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Model comparison

Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Qwen3.8 Max

Qwen3.8 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.8 to 54.1 on the Noometry Index. Gemini 3.6 Flash costs 2.0× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3.8 Max's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 37 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.6 Flash Google

54.1

Rank #33 Confirmed

Qwen3.8 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

56.8

Rank #22 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 37 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.6 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 math, where Qwen3.8 Max leads 73.2 to 57.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is FrontierMath Tier 4: 22% for Gemini 3.6 Flash and 46.3% for Qwen3.8 Max.
  • Gemini 3.6 Flash is cheaper at $0.75 / $3.75 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $6 for Qwen3.8 Max.
  • Gemini 3.6 Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 1M.

Side by side

Gemini 3.6 FlashQwen3.8 Max
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index54.156.8
Released2026-07-212026-08-02
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M1M
Max output66K131K
Input $ / M tokens$0.75$2
Output $ / M tokens$3.75$6
Results tracked4639

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.8 Max leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 50.0 (#48), Qwen3.8 Max: 53.5 (#29)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen3.8 Max
DeepSWE46.7%57.5%
LMArena WebDev15381674
SciCode52.7%53.2%
LMArena Coding14911502
FrontierCode34.4%—
FrontierSWE—17.8%
WeirdML56.1%—
ALE-Bench715.52—

Agentic & Tool Use Qwen3.8 Max leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 32.3 (#65), Qwen3.8 Max: 45.4 (#14)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen3.8 Max
APEX-Agents46.9%63.3%
GDP.pdf14%23.2%
τ²-bench Banking—55.1%

Reasoning Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 58.8 (#22), Qwen3.8 Max: 54.4 (#26)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen3.8 Max
NYT Connections (extended)89%88.3%
CritPt10.6%20%
Chess Puzzles43%40%
LMArena Hard Prompts14851496
Mystery Game Puzzles30%38%
DTBench95.5%92%
LMCA44.9%46.2%
Epoch Capabilities Index154.25156.41
ARC-AGI-260.4%—
ARC-AGI-191.2%—

Math Qwen3.8 Max leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 57.3 (#40), Qwen3.8 Max: 73.2 (#20)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen3.8 Max
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)58.9%74.7%
FrontierMath Tier 422%46.3%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202594.2%100%
ProofBench36%58%
LMArena Math15051499
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions70.8%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 67.8 (#8), Qwen3.8 Max: 61.7 (#27)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen3.8 Max
GPQA Diamond94.1%92.7%
SimpleQA Verified66.2%47.3%
LMArena Expert14881507

Multimodal Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 38.5 (#64), Qwen3.8 Max: 37.2 (#75)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Vision12981314
Furniture Assembly23.3%20%
Blueprint-Bench 231.2%—
LMArena Document1456—

Multilingual Too close to call

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 56.5 (#19), Qwen3.8 Max: 56.7 (#18)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Non-English14691472
LMArena Chinese15311538
LMArena French15041503
LMArena German14781483
LMArena Japanese14761467
LMArena Korean14311461
LMArena Russian14871481
LMArena Spanish14751492

Instruction Following Too close to call

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 77.0 (#33), Qwen3.8 Max: 77.6 (#17)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Instruction Following14661479

Long Context Too close to call

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 45.1 (#50), Qwen3.8 Max: 45.6 (#31)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Longer Query14741489

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 68.2 (#27), Qwen3.8 Max: 67.1 (#30)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Text14791483
LMArena Creative Writing14651479
LMArena Multi-Turn14811489
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1604—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash better than Qwen3.8 Max?

Qwen3.8 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.8 to 54.1 on the Noometry Index. Gemini 3.6 Flash costs 2.0× 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 3.6 Flash or Qwen3.8 Max?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens; Qwen3.8 Max lists at $2 and $6.

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash or Qwen3.8 Max better for coding?

Qwen3.8 Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 53.5 versus 50.0 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.6 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.6 Flash and Qwen3.8 Max share?

37 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.6 Flash has 46 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.8 Max has 39.

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