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Model comparison

Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Qwen Max

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 34.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.8 Flash Google

61.8

Rank #11 Confirmed

Qwen Max Alibaba (Qwen)

34.7

Rank #230 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen Max in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.8 Flash leads 76.9 to 25.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 98.9% for Gemini 3.8 Flash and 16.1% for Qwen Max.
  • Gemini 3.8 Flash is cheaper at $0.75 / $3.75 per million input/output tokens, against $1.60 / $6.40 for Qwen Max.
  • Gemini 3.8 Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 33K.

Side by side

Gemini 3.8 FlashQwen Max
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index61.834.7
Released2026-09-022024-04-03
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M33K
Max output66K8K
Input $ / M tokens$0.75$1.60
Output $ / M tokens$3.75$6.40
Results tracked5023

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 59.2 (#15), Qwen Max: 30.7 (#292)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen Max
LMArena Coding15101288
DeepSWE73.8%—
FrontierCode41.2%—
Aider Polyglot—21.8%
CursorBench39.6%—
LMArena WebDev1584—
FrontierSWE19.6%—
SciCode56.6%—
WeirdML84.8%—
ALE-Bench1,270—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 41.8 (#21), Qwen Max: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen Max
APEX-Agents64.3%—
Remote Labor Index5.8%—
GDP.pdf23.4%—
Vending-Bench 25,094—

Reasoning Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 76.9 (#5), Qwen Max: 25.1 (#151)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen Max
LMArena Hard Prompts15081269
ARC-AGI-289.2%—
NYT Connections (extended)97.4%—
ARC-AGI-198.5%—
CritPt18.3%—
Chess Puzzles61%—
Mystery Game Puzzles47%—
DTBench95.7%—
LMCA52.9%—
Surface Evolver Bench76.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index156.71—

Math Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 65.3 (#28), Qwen Max: 22.3 (#276)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen Max
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.9%16.1%
LMArena Math15281275
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)68.4%—
FrontierMath Tier 422%—
ProofBench48%—
MATH Level 5—67.2%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—1%

Knowledge Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 74.8 (#2), Qwen Max: 30.3 (#228)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen Max
GPQA Diamond95.4%56.1%
LMArena Expert15241248
Humanity's Last Exam44.5%—
SimpleQA Verified69.7%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 40.7 (#45), Qwen Max: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen Max
LMArena Vision1314—
Blueprint-Bench 238.6%—
Furniture Assembly31.7%—

Multilingual Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 58.0 (#5), Qwen Max: 41.8 (#202)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen Max
LMArena Non-English14911263
LMArena Chinese15541254
LMArena French14981330
LMArena German14931254
LMArena Japanese15021205
LMArena Korean14591142
LMArena Russian15151274
LMArena Spanish14851290

Instruction Following Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 78.0 (#13), Qwen Max: 66.5 (#208)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen Max
LMArena Instruction Following14901262

Long Context Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 46.3 (#24), Qwen Max: 39.4 (#180)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen Max
LMArena Longer Query15081288
Fiction.LiveBench—66.7%

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 72.2 (#15), Qwen Max: 47.8 (#205)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen Max
LMArena Text14991282
LMArena Creative Writing14921248
LMArena Multi-Turn15011277
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1748—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash better than Qwen Max?

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 34.7 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.8 Flash or Qwen Max?

Gemini 3.8 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens; Qwen Max lists at $1.60 and $6.40.

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash or Qwen Max better for coding?

Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 59.2 versus 30.7 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.8 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 33K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.8 Flash and Qwen Max share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.8 Flash has 50 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Max has 23.

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