Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Qwen3.5 Max Preview

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 45.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.8 Flash Google

61.8

Rank #11 Confirmed

Qwen3.5 Max Preview Alibaba (Qwen)

45.3

Rank #71 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen3.5 Max Preview 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 30.8.

Side by side

Gemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.5 Max Preview
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index61.845.3
Released2026-09-02—
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.75—
Output $ / M tokens$3.75—
Results tracked5017

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 59.2 (#15), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 44.0 (#77)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Coding15101487
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), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.5 Max Preview
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), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 30.8 (#84)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Hard Prompts15081483
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), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 40.1 (#94)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Math15281474
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), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.8 (#107)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Expert15241489
GPQA Diamond95.4%—
Humanity's Last Exam44.5%—
SimpleQA Verified69.7%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 40.7 (#45), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Vision1314—
Blueprint-Bench 238.6%—
Furniture Assembly31.7%—

Multilingual Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 58.0 (#5), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.2 (#22)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Non-English14911465
LMArena Chinese15541534
LMArena French14981484
LMArena German14931487
LMArena Japanese15021495
LMArena Korean14591438
LMArena Russian15151471
LMArena Spanish14851470

Instruction Following Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 78.0 (#13), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 77.0 (#31)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Instruction Following14901467

Long Context Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 46.3 (#24), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#45)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Longer Query15081476

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 72.2 (#15), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.0 (#41)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Text14991470
LMArena Creative Writing14921464
LMArena Multi-Turn15011478
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1748—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash better than Qwen3.5 Max Preview?

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 45.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash or Qwen3.5 Max Preview better for coding?

Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 59.2 versus 44.0 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.8 Flash and Qwen3.5 Max Preview share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.8 Flash has 50 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Max Preview has 17.

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