per million tokens, read 28 Sept 2026 from each provider's own catalog. The standard price blends three parts input to one part output; a page is 600 tokens in and 60 out. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.