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Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs Qwen3 30B A3B
Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Qwen3 30B A3B leads with 27.4% higher average benchmark score. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B offers 800.8K more tokens in context window than Qwen3 30B A3B. Both models have similar pricing. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B supports multimodal inputs. Qwen3 30B A3B is available on 3 providers. Overall, Qwen3 30B A3B is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
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Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B was developed as an ultra-compact variant of Gemini 1.5 Flash, designed to deliver multimodal capabilities with minimal resource requirements. Built for deployment scenarios where efficiency is critical, it provides a lightweight option for applications requiring fast, cost-effective AI processing.
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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3 30B was created with a mixture-of-experts architecture featuring 30 billion total parameters and 3 billion active parameters. Built to provide strong capabilities with efficient inference through sparse activation, it balances performance with practical computational requirements.
1 year newer
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B
2024-03-15
Qwen3 30B A3B
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2025-04-29
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Pricing Comparison
Cost per million tokens (USD)
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Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B
Input:$0.07
Output:$0.30($0.03 cheaper)
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Qwen3 30B A3B
Input:$0.10
Output:$0.30
Performance Metrics
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks
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Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B
Average Score:38.4%
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Qwen3 30B A3B
Average Score:65.8%(+27.4%)
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Knowledge Cutoff
Training data recency comparison
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B
2024-10-01
More recent knowledge cutoff means awareness of newer technologies and frameworks
Provider Availability & Performance
Available providers and their performance metrics
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Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B
1 providers
Throughput: 150 tok/s
Latency: 0.3ms
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Qwen3 30B A3B
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Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B
Avg Score:38.4%
Providers:1
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Qwen3 30B A3B
Avg Score:65.8%(+27.4%)
Providers:3