Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 05-20 (thinking) vs Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)
Compare Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 05-20 (thinking) by Google AI against Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) by Qwen, context windows of 1.0M vs 1.0M, tested across 7 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 05-20 (thinking)Runner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) has the edge — bigger model tier, newer.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 05-20 (thinking)
Input
$0.15
2.7× cheaper
Output
$3.50
1.1× cheaper
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)
Input
$0.40
Output
$4.00
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 05-20 (thinking) is cheaper on both — 2.7× input, 1.1× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
43%
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) uses 35.7x more hedging
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 05-20 (thinking)
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)
70%Vocabulary54%
11wSentence Length15w
0.00Hedging0.36
4.2Bold7.0
7.3Lists4.6
0.00Emoji0.34
0.00Headings0.94
0.00Transitions0.09
Based on 3 + 18 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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