Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Qwen3.5 Max Preview

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 44.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.8 Flash Google

59.5

Rank #13 Confirmed

Qwen3.5 Max Preview Alibaba (Qwen)

44.7

Rank #72 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen3.5 Max Preview in 0 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.8 Flash leads 64.7 to 29.6.

Side by side

Gemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.5 Max Preview
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index59.544.7
Released2026-09-02—
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.75—
Output $ / M tokens$3.75—
Results tracked4617

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 56.4 (#17), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 43.4 (#79)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Coding15121488
DeepSWE73.8%—
FrontierCode41.2%—
CursorBench39.6%—
LMArena WebDev1581—
FrontierSWE19.6%—
SciCode56.6%—
ALE-Bench1,270—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 40.3 (#22), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.5 Max Preview
APEX-Agents64.3%—
GDP.pdf23.4%—
Vending-Bench 25,094—

Reasoning Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 64.7 (#13), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 29.6 (#81)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Hard Prompts15061483
NYT Connections (extended)97.4%—
CritPt18.3%—
Chess Puzzles61%—
Mystery Game Puzzles47%—
DTBench95.7%—
LMCA52.9%—
Surface Evolver Bench76.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index157.13—

Math Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 65.2 (#22), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 37.3 (#99)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Math15281473
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: 74.9 (#2), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.1 (#104)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Expert15291489
GPQA Diamond95.4%—
Humanity's Last Exam44.5%—
SimpleQA Verified69.7%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 40.9 (#33), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Vision1312—
Blueprint-Bench 238.6%—
Furniture Assembly31.7%—

Multilingual Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 57.9 (#5), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.4 (#21)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Non-English14861465
LMArena Chinese15471534
LMArena French15021483
LMArena German14701487
LMArena Japanese15051497
LMArena Korean14791438
LMArena Russian15071472
LMArena Spanish14921470

Instruction Following Too close to call

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 78.2 (#11), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 77.2 (#28)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Instruction Following14891467

Long Context Too close to call

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 46.2 (#23), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#44)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Longer Query15061477

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 72.1 (#16), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.1 (#39)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Text14941471
LMArena Creative Writing14851464
LMArena Multi-Turn15031478
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1748—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash better than Qwen3.5 Max Preview?

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 44.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash or Qwen3.5 Max Preview better for coding?

Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 56.4 versus 43.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.8 Flash and Qwen3.5 Max Preview share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.8 Flash has 46 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Max Preview has 17.

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