Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Qwen3.8 27B

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 46.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 31 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.8 Flash Google

61.8

Rank #11 Confirmed

Qwen3.8 27B Alibaba (Qwen)

46.0

Rank #68 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 31 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher in 9 categories and Qwen3.8 27B in 1 category; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.8 Flash leads 76.9 to 41.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ARC-AGI-2: 89.2% for Gemini 3.8 Flash and 42.4% for Qwen3.8 27B.
  • Qwen3.8 27B is cheaper at $0.99 / $1.49 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.
  • Qwen3.8 27B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.8 27B
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index61.846.0
Released2026-09-022026-08-14
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M262K
Max output66K33K
Input $ / M tokens$0.75$0.99
Output $ / M tokens$3.75$1.49
Results tracked5031

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 59.2 (#15), Qwen3.8 27B: 50.5 (#44)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.8 27B
LMArena WebDev15841593
SciCode56.6%46.6%
LMArena Coding15101482
DeepSWE73.8%—
FrontierCode41.2%—
CursorBench39.6%—
FrontierSWE19.6%—
WeirdML84.8%—
ALE-Bench1,270—

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 41.8 (#21), Qwen3.8 27B: 32.9 (#57)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.8 27B
APEX-Agents64.3%47.5%
Remote Labor Index5.8%—
GDP.pdf23.4%—
Vending-Bench 25,094—

Reasoning Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 76.9 (#5), Qwen3.8 27B: 41.0 (#54)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.8 27B
ARC-AGI-289.2%42.4%
NYT Connections (extended)97.4%54.5%
ARC-AGI-198.5%87.5%
CritPt18.3%5.4%
LMArena Hard Prompts15081460
DTBench95.7%88%
LMCA52.9%41.4%
Surface Evolver Bench76.9%45%
Epoch Capabilities Index156.71149.38
Chess Puzzles61%—
Mystery Game Puzzles47%—

Math Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 65.3 (#28), Qwen3.8 27B: 37.1 (#161)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.8 27B
ProofBench48%16%
LMArena Math15281456
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)68.4%—
FrontierMath Tier 422%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.9%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 74.8 (#2), Qwen3.8 27B: 41.6 (#109)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.8 27B
LMArena Expert15241482
GPQA Diamond95.4%—
Humanity's Last Exam44.5%—
SimpleQA Verified69.7%—

Multimodal Too close to call

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 40.7 (#45), Qwen3.8 27B: 41.3 (#37)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.8 27B
LMArena Vision13141271
Blueprint-Bench 238.6%—
Furniture Assembly31.7%—

Multilingual Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 58.0 (#5), Qwen3.8 27B: 53.7 (#60)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.8 27B
LMArena Non-English14911430
LMArena Chinese15541504
LMArena French14981465
LMArena German14931438
LMArena Japanese15021384
LMArena Korean14591393
LMArena Russian15151415
LMArena Spanish14851448

Instruction Following Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 78.0 (#13), Qwen3.8 27B: 75.8 (#53)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.8 27B
LMArena Instruction Following14901439

Long Context Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 46.3 (#24), Qwen3.8 27B: 44.3 (#70)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.8 27B
LMArena Longer Query15081450

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 72.2 (#15), Qwen3.8 27B: 65.8 (#43)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.8 27B
LMArena Text14991441
LMArena Creative Writing14921384
EQ-Bench Creative Writing17481671
LMArena Multi-Turn15011441

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash better than Qwen3.8 27B?

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 46.0 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.8 Flash or Qwen3.8 27B?

Qwen3.8 27B is cheaper. It lists at $0.99 per million input tokens and $1.49 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.8 Flash lists at $0.75 and $3.75.

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash or Qwen3.8 27B better for coding?

Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 59.2 versus 50.5 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 Qwen3.8 27B share?

31 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.8 Flash has 50 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.8 27B has 31.

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