Model comparison

Gemini 3.8 Flash vs WizardLM-2 8x22B

Gemini 3.8 Flash has enough public results to be ranked (#11); WizardLM-2 8x22B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.8 Flash Google

61.8

Rank #11 Confirmed

WizardLM-2 8x22B Microsoft

31.4

Unranked Sparse

Summary

  • They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher in 2 categories and WizardLM-2 8x22B in 0 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Gemini 3.8 Flash leads 74.8 to 23.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 95.4% for Gemini 3.8 Flash and 43.4% for WizardLM-2 8x22B.
  • WizardLM-2 8x22B is cheaper at $0.62 / $0.62 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 66K.
  • WizardLM-2 8x22B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.8 Flash and WizardLM-2 8x22B specifications
Gemini 3.8 FlashWizardLM-2 8x22B
ProviderGoogleMicrosoft
Noometry Index61.831.4
Released2026-09-022024-04-15
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M66K
Max output66K8K
Input $ / M tokens$0.75$0.62
Output $ / M tokens$3.75$0.62
Results tracked502

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 59.2 (#15), WizardLM-2 8x22B: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashWizardLM-2 8x22B
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), WizardLM-2 8x22B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashWizardLM-2 8x22B
APEX-Agents64.3%—
Remote Labor Index5.8%—
GDP.pdf23.4%—
Vending-Bench 25,094—

Reasoning Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 76.9 (#5), WizardLM-2 8x22B: —

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashWizardLM-2 8x22B
ARC-AGI-289.2%—
NYT Connections (extended)97.4%—
ARC-AGI-198.5%—
CritPt18.3%—
Chess Puzzles61%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1508—
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), WizardLM-2 8x22B: 28.9

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashWizardLM-2 8x22B
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)68.4%—
FrontierMath Tier 422%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.9%—
ProofBench48%—
LMArena Math1528—
MATH Level 5—25.7%

Knowledge Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 74.8 (#2), WizardLM-2 8x22B: 23.3

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashWizardLM-2 8x22B
GPQA Diamond95.4%43.4%
Humanity's Last Exam44.5%—
SimpleQA Verified69.7%—
LMArena Expert1524—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 40.7 (#45), WizardLM-2 8x22B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashWizardLM-2 8x22B
LMArena Vision1314—
Blueprint-Bench 238.6%—
Furniture Assembly31.7%—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 58.0 (#5), WizardLM-2 8x22B: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashWizardLM-2 8x22B
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), WizardLM-2 8x22B: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashWizardLM-2 8x22B
LMArena Instruction Following1490—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 46.3 (#24), WizardLM-2 8x22B: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashWizardLM-2 8x22B
LMArena Longer Query1508—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 72.2 (#15), WizardLM-2 8x22B: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashWizardLM-2 8x22B
LMArena Text1499—
LMArena Creative Writing1492—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1748—
LMArena Multi-Turn1501—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash better than WizardLM-2 8x22B?

Gemini 3.8 Flash has enough public results to be ranked (#11); WizardLM-2 8x22B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.8 Flash or WizardLM-2 8x22B?

WizardLM-2 8x22B is cheaper. It lists at $0.62 per million input tokens and $0.62 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 66K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.8 Flash and WizardLM-2 8x22B share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. Gemini 3.8 Flash has 50 scored results on Noometry and WizardLM-2 8x22B has 2.

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