Model comparison

Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Qwen3.7 Max

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 51.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 28 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.8 Flash Google

61.8

Rank #11 Confirmed

Qwen3.7 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

51.5

Rank #42 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 28 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher in 9 categories and Qwen3.7 Max 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 49.2.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Chess Puzzles: 61% for Gemini 3.8 Flash and 19% for Qwen3.7 Max.
  • Gemini 3.8 Flash is cheaper at $0.75 / $3.75 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $7.50 for Qwen3.7 Max.
  • Gemini 3.8 Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 1M.

Side by side

Gemini 3.8 Flash and Qwen3.7 Max specifications
Gemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.7 Max
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index61.851.5
Released2026-09-022026-05-19
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M1M
Max output66K131K
Input $ / M tokens$0.75$2.50
Output $ / M tokens$3.75$7.50
Results tracked5033

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 59.2 (#15), Qwen3.7 Max: 50.4 (#45)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.7 Max
LMArena WebDev15841515
SciCode56.6%48.8%
LMArena Coding15101498
ALE-Bench1,2701,189
SWE-bench Verified—77.3%
DeepSWE73.8%—
FrontierCode41.2%—
CursorBench39.6%—
FrontierSWE19.6%—
WeirdML84.8%—

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 41.8 (#21), Qwen3.7 Max: 22.1 (#135)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.7 Max
APEX-Agents64.3%—
Remote Labor Index5.8%—
GBAEval—0.4%
GDP.pdf23.4%—
Vending-Bench 25,094—

Reasoning Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 76.9 (#5), Qwen3.7 Max: 49.2 (#38)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.7 Max
NYT Connections (extended)97.4%85.1%
CritPt18.3%13.4%
Chess Puzzles61%19%
LMArena Hard Prompts15081483
Mystery Game Puzzles47%32%
DTBench95.7%92.3%
LMCA52.9%44%
Epoch Capabilities Index156.71153.68
ARC-AGI-289.2%—
SimpleBench—70.4%
ARC-AGI-198.5%—
EBR-Bench—9.5%
Surface Evolver Bench76.9%—

Math Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 65.3 (#28), Qwen3.7 Max: 62.4 (#32)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.7 Max
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)68.4%64.6%
FrontierMath Tier 422%34.1%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.9%95.6%
ProofBench48%26%
LMArena Math15281490

Knowledge Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 74.8 (#2), Qwen3.7 Max: 61.6 (#28)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.7 Max
GPQA Diamond95.4%90.9%
SimpleQA Verified69.7%55.8%
LMArena Expert15241488
Humanity's Last Exam44.5%—

Multimodal Not comparable

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

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

Multilingual Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 58.0 (#5), Qwen3.7 Max: 56.9 (#15)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Non-English14911474
LMArena Chinese15541530
LMArena Russian15151484
LMArena French1498—
LMArena German1493—
LMArena Japanese1502—
LMArena Korean1459—
LMArena Spanish1485—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 78.0 (#13), Qwen3.7 Max: 76.7 (#38)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Instruction Following14901460

Long Context Too close to call

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 46.3 (#24), Qwen3.7 Max: 45.4 (#40)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Longer Query15081482

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 72.2 (#15), Qwen3.7 Max: 65.0 (#54)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Text14991476
LMArena Creative Writing14921449
LMArena Multi-Turn15011481
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1748—
EQ-Bench 4—1110

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash better than Qwen3.7 Max?

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 51.5 on the Noometry Index.

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

Gemini 3.8 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens; Qwen3.7 Max lists at $2.50 and $7.50.

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash or Qwen3.7 Max better for coding?

Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 59.2 versus 50.4 in the Noometry coding category.

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 Max share?

28 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.8 Flash has 50 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.7 Max has 33.

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