Model comparison

Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Qwen2.5 Plus 1127

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 38.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.8 Flash Google

61.8

Rank #11 Confirmed

Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 Alibaba (Qwen)

38.8

Rank #181 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.8 Flash leads 76.9 to 25.9.

Side by side

Gemini 3.8 Flash and Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 specifications
Gemini 3.8 FlashQwen2.5 Plus 1127
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index61.838.8
Released2026-09-02—
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.75—
Output $ / M tokens$3.75—
Results tracked5014

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 59.2 (#15), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 38.5 (#175)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen2.5 Plus 1127
LMArena Coding15101314
DeepSWE73.8%—
FrontierCode41.2%—
CursorBench39.6%—
LMArena WebDev1584—
FrontierSWE19.6%—
SciCode56.6%—
WeirdML84.8%—
ALE-Bench1,270—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 41.8 (#21), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen2.5 Plus 1127
APEX-Agents64.3%—
Remote Labor Index5.8%—
GDP.pdf23.4%—
Vending-Bench 25,094—

Reasoning Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 76.9 (#5), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 25.9 (#141)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen2.5 Plus 1127
LMArena Hard Prompts15081299
ARC-AGI-289.2%—
NYT Connections (extended)97.4%—
ARC-AGI-198.5%—
CritPt18.3%—
Chess Puzzles61%—
Mystery Game Puzzles47%—
DTBench95.7%—
LMCA52.9%—
Surface Evolver Bench76.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index156.71—

Math Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 65.3 (#28), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 36.1 (#174)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen2.5 Plus 1127
LMArena Math15281298
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)68.4%—
FrontierMath Tier 422%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.9%—
ProofBench48%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 74.8 (#2), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 35.5 (#183)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen2.5 Plus 1127
LMArena Expert15241289
GPQA Diamond95.4%—
Humanity's Last Exam44.5%—
SimpleQA Verified69.7%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 40.7 (#45), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen2.5 Plus 1127
LMArena Vision1314—
Blueprint-Bench 238.6%—
Furniture Assembly31.7%—

Multilingual Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 58.0 (#5), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 41.9 (#201)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen2.5 Plus 1127
LMArena Non-English14911265
LMArena Chinese15541314
LMArena German14931231
LMArena Japanese15021207
LMArena Russian15151271
LMArena French1498—
LMArena Korean1459—
LMArena Spanish1485—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 78.0 (#13), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 67.2 (#199)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen2.5 Plus 1127
LMArena Instruction Following14901275

Long Context Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 46.3 (#24), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 39.2 (#184)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen2.5 Plus 1127
LMArena Longer Query15081292

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 72.2 (#15), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 49.4 (#192)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen2.5 Plus 1127
LMArena Text14991299
LMArena Creative Writing14921262
LMArena Multi-Turn15011299
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1748—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash better than Qwen2.5 Plus 1127?

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 38.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash or Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 better for coding?

Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 59.2 versus 38.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.8 Flash and Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.8 Flash has 50 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 has 14.

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