Which is cheaper, Gemini 3 Flash Preview or Qwen3.6 Plus?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview, at $2.25 per million tokens against $2.93 for Qwen3.6 Plus, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.

Where is each one cheapest?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: $2.25 at Kilo Gateway. Qwen3.6 Plus: $2.93 at Nous Portal.

Can I buy both from one provider?

Yes. 11 providers sell both: Eden AI, Nous Portal, LLM Gateway, LLMTR, Ofox, OpenCode Zen, and more. The cheapest of them for the two together is Eden AI.

Which holds more context?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview, at 1M tokens against 1M.

Gemini 3 Flash Preview vs Qwen3.6 Plus.

model vs model · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

Gemini 3 Flash Preview takes 2 of 5 rounds against Qwen3.6 Plus. It is also the cheaper of the two to run, at $2.25 per million tokens against $2.93.

Googlewins 2 rounds

Gemini 3 Flash Preview

$2.25/M tokens

cheapest we can explain, at Kilo Gateway · $0.24 per 1,000 pages

1M context · tool calling · reads images

Kilo Gateway ↗

Alibaba Cloud

Qwen3.6 Plus

$2.93/M tokens

cheapest we can explain, at Nous Portal · $0.312 per 1,000 pages

1M context · tool calling · reads images

Nous Portal ↗

List price in (lower wins)

$0.50/M

List price out (lower wins)

$3/M

Cheapest we can explain (lower wins)

$2.25/M at Kilo Gateway

$2.93/M at Nous Portal

Standard price (lower wins)

$4.50/M

Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)

$0.24

$0.312

Context

1M tokens

Open weights

Tool calling

yes

Structured output

yes

not stated

Reads images

yes

Reasoning

yes

Released

17 Dec 2025

2 Apr 2026

Providers selling it

Price we measure against

the maker's own

Trains on your prompts (no is better)

not stated

Providers selling both · 11

Eden AI$4.50 / $2.93
Nous Portal$4.50 / $2.93
LLM Gateway$4.50 / $4.50
LLMTR$4.50 / $4.50
Ofox$4.50 / $4.50
OpenCode Zen$4.50 / $4.50
OrcaRouter$4.50 / $4.50
Pioneer$4.50 / $4.50

Gemini 3 Flash Preview then Qwen3.6 Plus, per million tokens · showing the 8 cheapest of 11

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What moved in the last seven days

Gemini 3 Flash PreviewNous Portal$0.40 / $2.40 $0.50 / $325% dearer · 16 Sept 2026
Qwen3.6 PlusNous Portal$0.26 / $1.56 $0.33 / $1.9525% dearer · 16 Sept 2026

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3 Flash Preview or Qwen3.6 Plus?: Gemini 3 Flash Preview, at $2.25 per million tokens against $2.93 for Qwen3.6 Plus, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.
Where is each one cheapest?: Gemini 3 Flash Preview: $2.25 at Kilo Gateway. Qwen3.6 Plus: $2.93 at Nous Portal.
Can I buy both from one provider?: Yes. 11 providers sell both: Eden AI, Nous Portal, LLM Gateway, LLMTR, Ofox, OpenCode Zen, and more. The cheapest of them for the two together is Eden AI.
Which holds more context?: Gemini 3 Flash Preview, at 1M tokens against 1M.

Prices exclude tax and are per million tokens, read 16 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.