Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Qwen3.7 Flash

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 39.9 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3.7 Flash costs 27× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.8 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 7 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.8 Flash Google

61.8

Rank #11 Confirmed

Qwen3.7 Flash Alibaba (Qwen)

39.9

Rank #156 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 7 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher in 3 categories and Qwen3.7 Flash in 0 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.8 Flash leads 76.9 to 28.2.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 97.4% for Gemini 3.8 Flash and 43.8% for Qwen3.7 Flash.
  • Qwen3.7 Flash is cheaper at $0.03 / $0.13 per million input/output tokens, against $0.75 / $3.75 for Gemini 3.8 Flash.
  • Gemini 3.8 Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 1M.

Side by side

Gemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.7 Flash
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index61.839.9
Released2026-09-022026-07-15
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M1M
Max output66K131K
Input $ / M tokens$0.75$0.03
Output $ / M tokens$3.75$0.13
Results tracked507

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 59.2 (#15), Qwen3.7 Flash: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.7 Flash
DeepSWE73.8%—
FrontierCode41.2%—
CursorBench39.6%—
LMArena WebDev1584—
FrontierSWE19.6%—
SciCode56.6%—
WeirdML84.8%—
LMArena Coding1510—
ALE-Bench1,270—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 41.8 (#21), Qwen3.7 Flash: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.7 Flash
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), Qwen3.7 Flash: 28.2 (#108)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.7 Flash
NYT Connections (extended)97.4%43.8%
Chess Puzzles61%23%
Mystery Game Puzzles47%15%
Epoch Capabilities Index156.71144.64
ARC-AGI-289.2%—
ARC-AGI-198.5%—
CritPt18.3%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1508—
DTBench95.7%—
LMCA52.9%—
Surface Evolver Bench76.9%—

Math Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 65.3 (#28), Qwen3.7 Flash: 38.3 (#140)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.7 Flash
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)68.4%19.3%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.9%86.7%
FrontierMath Tier 422%—
ProofBench48%—
LMArena Math1528—

Knowledge Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 74.8 (#2), Qwen3.7 Flash: 48.9 (#75)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.7 Flash
GPQA Diamond95.4%82.3%
Humanity's Last Exam44.5%—
SimpleQA Verified69.7%—
LMArena Expert1524—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 40.7 (#45), Qwen3.7 Flash: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.7 Flash
LMArena Vision1314—
Blueprint-Bench 238.6%—
Furniture Assembly31.7%—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 58.0 (#5), Qwen3.7 Flash: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.7 Flash
LMArena Non-English1491—
LMArena Chinese1554—
LMArena French1498—
LMArena German1493—
LMArena Japanese1502—
LMArena Korean1459—
LMArena Russian1515—
LMArena Spanish1485—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 78.0 (#13), Qwen3.7 Flash: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.7 Flash
LMArena Instruction Following1490—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 46.3 (#24), Qwen3.7 Flash: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.7 Flash
LMArena Longer Query1508—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 72.2 (#15), Qwen3.7 Flash: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.7 Flash
LMArena Text1499—
LMArena Creative Writing1492—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1748—
LMArena Multi-Turn1501—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash better than Qwen3.7 Flash?

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 39.9 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3.7 Flash costs 27× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.8 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.8 Flash or Qwen3.7 Flash?

Qwen3.7 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.03 per million input tokens and $0.13 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.8 Flash lists at $0.75 and $3.75.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.8 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.8 Flash and Qwen3.7 Flash share?

7 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.8 Flash has 50 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.7 Flash has 7.

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