Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 05-20 (thinking) vs Qwen3 Max Thinking
Compare Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 05-20 (thinking) by Google AI against Qwen3 Max Thinking by Qwen, context windows of 1.0M vs 262K, tested across 11 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 05-20 (thinking)
Qwen3 Max Thinking
No community votes yet. On paper, these are closely matched - try both with your actual task to see which fits your workflow.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 05-20 (thinking)
Input
$0.15
8.0× cheaper
Output
$3.50
1.7× cheaper
Qwen3 Max Thinking
Input
$1.20
Output
$6.00
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 05-20 (thinking) is cheaper on both — 8.0× input, 1.7× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
34%
Qwen3 Max Thinking uses 23.3x more hedging
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 05-20 (thinking)
Qwen3 Max Thinking
70%Vocabulary61%
11wSentence Length15w
0.00Hedging0.23
4.2Bold5.2
7.3Lists3.9
0.00Emoji1.37
0.00Headings1.22
0.00Transitions0.04
Based on 3 + 13 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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