Battle of the Models

Compare specific LLM models, context windows, and capabilities.

Gemini 3 Flash Preview

S-TIER

Google AI Studio

Intelligence Score 95/100

Model Popularity 0 votes

Context Window 1M Context

Pricing Model Free / Open

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DEPRECATED

OpenRouter

This model is no longer active/free — kept for reference.

Intelligence Score 83/100

Context Window 32k

Pricing Model Free / Open

Model Popularity 0 votes

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FINAL VERDICT

With an intelligence score of 95/100 vs 83/100, Gemini 3 Flash Preview outperforms Qwen 2.5 VL 72B Instruct (free) by 12 points.

HEAD-TO-HEAD

Feature	Gemini 3 Flash Preview	Qwen 2.5 VL 72B Instruct (free)
Context Window	1M Context	32k
Architecture	Transformer (Proprietary)	Transformer (Open Weight)
Est. MMLU Score	~88-91%	~75-79%
Release Date	2026 (Expected)	Sep-Nov 2024
Pricing Model	Free Tier	Free Tier
Rate Limit (RPM)	Varies by model (per-model limits are now shown only inside AI Studio)	20 requests/minute
Daily Limit	Varies by model. Free: Flash, Flash-Lite and Gemini 2.5 Pro; Gemini 3.x Pro models are paid	50 requests/day (up to 1000 with $10 topup)
Capabilities	No specific data	No specific data
Performance Tier	S-Tier (Elite)	B-Tier (Strong)
Speed Estimate	⚡ Very Fast	⚡ Fast
Primary Use Case	⚡ Fast Chat & Apps	👁️ Vision & Multimodal
Model Size	~1.5T (estimated)	72B
Limitations	Data used for training (Unpaid tier) Rate limits are enforced per minute/day No SLA for free tier	Limits depend on account history/topup Community key models Free models have lower priority during peak demand
Key Strengths	Multimodal Capabilities Huge Context Window (up to 2M tokens) Fast Inference Speed	Unified API for 100+ models from all providers OpenAI-compatible endpoint (drop-in replacement) Automatic model fallback and routing