Which is cheaper, Qwen 3 Coder or Gemini 2.5 Pro?

Qwen 3 Coder is cheaper at the input + output rate combined: $2.00 versus $11.25 per million tokens.

Which has higher quality, Qwen 3 Coder or Gemini 2.5 Pro?

Gemini 2.5 Pro has the higher AA Intelligence Index score: 87 versus 82.

Can I switch between Qwen 3 Coder and Gemini 2.5 Pro via one API?

Both Qwen 3 Coder and Gemini 2.5 Pro are accessible through OpenRouter's unified gateway, which lets you switch models with one API key. Phase 2 of AIpricly will add scenario-routed automatic primary + fallback chains.

Qwen 3 Coder vs Gemini 2.5 Pro

Side-by-side pricing, capabilities, real-world cost across common scenarios, and our editorial pick.

添加模型最多可对比 4 个模型

全部价格按美元 / 百万 token 计

OVERALL WINNER

Qwen 3 Coder

Alibaba · released 2026-03-01

Quality (AA Index)82

Input price$0.40

Output price$1.60

Context256K

Throughput180 tok/s

P50 latency0.6s

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Gemini 2.5 Pro

Google · released 2025-09-01

Quality (AA Index)87

Input price$1.25

Output price$10.00

Context1M

Throughput140 tok/s

P50 latency0.8s

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规格对比

绿色列 = 该指标获胜方

Metric	Qwen 3 Coder	Gemini 2.5 Pro	Verdict
Input price /百万 tokens	$0.40	$1.25	Qwen 3 Coder −68%
Output price /百万 tokens	$1.60	$10.00	Qwen 3 Coder −84%
Context window max input length	256K	1M	Gemini 2.5 Pro +3.9×
AA Quality AA Intelligence Index (0–100)	82	87	Gemini 2.5 Pro +5pt
Arena Elo LMArena human-pref Elo (800–2000)	—	—	Tied
Throughput tokens per second	180	140	Qwen 3 Coder +29%
P50 latency first token	0.6s	0.8s	Qwen 3 Coder −25%
Vision multimodal	—
Function calling tool use			Tied
Reasoning mode chain-of-thought	—

常见场景月度费用

默认用量假设

Scenario	Qwen 3 Coder	Gemini 2.5 Pro
customer support 1000K req · 600/180 tok	$528	$2.5K
chat with docs 300K req · 4000/300 tok	$624	$2.4K
code generation 500K req · 2000/500 tok	$800	$3.8K
voice assistant 600K req · 800/200 tok	$384	$1.8K

Our pick

For most workloads, choose Qwen 3 Coder.

68% cheaper input price, which compounds at scale
29% faster throughput — matters for streaming UX and voice agents

Choose Gemini 2.5 Pro instead if: Largest context window in the top tier (1M tokens). Tradeoff: pricier than DeepSeek and slower TTFT than GPT-5 — pick when whole-codebase or whole-PDF tasks matter.

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为何选择？通过智能路由同时使用两者

第二阶段 · 带故障转移链的网关

Set Qwen 3 Coder as primary, Gemini 2.5 Pro as fallback. One key, one bill, automatic failover when Qwen 3 Coder errors.

第二阶段预览 · 网关尚未上线该接口目前不存在。网关计划在第二阶段上线——下面只是规划中的接口形态预览，不是可用的 API。上线时会通过 newsletter 通知订阅者。

查看计划中的 API 调用形态

$ curl https://api.aipricly.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AIPC_KEY" \
  -d '{
    "routing": {
      "primary": "alibaba/qwen-3-coder",
      "fallback": ["google/gemini-2-5-pro"]
    },
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "..."}]
  }'