Model comparison
Gemini 3 Deep Think vs Qwen3 8B
Qwen3 8B has enough public results to be ranked (#237); Gemini 3 Deep Think does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
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Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Gemini 3 Deep Think scores higher in 1 category and Qwen3 8B in 0 categories; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3 Deep Think leads 70.8 to 16.1.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is CritPt: 25.7% for Gemini 3 Deep Think and 0% for Qwen3 8B.
- Qwen3 8B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 3 Deep Think | Qwen3 8B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | |
| Noometry Index | 58.5 | 33.3 |
| Released | 2026-02-12 | 2025-04 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.18 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.70 |
| Results tracked | 3 | 11 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, Qwen3 8B: 33.4 (#245)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Deep Think | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 22.6% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, Qwen3 8B: 29.9 (#71)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Deep Think | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 42.6% |
Reasoning Gemini 3 Deep Think leads
Gemini 3 Deep Think: 70.8 (#11), Qwen3 8B: 16.1 (#299)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Deep Think | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 25.7% | 0% |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 84.6% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 96% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 5% |
| DTBench | — | 59.7% |
| LMCA | — | 8.8% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 136.17 |
Math Not comparable
Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, Qwen3 8B: 33.3 (#176)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Deep Think | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 56.1% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, Qwen3 8B: 36.1 (#164)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Deep Think | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 56.8% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 4.8% |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, Qwen3 8B: 37.8 (#205)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Deep Think | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 62.1% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 3 Deep Think better than Qwen3 8B?
Qwen3 8B has enough public results to be ranked (#237); Gemini 3 Deep Think does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 3 Deep Think and Qwen3 8B share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. Gemini 3 Deep Think has 3 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 8B has 11.