Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Qwen3.5 122B-A10B

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 42.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 25 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.8 Flash Google

61.8

Rank #11 Confirmed

Qwen3.5 122B-A10B Alibaba (Qwen)

42.1

Rank #119 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 25 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher in 9 categories and Qwen3.5 122B-A10B in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.8 Flash leads 76.9 to 27.2.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 97.4% for Gemini 3.8 Flash and 51.7% for Qwen3.5 122B-A10B.
  • Qwen3.5 122B-A10B is cheaper at $0.40 / $3.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.75 / $3.75 for Gemini 3.8 Flash.
  • Gemini 3.8 Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.
  • Qwen3.5 122B-A10B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.5 122B-A10B
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index61.842.1
Released2026-09-022026-02-23
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M262K
Max output66K66K
Input $ / M tokens$0.75$0.40
Output $ / M tokens$3.75$3.20
Results tracked5027

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 59.2 (#15), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 39.1 (#162)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.5 122B-A10B
LMArena WebDev15841360
SciCode56.6%35.6%
LMArena Coding15101436
DeepSWE73.8%—
FrontierCode41.2%—
CursorBench39.6%—
FrontierSWE19.6%—
WeirdML84.8%—
ALE-Bench1,270—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 41.8 (#21), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.5 122B-A10B
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), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 27.2 (#123)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.5 122B-A10B
NYT Connections (extended)97.4%51.7%
CritPt18.3%0.9%
LMArena Hard Prompts15081421
Mystery Game Puzzles47%17%
DTBench95.7%84.3%
LMCA52.9%32.2%
ARC-AGI-289.2%—
ARC-AGI-198.5%—
Chess Puzzles61%—
Thematic Generalization—51.2%
Surface Evolver Bench76.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index156.71—

Math Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 65.3 (#28), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 39.1 (#112)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.5 122B-A10B
LMArena Math15281432
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)68.4%—
FrontierMath Tier 422%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.9%—
ProofBench48%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 74.8 (#2), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 38.8 (#142)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.5 122B-A10B
LMArena Expert15241432
GPQA Diamond95.4%—
Humanity's Last Exam44.5%—
SimpleQA Verified69.7%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate—11.2%

Multimodal Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 40.7 (#45), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 39.6 (#57)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.5 122B-A10B
LMArena Vision13141245
Blueprint-Bench 238.6%—
Furniture Assembly31.7%—

Multilingual Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 58.0 (#5), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 51.6 (#107)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.5 122B-A10B
LMArena Non-English14911400
LMArena Chinese15541462
LMArena French14981442
LMArena German14931426
LMArena Japanese15021367
LMArena Korean14591352
LMArena Russian15151400
LMArena Spanish14851424

Instruction Following Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 78.0 (#13), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 73.8 (#115)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.5 122B-A10B
LMArena Instruction Following14901399

Long Context Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 46.3 (#24), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 43.0 (#109)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.5 122B-A10B
LMArena Longer Query15081410

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 72.2 (#15), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 60.0 (#105)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.5 122B-A10B
LMArena Text14991417
LMArena Creative Writing14921368
LMArena Multi-Turn15011416
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1748—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash better than Qwen3.5 122B-A10B?

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 42.1 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.8 Flash or Qwen3.5 122B-A10B?

Qwen3.5 122B-A10B is cheaper. It lists at $0.40 per million input tokens and $3.20 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.8 Flash lists at $0.75 and $3.75.

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash or Qwen3.5 122B-A10B better for coding?

Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 59.2 versus 39.1 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.8 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.8 Flash and Qwen3.5 122B-A10B share?

25 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.8 Flash has 50 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 122B-A10B has 27.

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