Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.5 Flash vs Qwen3.8 Max

Qwen3.8 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.8 to 54.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 36 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.5 Flash Google

54.2

Rank #32 Confirmed

Qwen3.8 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

56.8

Rank #22 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 36 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.5 Flash scores higher in 4 categories and Qwen3.8 Max in 6 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in agentic & tool use, where Qwen3.8 Max leads 45.4 to 24.7.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is APEX-Agents: 27.5% for Gemini 3.5 Flash and 63.3% for Qwen3.8 Max.
  • Qwen3.8 Max is cheaper at $2 / $6 per million input/output tokens, against $1.50 / $9 for Gemini 3.5 Flash.
  • Gemini 3.5 Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 1M.

Side by side

Gemini 3.5 FlashQwen3.8 Max
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index54.256.8
Released2026-05-192026-08-02
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M1M
Max output66K131K
Input $ / M tokens$1.50$2
Output $ / M tokens$9$6
Results tracked5439

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.8 Max leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 49.4 (#49), Qwen3.8 Max: 53.5 (#29)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen3.8 Max
DeepSWE37.4%57.5%
LMArena WebDev14991674
SciCode53.1%53.2%
LMArena Coding14921502
SWE-bench Verified79.3%—
FrontierSWE—17.8%
WeirdML62.6%—
ALE-Bench911.02—

Agentic & Tool Use Qwen3.8 Max leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 24.7 (#114), Qwen3.8 Max: 45.4 (#14)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen3.8 Max
APEX-Agents27.5%63.3%
GDP.pdf14%23.2%
τ²-bench Banking—55.1%
GBAEval6.7%—
Vending-Bench 25,396—

Reasoning Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 62.8 (#18), Qwen3.8 Max: 54.4 (#26)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen3.8 Max
NYT Connections (extended)92.6%88.3%
CritPt13.1%20%
Chess Puzzles50%40%
LMArena Hard Prompts14881496
Mystery Game Puzzles32%38%
DTBench94.7%92%
LMCA47.1%46.2%
Epoch Capabilities Index154.46156.41
ARC-AGI-272.1%—
SimpleBench76.7%—
ARC-AGI-192.5%—
EnigmaEval25.4%—
EBR-Bench4.8%—
Surface Evolver Bench58.1%—
ForecastBench59—

Math Qwen3.8 Max leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 60.7 (#36), Qwen3.8 Max: 73.2 (#20)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen3.8 Max
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)62.8%74.7%
FrontierMath Tier 426.8%46.3%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202595.6%100%
ProofBench31%58%
LMArena Math15041499
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions76.3%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)39%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)14.6%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 66.3 (#11), Qwen3.8 Max: 61.7 (#27)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen3.8 Max
GPQA Diamond92.8%92.7%
SimpleQA Verified66.2%47.3%
LMArena Expert14951507

Multimodal Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 45.7 (#15), Qwen3.8 Max: 37.2 (#75)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Vision13101314
Blueprint-Bench 233.6%—
Furniture Assembly—20%
LMArena Document1463—

Multilingual Too close to call

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 57.0 (#13), Qwen3.8 Max: 56.7 (#18)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Non-English14761472
LMArena Chinese15261538
LMArena French14901503
LMArena German14921483
LMArena Japanese14861467
LMArena Korean14511461
LMArena Russian14931481
LMArena Spanish14801492

Instruction Following Too close to call

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 77.0 (#30), Qwen3.8 Max: 77.6 (#17)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Instruction Following14671479

Long Context Too close to call

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 45.4 (#38), Qwen3.8 Max: 45.6 (#31)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Longer Query14821489

Writing & Preference Qwen3.8 Max leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 65.5 (#47), Qwen3.8 Max: 67.1 (#30)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Text14821483
LMArena Creative Writing14701479
LMArena Multi-Turn14811489
EQ-Bench 41087—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash better than Qwen3.8 Max?

Qwen3.8 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.8 to 54.2 on the Noometry Index.

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

Qwen3.8 Max is cheaper. It lists at $2 per million input tokens and $6 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.5 Flash lists at $1.50 and $9.

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

Qwen3.8 Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 53.5 versus 49.4 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

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

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

36 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.5 Flash has 54 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.8 Max has 39.

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