Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite vs Qwen3.8 Max

Qwen3.8 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.8 to 41.5 on the Noometry Index. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite costs 3.5× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3.8 Max's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 34 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite Google

41.5

Rank #133 Confirmed

Qwen3.8 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

56.8

Rank #22 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 34 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite scores higher in 1 category and Qwen3.8 Max in 9 categories; 10 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3.8 Max leads 73.2 to 25.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3): 26% for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and 74.7% for Qwen3.8 Max.
  • Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is cheaper at $0.30 / $2.50 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $6 for Qwen3.8 Max.
  • Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 1M.

Side by side

Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.8 Max
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index41.556.8
Released2026-07-212026-08-02
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M1M
Max output66K131K
Input $ / M tokens$0.30$2
Output $ / M tokens$2.50$6
Results tracked3939

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.8 Max leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 42.4 (#104), Qwen3.8 Max: 53.5 (#29)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.8 Max
LMArena WebDev14401674
SciCode41.3%53.2%
LMArena Coding14531502
DeepSWE—57.5%
FrontierSWE—17.8%
WeirdML39%—
ALE-Bench765.27—

Agentic & Tool Use Qwen3.8 Max leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 25.7 (#107), Qwen3.8 Max: 45.4 (#14)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.8 Max
APEX-Agents29.3%63.3%
GDP.pdf10%23.2%
τ²-bench Banking—55.1%

Reasoning Qwen3.8 Max leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 27.8 (#114), Qwen3.8 Max: 54.4 (#26)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.8 Max
NYT Connections (extended)60.4%88.3%
CritPt0%20%
Chess Puzzles22%40%
LMArena Hard Prompts14411496
Mystery Game Puzzles19%38%
DTBench83.5%92%
LMCA37.6%46.2%
Epoch Capabilities Index145.13156.41
ARC-AGI-210.3%—
ARC-AGI-153.5%—

Math Qwen3.8 Max leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 25.9 (#264), Qwen3.8 Max: 73.2 (#20)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.8 Max
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)26%74.7%
FrontierMath Tier 40%46.3%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202571.1%100%
ProofBench13%58%
LMArena Math14331499

Knowledge Qwen3.8 Max leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 50.1 (#72), Qwen3.8 Max: 61.7 (#27)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.8 Max
GPQA Diamond83.3%92.7%
LMArena Expert14351507
SimpleQA Verified—47.3%

Multimodal Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 41.1 (#40), Qwen3.8 Max: 37.2 (#75)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Vision12681314
Furniture Assembly—20%

Multilingual Qwen3.8 Max leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 53.5 (#63), Qwen3.8 Max: 56.7 (#18)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Non-English14271472
LMArena Chinese14691538
LMArena French14511503
LMArena German14541483
LMArena Japanese14271467
LMArena Korean14071461
LMArena Russian14431481
LMArena Spanish14421492

Instruction Following Qwen3.8 Max leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 74.8 (#85), Qwen3.8 Max: 77.6 (#17)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Instruction Following14201479

Long Context Qwen3.8 Max leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 43.9 (#84), Qwen3.8 Max: 45.6 (#31)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Longer Query14351489

Writing & Preference Qwen3.8 Max leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 64.2 (#57), Qwen3.8 Max: 67.1 (#30)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Text14351483
LMArena Creative Writing14201479
LMArena Multi-Turn14451489
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1559—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite better than Qwen3.8 Max?

Qwen3.8 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.8 to 41.5 on the Noometry Index. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite costs 3.5× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3.8 Max's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite or Qwen3.8 Max?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens; Qwen3.8 Max lists at $2 and $6.

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite or Qwen3.8 Max better for coding?

Qwen3.8 Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 53.5 versus 42.4 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite does, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Qwen3.8 Max share?

34 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite has 39 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.8 Max has 39.

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