Model comparison

Qwen3.7 Plus vs Qwen3 8B

Qwen3.7 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3 8B costs 2.3× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3.7 Plus's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 8 shared benchmarks.

Qwen3.7 Plus Alibaba (Qwen)

45.3

Rank #72 Confirmed

Qwen3 8B Alibaba (Qwen)

33.7

Rank #238 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 8 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen3.7 Plus scores higher in 5 categories and Qwen3 8B in 1 category; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3.7 Plus leads 39.3 to 16.6.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 93.3% for Qwen3.7 Plus and 56.1% for Qwen3 8B.
  • Qwen3 8B is cheaper at $0.18 / $0.70 per million input/output tokens, against $0.40 / $1.60 for Qwen3.7 Plus.
  • Qwen3.7 Plus accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 131K.
  • Qwen3 8B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Qwen3.7 Plus and Qwen3 8B specifications
Qwen3.7 PlusQwen3 8B
ProviderAlibaba (Qwen)Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index45.333.7
Released2026-06-022025-04
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1M131K
Max output131K8K
Input $ / M tokens$0.40$0.18
Output $ / M tokens$1.60$0.70
Results tracked3211

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Qwen3.7 Plus: 36.6 (#206), Qwen3 8B: 34.0 (#248)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.7 PlusQwen3 8B
SciCode45.5%22.6%
FrontierCode10.2%—
LMArena Coding1473—

Agentic & Tool Use Qwen3 8B leads

Qwen3.7 Plus: 21.4 (#138), Qwen3 8B: 30.2 (#78)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.7 PlusQwen3 8B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—42.6%
OSWorld 2.02.8%—

Reasoning Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Qwen3.7 Plus: 39.3 (#59), Qwen3 8B: 16.6 (#303)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.7 PlusQwen3 8B
CritPt9.1%0%
Chess Puzzles24%5%
DTBench84%59.7%
LMCA37.6%8.8%
Epoch Capabilities Index147.37136.17
NYT Connections (extended)74.8%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1460—
Mystery Game Puzzles17%—

Math Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Qwen3.7 Plus: 50.5 (#56), Qwen3 8B: 34.9 (#191)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.7 PlusQwen3 8B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202593.3%56.1%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)34.4%—
LMArena Math1466—

Knowledge Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Qwen3.7 Plus: 54.9 (#51), Qwen3 8B: 36.1 (#173)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.7 PlusQwen3 8B
GPQA Diamond87.9%56.8%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—4.8%
LMArena Expert1467—

Multimodal Not comparable

Qwen3.7 Plus: 41.8 (#33), Qwen3 8B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.7 PlusQwen3 8B
LMArena Vision1279—
LMArena Document1444—

Multilingual Not comparable

Qwen3.7 Plus: 54.8 (#38), Qwen3 8B: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.7 PlusQwen3 8B
LMArena Non-English1445—
LMArena Chinese1510—
LMArena French1473—
LMArena German1471—
LMArena Japanese1413—
LMArena Korean1415—
LMArena Russian1457—
LMArena Spanish1457—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Qwen3.7 Plus: 75.8 (#52), Qwen3 8B: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.7 PlusQwen3 8B
LMArena Instruction Following1440—

Long Context Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Qwen3.7 Plus: 44.5 (#65), Qwen3 8B: 37.9 (#210)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.7 PlusQwen3 8B
Fiction.LiveBench—62.1%
LMArena Longer Query1455—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Qwen3.7 Plus: 64.3 (#56), Qwen3 8B: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.7 PlusQwen3 8B
LMArena Text1455—
LMArena Creative Writing1439—
LMArena Multi-Turn1460—

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen3.7 Plus better than Qwen3 8B?

Qwen3.7 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3 8B costs 2.3× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3.7 Plus's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Qwen3.7 Plus or Qwen3 8B?

Qwen3 8B is cheaper. It lists at $0.18 per million input tokens and $0.70 per million output tokens; Qwen3.7 Plus lists at $0.40 and $1.60.

Is Qwen3.7 Plus or Qwen3 8B better for coding?

Qwen3.7 Plus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.6 versus 34.0 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen3.7 Plus does, with 1M tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks do Qwen3.7 Plus and Qwen3 8B share?

8 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen3.7 Plus has 32 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 8B has 11.

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