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Qwen3.5-397B-A17B vs Gemini 2.5 Pro
Which is cheaper, which is more capable, and which does better at each kind of work, from 22 results on 3 sources that measured both models.
Of the 22 results both models have, the better value on each. Results whose reported ranges overlap are too close to call.
Results as of 14 October 2026 (catalogue release 2026-10-14-7d7cf32c3f6d). See also Alibaba vs Google, every model from both labs.
Qwen3.5-397B-A17B or Gemini 2.5 Pro? The short answer
Pick Qwen3.5-397B-A17B: it scores higher (Intelligence Index 21.4 against 16.1) and costs less.
- Qwen3.5-397B-A17B is cheaper: $1.29 against $3.44 per million tokens, 2.7 times less.
- Qwen3.5-397B-A17B scores higher on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 21.4 against 16.1.
- Qwen3.5-397B-A17B is newer: released 13 Feb 2026, against 25 Mar 2025 for Gemini 2.5 Pro.
- On third-party benchmarks, on the results both models have: Qwen3.5-397B-A17B does better for agents and tool use and reasoning and knowledge; Gemini 2.5 Pro for writing and sticking to the facts.
Head to head
Every fact side by side
| Qwen3.5-397B-A17B | Gemini 2.5 Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Price per million tokens | $0.55 in · $3.50 out | $1.25 in · $10.00 out |
| Blended (3 in : 1 out) | $1.29 | $3.44 |
| Cheapest host, blended | $0.88 (Alibaba) | $3.44 (Google) |
| Cached input, per million | – | $0.12 cached input |
| Intelligence Index | 21.4 | 16.1 |
| Spring Prompt overall | – | – |
| Output speed, tokens a second | 57 | – |
| Context window | 262,144 tokens | 1,048,576 tokens |
| Released | 13 Feb 2026 (newer) | 25 Mar 2025 |
| Weights | Open | Closed |
| Developer based in | China | the US |
Prices are the developer's list price where we have read it, otherwise the typical host on OpenRouter; see every model's price. Intelligence and speed from Artificial Analysis.
Which is better for what
Each model's rank among the models on sale today, for each kind of work, from our own benchmarks and licensed sources. Further right is better; the better rank is in green.
From our research
Every shared result
Each model's best result on every measure both have, grouped by benchmark, with the setting that produced it. Under each measure, every model that benchmark has measured is a grey tick, best to the right, so you can see where the two sit in the field. The headline measures of each benchmark come first; the rest are under "Show all". Green marks the better value; where a source reports ranges that overlap, neither is marked.
| Measure | Qwen3.5-397B-A17B | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Arena (formerly LMArena) reported by Arena (formerly LMArena) · 3 results | ||
| Overall · TextArena rating, higher is better 80 · 74 of 387 measured | 1,442 | 1,446 |
| Overall · Text factualityArena rating, higher is better 70 · 38 of 163 measured | 1,445 | 1,462 |
| Business, management and finance · TextArena rating, higher is better 73 · 92 of 380 measured | 1,446 | 1,437 |
| Artificial Analysis reported by Artificial Analysis · 3 results | ||
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence Indexindex score, higher is better 98 · 123 of 244 measured | 21.4no reasoning | 16.1 |
| GPQA Diamond% of questions, higher is better 53 · 86 of 231 measured | 89.3% | 84.4% |
| Humanity's Last Exam% of questions, higher is better 78 · 101 of 243 measured | 29.0% | 22.5% |
| UGI Leaderboard reported by UGI Leaderboard · 3 results | ||
| Writing score · UGIscore out of 100, higher is better 77 · 28 of 230 measured | 50.1no reasoning | 65.2 |
| Requested-length error · UGI% off the requested word count, lower is better 134 · 99 of 230 measured | 23.0%no reasoning | 19.0% |
| Style adherence · UGIscore from 0 to 1, higher is better 164 · 16 of 230 measured | 0.33no reasoning | 0.40 |
Show all 22 results (13 more)
| Measure | Qwen3.5-397B-A17B | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Arena (formerly LMArena) reported by Arena (formerly LMArena) · 4 results | ||
| Creative writing · TextArena rating, higher is better 86 · 45 of 385 measured | 1,405 | 1,443 |
| Expert prompts · TextArena rating, higher is better 67 · 91 of 338 measured | 1,477 | 1,458 |
| Instruction following · TextArena rating, higher is better 78 · 70 of 387 measured | 1,434 | 1,438 |
| Writing, literature and language · TextArena rating, higher is better 80 · 53 of 386 measured | 1,421 | 1,445 |
| Artificial Analysis reported by Artificial Analysis · 9 results | ||
| Terminal-Bench 2.1% of tasks, higher is better 61 · 84 of 130 measured | 51.3% | 28.5% |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0% of tasks, higher is better 67 · 67 of 113 measured | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| τ-bench banking% of tasks, higher is better 64 · 79 of 121 measured | 13.4% | 9.7% |
| Artificial Analysis Coding Indexindex score, higher is better 61 · 82 of 131 measured | 48.2 | 33.3 |
| IFBench% of instructions, higher is better 8 · 108 of 195 measured | 78.8% | 48.7% |
| Long-context reasoning (AA-LCR)% of questions, higher is better 67 · 117 of 234 measured | 77.3% | 69.0% |
| SciCode% of problems, higher is better 67 · 61 of 114 measured | 44.8% | 46.3% |
| Terminal-Bench Hard% of tasks, higher is better 34 · 74 of 190 measured | 40.9% | 26.5% |
| τ²-bench telecom% of tasks, higher is better 16 · 99 of 193 measured | 95.6% | 54.1% |
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Quick answers
Is Qwen3.5-397B-A17B better than Gemini 2.5 Pro?
Pick Qwen3.5-397B-A17B: it scores higher (Intelligence Index 21.4 against 16.1) and costs less.
Which is cheaper, Qwen3.5-397B-A17B or Gemini 2.5 Pro?
Qwen3.5-397B-A17B is cheaper: $1.29 against $3.44 per million tokens, 2.7 times less.
Which is better for agents and tool use, Qwen3.5-397B-A17B or Gemini 2.5 Pro?
Qwen3.5-397B-A17B ranks 71 of 166 models on sale for multi-step tasks with tools: support desks, coding agents, function calls, against 114 for Gemini 2.5 Pro.
Which is better for reasoning and knowledge, Qwen3.5-397B-A17B or Gemini 2.5 Pro?
Qwen3.5-397B-A17B ranks 75 of 200 models on sale for hard questions across science, maths and general knowledge, against 98 for Gemini 2.5 Pro.
Which is better for writing, Qwen3.5-397B-A17B or Gemini 2.5 Pro?
Gemini 2.5 Pro ranks 44 of 189 models on sale for what people prefer in blind comparisons, and judged writing quality, against 70 for Qwen3.5-397B-A17B.
Which is better for sticking to the facts, Qwen3.5-397B-A17B or Gemini 2.5 Pro?
Gemini 2.5 Pro ranks 40 of 153 models on sale for summarising without inventing things, and factual answers, against 76 for Qwen3.5-397B-A17B.
Which has the bigger context window, Qwen3.5-397B-A17B or Gemini 2.5 Pro?
Gemini 2.5 Pro: 1,048,576 tokens, against 262,144 for Qwen3.5-397B-A17B.
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