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Model comparison

Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Qwen3.6 27B

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 41.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.8 Flash Google

59.5

Rank #13 Confirmed

Qwen3.6 27B Alibaba (Qwen)

41.9

Rank #112 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher in 5 categories and Qwen3.6 27B in 0 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.8 Flash leads 64.7 to 24.4.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Mystery Game Puzzles: 47% for Gemini 3.8 Flash and 7% for Qwen3.6 27B.
  • Qwen3.6 27B is cheaper at $0.60 / $3.60 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.
  • Qwen3.6 27B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.6 27B
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index59.541.9
Released2026-09-022026-04-22
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M262K
Max output66K66K
Input $ / M tokens$0.75$0.60
Output $ / M tokens$3.75$3.60
Results tracked4611

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 56.4 (#17), Qwen3.6 27B: 38.5 (#162)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.6 27B
SciCode56.6%37.3%
DeepSWE73.8%—
FrontierCode41.2%—
CursorBench39.6%—
LMArena WebDev1581—
FrontierSWE19.6%—
LMArena Coding1512—
ALE-Bench1,270—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 40.3 (#22), Qwen3.6 27B: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.6 27B
APEX-Agents64.3%—
GDP.pdf23.4%—
Vending-Bench 25,094—

Reasoning Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 64.7 (#13), Qwen3.6 27B: 24.4 (#148)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.6 27B
CritPt18.3%0.9%
Chess Puzzles61%22%
Mystery Game Puzzles47%7%
DTBench95.7%78.1%
LMCA52.9%34.5%
Epoch Capabilities Index157.13146.47
NYT Connections (extended)97.4%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1506—
Surface Evolver Bench76.9%—

Math Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 65.2 (#22), Qwen3.6 27B: 47.5 (#56)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.6 27B
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)68.4%35.1%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.9%91.1%
FrontierMath Tier 422%—
ProofBench48%—
LMArena Math1528—

Knowledge Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 74.9 (#2), Qwen3.6 27B: 52.4 (#58)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.6 27B
GPQA Diamond95.4%85.9%
Humanity's Last Exam44.5%—
SimpleQA Verified69.7%—
LMArena Expert1529—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 40.9 (#33), Qwen3.6 27B: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.6 27B
LMArena Vision1312—
Blueprint-Bench 238.6%—
Furniture Assembly31.7%—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 57.9 (#5), Qwen3.6 27B: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.6 27B
LMArena Non-English1486—
LMArena Chinese1547—
LMArena French1502—
LMArena German1470—
LMArena Japanese1505—
LMArena Korean1479—
LMArena Russian1507—
LMArena Spanish1492—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 78.2 (#11), Qwen3.6 27B: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.6 27B
LMArena Instruction Following1489—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 46.2 (#23), Qwen3.6 27B: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.6 27B
LMArena Longer Query1506—

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 72.1 (#16), Qwen3.6 27B: 50.3 (#180)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.6 27B
LMArena Text1494—
LMArena Creative Writing1485—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1748—
EQ-Bench 4—1026
LMArena Multi-Turn1503—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash better than Qwen3.6 27B?

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 41.9 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.8 Flash or Qwen3.6 27B?

Qwen3.6 27B is cheaper. It lists at $0.60 per million input tokens and $3.60 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.8 Flash lists at $0.75 and $3.75.

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash or Qwen3.6 27B better for coding?

Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 56.4 versus 38.5 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 Qwen3.6 27B share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.8 Flash has 46 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 27B has 11.

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