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Gemini 2.5 Pro vs Qwen3.6-Flash

Side-by-side API economics and benchmarks. Per-1M input and output rates, context window, and verified metrics.

Tale of the tape

Head-to-head specs pulled from each model profile.

Metric Gemini 2.5 Pro Qwen3.6-Flash
Input cost / 1M $1.25 $0.25
Output cost / 1M $10.00 $1.50
Context window 1,048,576 tokens 1,000,000 tokens
MMLU score

Cost verdict

Enter monthly input and output volumes to see total cost savings.

Gemini 2.5 Pro

Input: 1M × $1.25 = $1.25
Output: 1M × $10.00 = $10.00
Total
$11.25

Qwen3.6-Flash

Input: 1M × $0.25 = $0.25
Output: 1M × $1.50 = $1.50
Total
$1.75

Total cost savings

$9.50

Qwen3.6-Flash saves $9.50 per month vs the other model at this volume.

Model routing savings

Uses this page's verified rates. Gemini 2.5 Pro is the premium route (higher combined per-1M cost); Qwen3.6-Flash handles routine traffic.

Premium model

Gemini 2.5 Pro

$1.25 in · $10.00 out / 1M

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Economical model

Qwen3.6-Flash

$0.25 in · $1.50 out / 1M

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All premium

Gemini 2.5 Pro

$562.50

100% of input and output on the premium route

Routed stack

80%Qwen3.6-Flash

Gemini 2.5 Pro

$182.50

Routine slice
$70.00
Premium slice
$112.50

Monthly savings

$380.00

67.6% lower

Rates pulled from this page's model database entries (gemini-2-5-pro, qwen3-6-flash) — same per-1M input/output figures as Tale of the tape. Production routing needs quality gates and monitoring.

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