Noometry

Model comparison

Qwen3.8 Max vs Reka Flash 3

Qwen3.8 Max has enough public results to be ranked (#22); Reka Flash 3 does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Qwen3.8 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

56.8

Rank #22 Confirmed

Reka Flash 3 Reka

36.8

Unranked Sparse

Summary

  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3.8 Max leads 67.1 to 43.7.
  • Reka Flash 3 is cheaper at $0.10 / $0.20 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $6 for Qwen3.8 Max.
  • Qwen3.8 Max accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 66K.
  • Reka Flash 3 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Qwen3.8 MaxReka Flash 3
ProviderAlibaba (Qwen)Reka
Noometry Index56.836.8
Released2026-08-022025-03-10
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1M66K
Max output131K59K
Input $ / M tokens$2$0.10
Output $ / M tokens$6$0.20
Results tracked392

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Qwen3.8 Max: 53.5 (#29), Reka Flash 3: —

BenchmarkQwen3.8 MaxReka Flash 3
DeepSWE57.5%—
LMArena WebDev1674—
FrontierSWE17.8%—
SciCode53.2%—
LMArena Coding1502—

Agentic & Tool Use Qwen3.8 Max leads

Qwen3.8 Max: 45.4 (#14), Reka Flash 3: 30.4

BenchmarkQwen3.8 MaxReka Flash 3
APEX-Agents63.3%—
τ²-bench Banking55.1%—
BALROG—29.2%
GDP.pdf23.2%—

Reasoning Not comparable

Qwen3.8 Max: 54.4 (#26), Reka Flash 3: —

BenchmarkQwen3.8 MaxReka Flash 3
NYT Connections (extended)88.3%—
CritPt20%—
Chess Puzzles40%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1496—
Mystery Game Puzzles38%—
DTBench92%—
LMCA46.2%—
Epoch Capabilities Index156.41—

Math Not comparable

Qwen3.8 Max: 73.2 (#20), Reka Flash 3: —

BenchmarkQwen3.8 MaxReka Flash 3
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)74.7%—
FrontierMath Tier 446.3%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%—
ProofBench58%—
LMArena Math1499—

Knowledge Not comparable

Qwen3.8 Max: 61.7 (#27), Reka Flash 3: —

BenchmarkQwen3.8 MaxReka Flash 3
GPQA Diamond92.7%—
SimpleQA Verified47.3%—
LMArena Expert1507—

Multimodal Not comparable

Qwen3.8 Max: 37.2 (#75), Reka Flash 3: —

BenchmarkQwen3.8 MaxReka Flash 3
LMArena Vision1314—
Furniture Assembly20%—

Multilingual Not comparable

Qwen3.8 Max: 56.7 (#18), Reka Flash 3: —

BenchmarkQwen3.8 MaxReka Flash 3
LMArena Non-English1472—
LMArena Chinese1538—
LMArena French1503—
LMArena German1483—
LMArena Japanese1467—
LMArena Korean1461—
LMArena Russian1481—
LMArena Spanish1492—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Qwen3.8 Max: 77.6 (#17), Reka Flash 3: —

BenchmarkQwen3.8 MaxReka Flash 3
LMArena Instruction Following1479—

Long Context Not comparable

Qwen3.8 Max: 45.6 (#31), Reka Flash 3: —

BenchmarkQwen3.8 MaxReka Flash 3
LMArena Longer Query1489—

Writing & Preference Qwen3.8 Max leads

Qwen3.8 Max: 67.1 (#30), Reka Flash 3: 43.7

BenchmarkQwen3.8 MaxReka Flash 3
LMArena Text1483—
LMArena Creative Writing1479—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1228
LMArena Multi-Turn1489—

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen3.8 Max better than Reka Flash 3?

Qwen3.8 Max has enough public results to be ranked (#22); Reka Flash 3 does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Which is cheaper, Qwen3.8 Max or Reka Flash 3?

Reka Flash 3 is cheaper. It lists at $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.20 per million output tokens; Qwen3.8 Max lists at $2 and $6.

Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen3.8 Max does, with 1M tokens against 66K.

How many benchmarks do Qwen3.8 Max and Reka Flash 3 share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen3.8 Max has 39 scored results on Noometry and Reka Flash 3 has 2.

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