Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 43.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.8 Flash Google

61.8

Rank #11 Confirmed

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B Alibaba (Qwen)

43.2

Rank #95 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher in 9 categories and Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B 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 29.3.
  • Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B is cheaper at $0.70 / $2.80 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 131K.
  • Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.8 FlashQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index61.843.2
Released2026-09-022025-04
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M131K
Max output66K33K
Input $ / M tokens$0.75$0.70
Output $ / M tokens$3.75$2.80
Results tracked5018

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 59.2 (#15), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 42.4 (#100)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Coding15101439
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-VL 235B-A22B: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
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-VL 235B-A22B: 29.3 (#92)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Hard Prompts15081428
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-VL 235B-A22B: 39.0 (#118)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Math15281426
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-VL 235B-A22B: 40.3 (#121)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Expert15241442
GPQA Diamond95.4%—
Humanity's Last Exam44.5%—
SimpleQA Verified69.7%—

Multimodal Too close to call

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 40.7 (#45), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 39.8 (#55)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Vision13141247
Blueprint-Bench 238.6%—
Furniture Assembly31.7%—

Multilingual Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 58.0 (#5), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 51.9 (#97)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Non-English14911405
LMArena Chinese15541463
LMArena French14981452
LMArena German14931424
LMArena Japanese15021385
LMArena Korean14591394
LMArena Russian15151408
LMArena Spanish14851428

Instruction Following Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 78.0 (#13), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 74.2 (#101)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Instruction Following14901406

Long Context Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 46.3 (#24), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 43.4 (#98)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Longer Query15081420

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 72.2 (#15), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 60.2 (#99)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Text14991420
LMArena Creative Writing14921366
LMArena Multi-Turn15011428
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1748—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash better than Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B?

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 43.2 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.8 Flash or Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B?

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B is cheaper. It lists at $0.70 per million input tokens and $2.80 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.8 Flash lists at $0.75 and $3.75.

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash or Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B better for coding?

Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 59.2 versus 42.4 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.8 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.8 Flash and Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.8 Flash has 50 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B has 18.

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