Compare / Qwen3.8-Max (0902) vs Gemini 3.7 Flash
Qwen3.8-Max (0902) vs Gemini 3.7 Flash
Which is cheaper, which is more capable, and which does better at each kind of work, from 22 results on 4 sources that measured both models.
Of the 22 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.
Qwen3.8-Max (0902) or Gemini 3.7 Flash? The short answer
Pick Qwen3.8-Max (0902): it scores higher (Intelligence Index 45.4 against 39.6) at about the same price.
- They cost about the same: $3.00 and $3.00 per million tokens (three input to one output).
- Qwen3.8-Max (0902) scores higher on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 45.4 against 39.6.
- Gemini 3.7 Flash is newer: released 13 Aug 2026, against 3 Aug 2026 for Qwen3.8-Max (0902).
- On third-party benchmarks, on the results both models have: Qwen3.8-Max (0902) does better for agents and tool use; Gemini 3.7 Flash for professional work, reasoning and knowledge and sticking to the facts.
Head to head
Every fact side by side
| Qwen3.8-Max (0902) | Gemini 3.7 Flash | |
|---|---|---|
| Price per million tokens | $2.00 in · $6.00 out | $1.50 in · $7.50 out |
| Blended (3 in : 1 out) | $3.00 | $3.00 |
| Cheapest host, blended | – | $1.50 (Google) |
| Intelligence Index | 45.4 | 39.6 |
| Spring Prompt overall | 47 | – |
| Output speed, tokens a second | 37 | – |
| Context window | 1,000,000 tokens | 1,048,576 tokens |
| Released | 3 Aug 2026 | 13 Aug 2026 (newer) |
| Weights | Closed | Closed |
| Developer based in | China | the 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.
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.
| Measure | Qwen3.8-Max (0902) | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Arena (formerly LMArena) reported by Arena (formerly LMArena) · 3 results | ||
| Overall · TextArena rating, higher is better 20 · 14 of 387 measured | 1,482 | 1,488high reasoning |
| Overall · Text factualityArena rating, higher is better 22 · 15 of 163 measured | 1,472 | 1,477high reasoning |
| Business, management and finance · TextArena rating, higher is better 16 · 18 of 380 measured | 1,484 | 1,483high reasoning |
| Artificial Analysis reported by Artificial Analysis · 3 results | ||
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence Indexindex score, higher is better 14 · 27 of 243 measured | 45.4 | 39.6medium reasoning |
| GPQA Diamond% of questions, higher is better 15 · 4 of 231 measured | 92.8% | 94.5%high reasoning |
| Humanity's Last Exam% of questions, higher is better 24 · 13 of 242 measured | 43.1% | 47.9%high reasoning |
| GDP.pdf reported by GDP.pdf · 1 result | ||
| Professional document tasks% of rubric, higher is better 13 · 11 of 32 measured | 23.2%xhigh reasoning | 23.8%high reasoning |
| SimpleQA Verified (Epoch AI) reported by SimpleQA Verified (Epoch AI) · 1 result | ||
| Correct answers% of questions, higher is better 30 · 9 of 76 measured | 47.3%xhigh reasoning | 69.2%high reasoning |
Show all 22 results (14 more)
| Measure | Qwen3.8-Max (0902) | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Arena (formerly LMArena) reported by Arena (formerly LMArena) · 8 results | ||
| Confirmed task success · AgentIPS effect estimate, higher is better 20 · 27 of 48 measured | 0.05arena agent | 0.01high reasoning, arena agent |
| Creative writing · TextArena rating, higher is better 17 · 5 of 385 measured | 1,468 | 1,493high reasoning |
| Expert prompts · TextArena rating, higher is better 20 · 23 of 338 measured | 1,513 | 1,511high reasoning |
| Instruction following · TextArena rating, higher is better 25 · 14 of 387 measured | 1,474 | 1,485high reasoning |
| Praise over complaint · AgentIPS effect estimate, higher is better 20 · 33 of 48 measured | 0.03arena agent | -0.03high reasoning, arena agent |
| Steerability · AgentIPS effect estimate, higher is better 18 · 36 of 48 measured | 0.03arena agent | -0.01high reasoning, arena agent |
| Tool grounding · AgentIPS effect estimate, higher is better 43 · 25 of 48 measured | -0.01arena agent | 0.00high reasoning, arena agent |
| Writing, literature and language · TextArena rating, higher is better 18 · 6 of 386 measured | 1,472 | 1,496high reasoning |
| Artificial Analysis reported by Artificial Analysis · 6 results | ||
| Terminal-Bench 2.1% of tasks, higher is better 5 · 10 of 130 measured | 88.8% | 85.8%high reasoning |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0% of tasks, higher is better 12 · 31 of 112 measured | 38.9% | 13.6%high reasoning |
| τ-bench banking% of tasks, higher is better 7 · 25 of 121 measured | 47.8% | 35.5%medium reasoning |
| Artificial Analysis Coding Indexindex score, higher is better 10 · 12 of 131 measured | 76.2 | 76.1high reasoning |
| Long-context reasoning (AA-LCR)% of questions, higher is better 35 · 15 of 233 measured | 80.3% | 83.0%medium reasoning |
| SciCode% of problems, higher is better 36 · 7 of 113 measured | 52.1% | 59.8%medium reasoning |
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Quick answers
Is Qwen3.8-Max (0902) better than Gemini 3.7 Flash?
Pick Qwen3.8-Max (0902): it scores higher (Intelligence Index 45.4 against 39.6) at about the same price.
Which is cheaper, Qwen3.8-Max (0902) or Gemini 3.7 Flash?
They cost about the same: $3.00 and $3.00 per million tokens (three input to one output).
Which is better for agents and tool use, Qwen3.8-Max (0902) or Gemini 3.7 Flash?
Qwen3.8-Max (0902) ranks 7 of 164 models on sale for multi-step tasks with tools: support desks, coding agents, function calls, against 29 for Gemini 3.7 Flash.
Which is better for professional work, Qwen3.8-Max (0902) or Gemini 3.7 Flash?
Gemini 3.7 Flash ranks 12 of 51 models on sale for real tasks from banking, consulting and law, business documents and freelance projects, against 18 for Qwen3.8-Max (0902).
Which is better for reasoning and knowledge, Qwen3.8-Max (0902) or Gemini 3.7 Flash?
Gemini 3.7 Flash ranks 14 of 198 models on sale for hard questions across science, maths and general knowledge, against 17 for Qwen3.8-Max (0902).
Which is better for writing, Qwen3.8-Max (0902) or Gemini 3.7 Flash?
Gemini 3.7 Flash ranks 6 of 188 models on sale for what people prefer in blind comparisons, and judged writing quality, against 16 for Qwen3.8-Max (0902).
Which is better for sticking to the facts, Qwen3.8-Max (0902) or Gemini 3.7 Flash?
Gemini 3.7 Flash ranks 13 of 152 models on sale for summarising without inventing things, and factual answers, against 38 for Qwen3.8-Max (0902).
Which has the bigger context window, Qwen3.8-Max (0902) or Gemini 3.7 Flash?
Gemini 3.7 Flash: 1,048,576 tokens, against 1,000,000 for Qwen3.8-Max (0902).
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