Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview vs Qwen3.8 Max

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview and Qwen3.8 Max score almost the same on the Noometry Index (56.7 vs 56.8), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

Last verified . 38 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Google

56.7

Rank #23 Confirmed

Qwen3.8 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

56.8

Rank #22 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 38 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview scores higher in 5 categories and Qwen3.8 Max in 5 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads 71.7 to 54.4.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is DeepSWE: 11.7% for Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview and 57.5% for Qwen3.8 Max.
  • Qwen3.8 Max is cheaper at $2 / $6 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $12 for Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview.
  • Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 1M.

Side by side

Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen3.8 Max
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index56.756.8
Released2026-02-192026-08-02
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M1M
Max output66K131K
Input $ / M tokens$2$2
Output $ / M tokens$12$6
Results tracked7139

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.8 Max leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 42.5 (#99), Qwen3.8 Max: 53.5 (#29)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen3.8 Max
DeepSWE11.7%57.5%
LMArena WebDev14471674
SciCode58.9%53.2%
LMArena Coding14841502
SWE-bench Verified75.6%—
FrontierSWE—17.8%
GSO22.6%—
WeirdML72.1%—
MirrorCode8.9%—
ALE-Bench1,161—
AlgoTune2.02—

Agentic & Tool Use Qwen3.8 Max leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 37.7 (#34), Qwen3.8 Max: 45.4 (#14)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen3.8 Max
APEX-Agents35.3%63.3%
τ²-bench Banking26%55.1%
GDP.pdf17%23.2%
Terminal-Bench80.2%—
DeepResearch Bench47.8%—
PostTrainBench22%—
BALROG57%—
ExploitBench26.1%—
GBAEval0.8%—
LMArena Search1211—
METR Time Horizons77%—
Vending-Bench 23,774—

Reasoning Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 71.7 (#12), Qwen3.8 Max: 54.4 (#26)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen3.8 Max
NYT Connections (extended)97.4%88.3%
CritPt17.7%20%
Chess Puzzles55%40%
LMArena Hard Prompts14851496
Mystery Game Puzzles34%38%
DTBench97.1%92%
LMCA53.8%46.2%
Epoch Capabilities Index154.77156.41
ARC-AGI-277.1%—
SimpleBench79.6%—
ARC-AGI-198%—
EnigmaEval36.8%—
Thematic Generalization79.4%—
EBR-Bench14.3%—
ForecastBench59—

Math Qwen3.8 Max leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 62.1 (#34), Qwen3.8 Max: 73.2 (#20)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen3.8 Max
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)59.6%74.7%
FrontierMath Tier 426.8%46.3%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202595.6%100%
ProofBench26%58%
LMArena Math14851499
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions86.5%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)36.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)16.7%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 71.8 (#3), Qwen3.8 Max: 61.7 (#27)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen3.8 Max
GPQA Diamond94.4%92.7%
SimpleQA Verified73.5%47.3%
LMArena Expert14851507
Humanity's Last Exam46.4%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate10.4%—

Multimodal Too close to call

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 37.9 (#69), Qwen3.8 Max: 37.2 (#75)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Vision12961314
Furniture Assembly26.7%20%
Blueprint-Bench 226.5%—
LMArena Document1444—

Multilingual Too close to call

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 57.0 (#12), Qwen3.8 Max: 56.7 (#18)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Non-English14771472
LMArena Chinese15291538
LMArena French14871503
LMArena German14911483
LMArena Japanese14931467
LMArena Korean14551461
LMArena Russian14981481
LMArena Spanish14791492

Instruction Following Too close to call

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 77.0 (#32), Qwen3.8 Max: 77.6 (#17)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Instruction Following14661479

Long Context Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 47.4 (#18), Qwen3.8 Max: 45.6 (#31)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Longer Query14831489
CL-bench20.8%—
CL-bench Life16.9%—

Writing & Preference Too close to call

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 66.1 (#37), Qwen3.8 Max: 67.1 (#30)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Text14811483
LMArena Creative Writing14821479
LMArena Multi-Turn14881489
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1491—
EQ-Bench 41142—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview better than Qwen3.8 Max?

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview and Qwen3.8 Max score almost the same on the Noometry Index (56.7 vs 56.8), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview or Qwen3.8 Max?

Qwen3.8 Max is cheaper. It lists at $2 per million input tokens and $6 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview lists at $2 and $12.

Is Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview or Qwen3.8 Max better for coding?

Qwen3.8 Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 53.5 versus 42.5 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview does, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview and Qwen3.8 Max share?

38 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview has 71 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.8 Max has 39.

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