Gemini 2.5 Pro (I/O Edition) vs Qwen: Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20
Compare Gemini 2.5 Pro (I/O Edition) by Google AI against Qwen: Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20 by Qwen, tested across 39 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Gemini 2.5 Pro (I/O Edition)
Qwen: Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20
No community votes yet. On paper, these are closely matched - try both with your actual task to see which fits your workflow.
Qwen: Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20 is 4.2x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Gemini 2.5 Pro (I/O Edition)
Input
$1.25
Output
$10.00
Qwen: Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20
Input
$0.40
3.1× cheaper
Output
$2.40
4.2× cheaper
Qwen: Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20 is cheaper on both — 3.1× input, 4.2× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
38%
Qwen: Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20 uses 153.4x more emoji
Gemini 2.5 Pro (I/O Edition)
Qwen: Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20
58%Vocabulary59%
16wSentence Length15w
0.38Hedging0.28
5.8Bold4.4
5.0Lists2.5
0.00Emoji1.53
0.63Headings0.76
0.01Transitions0.04
Based on 16 + 27 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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