Pricing, context window, capabilities, and release date — pulled from each provider's public docs. Both are available via the same AIgateway OpenAI-compatible endpoint; flip the model string to switch.
Both models stream in parallel through your own AIgateway key. Tokens, latency, and cost update as they arrive.
| Gemini 3.8 Flash google/gemini-3.8-flash | Qwen3.6-Plus alibaba/qwen3.6-plus | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba | |
| Family | Gemini 3 | |
| Modality | text | text |
| Context window | 1,048,576 tok | 1,000,000 tok |
| Max output | 65,536 tok | 65,536 tok |
| Released | 2026-09-04 | 2026-04-01 |
| Input price | $0.750 /1M | $0.500 /1M |
| Output price | $3.75 /1M | $3.00 /1M |
| Cache read | — | — |
| Tools | yes | yes |
| Streaming | yes | yes |
| Vision | yes | yes |
| JSON mode | yes | yes |
| Reasoning | — | yes |
| Prompt caching | — | — |
Our most intelligent Flash model, engineered for long-horizon software engineering, autonomous agents, and complex enterprise workflows.
# pip install aigateway-py openai
# aigateway-py: sub-accounts, evals, replays, jobs, webhook verify.
# openai SDK: chat/embeddings/images/audio — drop-in compat per our SDK's own guidance.
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
base_url="https://api.aigateway.sh/v1",
api_key="sk-aig-...",
)
# Try Gemini 3.8 Flash
client.chat.completions.create(
model="google/gemini-3.8-flash",
messages=[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}],
)
# Try Qwen3.6-Plus — same client, same key
client.chat.completions.create(
model="alibaba/qwen3.6-plus",
messages=[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}],
)