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Model comparison

Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Qwen3 Max

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 43.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 29 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.8 Flash Google

61.8

Rank #11 Confirmed

Qwen3 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

43.7

Rank #87 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 29 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen3 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 22.6.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 97.4% for Gemini 3.8 Flash and 30.1% for Qwen3 Max.
  • Gemini 3.8 Flash is cheaper at $0.75 / $3.75 per million input/output tokens, against $1.20 / $6 for Qwen3 Max.
  • Gemini 3.8 Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.

Side by side

Gemini 3.8 FlashQwen3 Max
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index61.843.7
Released2026-09-022025-09-23
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M262K
Max output66K66K
Input $ / M tokens$0.75$1.20
Output $ / M tokens$3.75$6
Results tracked5033

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 59.2 (#15), Qwen3 Max: 43.0 (#93)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3 Max
LMArena Coding15101456
ALE-Bench1,270370.45
DeepSWE73.8%—
FrontierCode41.2%—
CursorBench39.6%—
LMArena WebDev1584—
FrontierSWE19.6%—
SciCode56.6%—
WeirdML84.8%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 41.8 (#21), Qwen3 Max: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3 Max
Vending-Bench 25,09471.56
APEX-Agents64.3%—
Remote Labor Index5.8%—
GDP.pdf23.4%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 76.9 (#5), Qwen3 Max: 22.6 (#190)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3 Max
NYT Connections (extended)97.4%30.1%
Chess Puzzles61%4%
LMArena Hard Prompts15081448
Mystery Game Puzzles47%5%
DTBench95.7%82.1%
LMCA52.9%28.3%
Epoch Capabilities Index156.71142.38
ARC-AGI-289.2%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark—72.5%
ARC-AGI-198.5%—
CritPt18.3%—
Surface Evolver Bench76.9%—

Math Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 65.3 (#28), Qwen3 Max: 38.7 (#131)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3 Max
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)68.4%18.9%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.9%73.3%
LMArena Math15281446
FrontierMath Tier 422%—
ProofBench48%—
MATH Level 5—97.1%

Knowledge Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 74.8 (#2), Qwen3 Max: 48.1 (#78)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3 Max
GPQA Diamond95.4%72.6%
SimpleQA Verified69.7%48.7%
LMArena Expert15241455
Humanity's Last Exam44.5%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 40.7 (#45), Qwen3 Max: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3 Max
LMArena Vision1314—
Blueprint-Bench 238.6%—
Furniture Assembly31.7%—

Multilingual Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 58.0 (#5), Qwen3 Max: 53.7 (#62)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3 Max
LMArena Non-English14911429
LMArena Chinese15541478
LMArena French14981449
LMArena German14931463
LMArena Japanese15021397
LMArena Korean14591399
LMArena Russian15151428
LMArena Spanish14851462

Instruction Following Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 78.0 (#13), Qwen3 Max: 74.8 (#87)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3 Max
LMArena Instruction Following14901419

Long Context Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 46.3 (#24), Qwen3 Max: 41.6 (#134)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3 Max
LMArena Longer Query15081438
Fiction.LiveBench—66.7%
CL-bench—14.5%

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 72.2 (#15), Qwen3 Max: 62.4 (#76)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3 Max
LMArena Text14991439
LMArena Creative Writing14921402
LMArena Multi-Turn15011446
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1748—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash better than Qwen3 Max?

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 43.7 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.8 Flash or Qwen3 Max?

Gemini 3.8 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens; Qwen3 Max lists at $1.20 and $6.

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash or Qwen3 Max better for coding?

Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 59.2 versus 43.0 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 Max share?

29 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.8 Flash has 50 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Max has 33.

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