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Qwen3.7-Max vs Gemini 3.8 Flash

Which is cheaper, which is more capable, and which does better at each kind of work, from 14 results on 3 sources that measured both models.

AlibabaQwen3.7-Max Released 19 May 2026 · $1.48 in · $4.42 out
GoogleGemini 3.8 Flash Released 2 Sep 2026 · $1.50 in · $7.50 out
Qwen3.7-Max wins 0Gemini 3.8 Flash wins 14

Of the 14 results both models have, the better value on each. Results whose reported ranges overlap are too close to call.

Results as of 13 October 2026 (catalogue release 2026-10-13-2e2420e3c5cc). See also Alibaba vs Google, every model from both labs.

Qwen3.7-Max or Gemini 3.8 Flash? The short answer

Pick Gemini 3.8 Flash if quality matters most: it scores higher (Intelligence Index 40.9 against 29.5). Pick Qwen3.7-Max if cost matters more: it costs 26% less per token.

  • Qwen3.7-Max is cheaper: $2.21 against $3.00 per million tokens, 26% less.
  • Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 40.9 against 29.5.
  • Gemini 3.8 Flash is newer: released 2 Sep 2026, against 19 May 2026 for Qwen3.7-Max.
  • On third-party benchmarks, on the results both models have: Gemini 3.8 Flash does better for agents and tool use, reasoning and knowledge and sticking to the facts.

Head to head

29.5
Intelligence Index
40.9
$2.21
Price per million tokens, blendedlower is better
$3.00
1,000,000
Context window, tokens
1,048,576

Every fact side by side

Qwen3.7-MaxGemini 3.8 Flash
Price per million tokens$1.48 in · $4.42 out$1.50 in · $7.50 out
Blended (3 in : 1 out)$2.21$3.00
Cheapest host, blended–$1.50 (Google)
Intelligence Index29.540.9
Spring Prompt overall–61
Output speed, tokens a second–147
Context window1,000,000 tokens1,048,576 tokens
Released19 May 20262 Sep 2026 (newer)
WeightsClosedClosed
Developer based inChinathe US

Prices are the developer's list price where we have read it, otherwise the typical host on OpenRouter; see every model's price. Intelligence and speed from Artificial Analysis.

Which is better for what

Each model's rank among the models on sale today, for each kind of work, from our own benchmarks and licensed sources. Further right is better; the better rank is in green.

Product listingsTurning a sparse product feed and photos into listings that can go live not measured 13 of 21
Decks from an analysisTurning a finished analysis into a deck you could present as it is not measured 14 of 20
Marketing planningPlanning a year of ad spend without overspending not measured 7 of 20
Agents and tool useMulti-step tasks with tools: support desks, coding agents, function calls 69 of 164 31 of 164
Professional workReal tasks from banking, consulting and law, business documents and freelance projects not measured 11 of 51
Reasoning and knowledgeHard questions across science, maths and general knowledge 39 of 198 12 of 198
WritingWhat people prefer in blind comparisons, and judged writing quality not measured 2 of 188
Sticking to the factsSummarising without inventing things, and factual answers 31 of 152 12 of 152
Speed under pressureGood decisions against a real clock (fast chess) not measured 6 of 24

From our research

Every shared result

Each model's best result on every measure both have, grouped by benchmark, with the setting that produced it. Under each measure, every model that benchmark has measured is a grey tick, best to the right, so you can see where the two sit in the field. The headline measures of each benchmark come first; the rest are under "Show all". Green marks the better value; where a source reports ranges that overlap, neither is marked.

MeasureQwen3.7-MaxGemini 3.8 Flash
Arena (formerly LMArena) reported by Arena (formerly LMArena) · 3 results
Confirmed task success · AgentIPS effect estimate, higher is better 39 · 11 of 48 measured -0.09arena agent 0.07high reasoning, arena agent
Praise over complaint · AgentIPS effect estimate, higher is better 39 · 19 of 48 measured -0.09arena agent 0.05high reasoning, arena agent
Steerability · AgentIPS effect estimate, higher is better 41 · 17 of 48 measured -0.06arena agent 0.03high reasoning, arena agent
Artificial Analysis reported by Artificial Analysis · 3 results
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Indexindex score, higher is better 53 · 22 of 243 measured 29.5 40.9high reasoning
GPQA Diamond% of questions, higher is better 21 · 2 of 231 measured 92.3% 95.3%high reasoning
Humanity's Last Exam% of questions, higher is better 39 · 15 of 242 measured 40.5% 47.8%high reasoning
SimpleQA Verified (Epoch AI) reported by SimpleQA Verified (Epoch AI) · 1 result
Correct answers% of questions, higher is better 18 · 7 of 76 measured 55.8% 69.7%high reasoning
Show all 14 results (7 more)
MeasureQwen3.7-MaxGemini 3.8 Flash
Arena (formerly LMArena) reported by Arena (formerly LMArena) · 1 result
Tool grounding · AgentIPS effect estimate, higher is better 34 · 17 of 48 measured 0.00arena agent 0.00high reasoning, arena agent
Artificial Analysis reported by Artificial Analysis · 6 results
Terminal-Bench 2.1% of tasks, higher is better 33 · 8 of 130 measured 74.5% 87.6%high reasoning
Terminal-Bench 4.0% of tasks, higher is better 51 · 25 of 112 measured 1.5% 19.7%high reasoning
τ-bench banking% of tasks, higher is better 71 · 11 of 121 measured 11.8% 45.8%medium reasoning
Artificial Analysis Coding Indexindex score, higher is better 34 · 9 of 131 measured 66.0 76.3high reasoning
Long-context reasoning (AA-LCR)% of questions, higher is better 50 · 6 of 233 measured 79.0% 84.0%medium reasoning
SciCode% of problems, higher is better 52 · 17 of 113 measured 49.5% 56.6%high reasoning

Quick answers

Is Qwen3.7-Max better than Gemini 3.8 Flash?

Pick Gemini 3.8 Flash if quality matters most: it scores higher (Intelligence Index 40.9 against 29.5). Pick Qwen3.7-Max if cost matters more: it costs 26% less per token.

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

Qwen3.7-Max is cheaper: $2.21 against $3.00 per million tokens, 26% less.

Which is better for agents and tool use, Qwen3.7-Max or Gemini 3.8 Flash?

Gemini 3.8 Flash ranks 31 of 164 models on sale for multi-step tasks with tools: support desks, coding agents, function calls, against 69 for Qwen3.7-Max.

Which is better for reasoning and knowledge, Qwen3.7-Max or Gemini 3.8 Flash?

Gemini 3.8 Flash ranks 12 of 198 models on sale for hard questions across science, maths and general knowledge, against 39 for Qwen3.7-Max.

Which is better for sticking to the facts, Qwen3.7-Max or Gemini 3.8 Flash?

Gemini 3.8 Flash ranks 12 of 152 models on sale for summarising without inventing things, and factual answers, against 31 for Qwen3.7-Max.

Which has the bigger context window, Qwen3.7-Max or Gemini 3.8 Flash?

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 1,048,576 tokens, against 1,000,000 for Qwen3.7-Max.

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