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Model comparison

Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Qwen3.7 Plus

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 45.3 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3.7 Plus costs 2.1× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.8 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 30 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.8 Flash Google

61.8

Rank #11 Confirmed

Qwen3.7 Plus Alibaba (Qwen)

45.3

Rank #72 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 30 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher in 9 categories and Qwen3.7 Plus in 1 category; 10 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.8 Flash leads 76.9 to 39.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Chess Puzzles: 61% for Gemini 3.8 Flash and 24% for Qwen3.7 Plus.
  • Qwen3.7 Plus is cheaper at $0.40 / $1.60 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 Plus
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index61.845.3
Released2026-09-022026-06-02
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M1M
Max output66K131K
Input $ / M tokens$0.75$0.40
Output $ / M tokens$3.75$1.60
Results tracked5032

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 59.2 (#15), Qwen3.7 Plus: 36.6 (#206)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.7 Plus
FrontierCode41.2%10.2%
SciCode56.6%45.5%
LMArena Coding15101473
DeepSWE73.8%—
CursorBench39.6%—
LMArena WebDev1584—
FrontierSWE19.6%—
WeirdML84.8%—
ALE-Bench1,270—

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 41.8 (#21), Qwen3.7 Plus: 21.4 (#138)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.7 Plus
APEX-Agents64.3%—
OSWorld 2.0—2.8%
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 Plus: 39.3 (#59)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.7 Plus
NYT Connections (extended)97.4%74.8%
CritPt18.3%9.1%
Chess Puzzles61%24%
LMArena Hard Prompts15081460
Mystery Game Puzzles47%17%
DTBench95.7%84%
LMCA52.9%37.6%
Epoch Capabilities Index156.71147.37
ARC-AGI-289.2%—
ARC-AGI-198.5%—
Surface Evolver Bench76.9%—

Math Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 65.3 (#28), Qwen3.7 Plus: 50.5 (#56)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.7 Plus
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)68.4%34.4%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.9%93.3%
LMArena Math15281466
FrontierMath Tier 422%—
ProofBench48%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 74.8 (#2), Qwen3.7 Plus: 54.9 (#51)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.7 Plus
GPQA Diamond95.4%87.9%
LMArena Expert15241467
Humanity's Last Exam44.5%—
SimpleQA Verified69.7%—

Multimodal Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 40.7 (#45), Qwen3.7 Plus: 41.8 (#33)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Vision13141279
Blueprint-Bench 238.6%—
Furniture Assembly31.7%—
LMArena Document—1444

Multilingual Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 58.0 (#5), Qwen3.7 Plus: 54.8 (#38)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Non-English14911445
LMArena Chinese15541510
LMArena French14981473
LMArena German14931471
LMArena Japanese15021413
LMArena Korean14591415
LMArena Russian15151457
LMArena Spanish14851457

Instruction Following Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 78.0 (#13), Qwen3.7 Plus: 75.8 (#52)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Instruction Following14901440

Long Context Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 46.3 (#24), Qwen3.7 Plus: 44.5 (#65)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Longer Query15081455

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 72.2 (#15), Qwen3.7 Plus: 64.3 (#56)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text14991455
LMArena Creative Writing14921439
LMArena Multi-Turn15011460
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1748—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash better than Qwen3.7 Plus?

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 45.3 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3.7 Plus costs 2.1× 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 Plus?

Qwen3.7 Plus is cheaper. It lists at $0.40 per million input tokens and $1.60 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.8 Flash lists at $0.75 and $3.75.

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

Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 59.2 versus 36.6 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 Plus share?

30 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.8 Flash has 50 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.7 Plus has 32.

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