Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs Qwen3.8 Max

Qwen3.8 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.8 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 21 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B Google

29.9

Rank #301 Confirmed

Qwen3.8 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

56.8

Rank #22 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.8 Max in 9 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3.8 Max leads 73.2 to 14.2.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 4.6% for Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and 100% for Qwen3.8 Max.

Side by side

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8BQwen3.8 Max
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index29.956.8
Released2024-10-032026-08-02
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window—1M
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$2
Output $ / M tokens—$6
Results tracked2139

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.8 Max leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 35.5 (#225), Qwen3.8 Max: 53.5 (#29)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Coding12181502
DeepSWE—57.5%
LMArena WebDev—1674
FrontierSWE—17.8%
SciCode—53.2%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: —, Qwen3.8 Max: 45.4 (#14)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BQwen3.8 Max
APEX-Agents—63.3%
τ²-bench Banking—55.1%
GDP.pdf—23.2%

Reasoning Qwen3.8 Max leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 20.0 (#244), Qwen3.8 Max: 54.4 (#26)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Hard Prompts12091496
DTBench50%92%
NYT Connections (extended)—88.3%
CritPt—20%
Chess Puzzles—40%
Mystery Game Puzzles—38%
LMCA—46.2%
Epoch Capabilities Index—156.41

Math Qwen3.8 Max leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 14.2 (#302), Qwen3.8 Max: 73.2 (#20)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BQwen3.8 Max
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20254.6%100%
LMArena Math12071499
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—74.7%
FrontierMath Tier 4—46.3%
ProofBench—58%

Knowledge Qwen3.8 Max leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 16.0 (#289), Qwen3.8 Max: 61.7 (#27)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BQwen3.8 Max
GPQA Diamond33%92.7%
LMArena Expert11851507
SimpleQA Verified—47.3%

Multimodal Qwen3.8 Max leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 28.2 (#115), Qwen3.8 Max: 37.2 (#75)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Vision10441314
Furniture Assembly—20%

Multilingual Qwen3.8 Max leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 38.5 (#229), Qwen3.8 Max: 56.7 (#18)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Non-English12151472
LMArena Chinese12311538
LMArena French12341503
LMArena German12061483
LMArena Japanese11501467
LMArena Korean11401461
LMArena Russian12361481
LMArena Spanish12121492

Instruction Following Qwen3.8 Max leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 62.8 (#236), Qwen3.8 Max: 77.6 (#17)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Instruction Following11991479

Long Context Qwen3.8 Max leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 37.0 (#225), Qwen3.8 Max: 45.6 (#31)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Longer Query12191489

Writing & Preference Qwen3.8 Max leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 42.8 (#232), Qwen3.8 Max: 67.1 (#30)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Text12261483
LMArena Creative Writing12181479
LMArena Multi-Turn11851489

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B better than Qwen3.8 Max?

Qwen3.8 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.8 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B or Qwen3.8 Max better for coding?

Qwen3.8 Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 53.5 versus 35.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and Qwen3.8 Max share?

21 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has 21 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.8 Max has 39.

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