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Qwen3.8-Max (0902) vs Gemma 4 31B

Which is cheaper, which is more capable, and which does better at each kind of work, from 19 results on 3 sources that measured both models.

AlibabaQwen3.8-Max (0902) Released 3 Aug 2026 · $2.00 in · $6.00 out
GoogleGemma 4 31B Released 2 Apr 2026 · $0.14 in · $0.40 out
Qwen3.8-Max (0902) wins 152 too close to callGemma 4 31B wins 2

Of the 19 results both models have, the better value on each. Results whose reported ranges overlap are too close to call.

Results as of 9 October 2026 (catalogue release 2026-10-09-dd620e778ac5). See also Alibaba vs Google, every model from both labs.

Qwen3.8-Max (0902) or Gemma 4 31B? The short answer

Pick Qwen3.8-Max (0902) if quality matters most: it scores higher (Intelligence Index 45.4 against 14.7). Pick Gemma 4 31B if cost matters more: it costs 15 times less per token.

  • Gemma 4 31B is cheaper: $0.21 against $3.00 per million tokens, 15 times less.
  • Qwen3.8-Max (0902) scores higher on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 45.4 against 14.7.
  • Qwen3.8-Max (0902) is newer: released 3 Aug 2026, against 2 Apr 2026 for Gemma 4 31B.
  • On third-party benchmarks, on the results both models have: Qwen3.8-Max (0902) does better for agents and tool use, reasoning and knowledge, writing and sticking to the facts.

Head to head

45.4
Intelligence Index
14.7
$3.00
Price per million tokens, blendedlower is better
$0.21
37
Output speed, tokens a second
43
1,000,000
Context window, tokens
262,144

Every fact side by side

Qwen3.8-Max (0902)Gemma 4 31B
Price per million tokens$2.00 in · $6.00 out$0.14 in · $0.40 out
Blended (3 in : 1 out)$3.00$0.21
Cheapest host, blended–$0.15 (DeepInfra, FP4)
Intelligence Index45.414.7
Spring Prompt overall48–
Output speed, tokens a second3743
Context window1,000,000 tokens262,144 tokens
Released3 Aug 2026 (newer)2 Apr 2026
WeightsClosedOpen
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 17 of 20 not measured
Decks from an analysisTurning a finished analysis into a deck you could present as it is 11 of 19 not measured
Marketing planningPlanning a year of ad spend without overspending 14 of 19 not measured
Agents and tool useMulti-step tasks with tools: support desks, coding agents, function calls 7 of 164 101 of 164
Professional workReal tasks from banking, consulting and law, business documents and freelance projects 18 of 51 not measured
Reasoning and knowledgeHard questions across science, maths and general knowledge 17 of 198 93 of 198
WritingWhat people prefer in blind comparisons, and judged writing quality 16 of 188 74 of 188
Sticking to the factsSummarising without inventing things, and factual answers 38 of 152 90 of 152
Speed under pressureGood decisions against a real clock (fast chess) 24 of 24 not measured

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.

MeasureQwen3.8-Max (0902)Gemma 4 31B
Arena (formerly LMArena) reported by Arena (formerly LMArena) · 3 results
Overall · TextArena rating, higher is better 20 · 65 of 387 measured 1,482 1,453
Overall · Text factualityArena rating, higher is better 22 · 60 of 163 measured 1,472 1,450
Business, management and finance · TextArena rating, higher is better 16 · 66 of 380 measured 1,484 1,449
Artificial Analysis reported by Artificial Analysis · 3 results
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Indexindex score, higher is better 14 · 130 of 243 measured 45.4 14.7
GPQA Diamond% of questions, higher is better 15 · 75 of 231 measured 92.8% 85.7%
Humanity's Last Exam% of questions, higher is better 24 · 97 of 242 measured 43.1% 23.6%
SimpleQA Verified (Epoch AI) reported by SimpleQA Verified (Epoch AI) · 1 result
Correct answers% of questions, higher is better 30 · 74 of 76 measured 47.3%xhigh reasoning 10.4%
Show all 19 results (12 more)
MeasureQwen3.8-Max (0902)Gemma 4 31B
Arena (formerly LMArena) reported by Arena (formerly LMArena) · 4 results
Creative writing · TextArena rating, higher is better 17 · 74 of 385 measured 1,468 1,420
Expert prompts · TextArena rating, higher is better 20 · 42 of 338 measured 1,513 1,498
Instruction following · TextArena rating, higher is better 25 · 49 of 387 measured 1,474 1,453
Writing, literature and language · TextArena rating, higher is better 18 · 63 of 386 measured 1,472 1,435
Artificial Analysis reported by Artificial Analysis · 8 results
Terminal-Bench 2.1% of tasks, higher is better 5 · 71 of 130 measured 88.8% 43.4%
Terminal-Bench 4.0% of tasks, higher is better 12 · 66 of 112 measured 38.9% 0.0%
τ-bench banking% of tasks, higher is better 7 · 61 of 121 measured 47.8% 14.8%
Artificial Analysis Coding Indexindex score, higher is better 10 · 70 of 131 measured 76.2 43.4
Long-context reasoning (AA-LCR)% of questions, higher is better 35 · 112 of 233 measured 80.3% 69.7%
Output speedtokens per second, higher is better 71 · 68 of 74 measured 37.0 42.9no reasoning
SciCode% of problems, higher is better 36 · 63 of 113 measured 52.1% 45.5%
Time to first answer tokenseconds, lower is better 74 · 20 of 74 measured 55.8 0.83no reasoning

Quick answers

Is Qwen3.8-Max (0902) better than Gemma 4 31B?

Pick Qwen3.8-Max (0902) if quality matters most: it scores higher (Intelligence Index 45.4 against 14.7). Pick Gemma 4 31B if cost matters more: it costs 15 times less per token.

Which is cheaper, Qwen3.8-Max (0902) or Gemma 4 31B?

Gemma 4 31B is cheaper: $0.21 against $3.00 per million tokens, 15 times less.

Which is faster, Qwen3.8-Max (0902) or Gemma 4 31B?

Gemma 4 31B writes about 43 tokens a second on its usual API, against 37 for Qwen3.8-Max (0902) (Artificial Analysis).

Which is better for agents and tool use, Qwen3.8-Max (0902) or Gemma 4 31B?

Qwen3.8-Max (0902) ranks 7 of 164 models on sale for multi-step tasks with tools: support desks, coding agents, function calls, against 101 for Gemma 4 31B.

Which is better for reasoning and knowledge, Qwen3.8-Max (0902) or Gemma 4 31B?

Qwen3.8-Max (0902) ranks 17 of 198 models on sale for hard questions across science, maths and general knowledge, against 93 for Gemma 4 31B.

Which is better for writing, Qwen3.8-Max (0902) or Gemma 4 31B?

Qwen3.8-Max (0902) ranks 16 of 188 models on sale for what people prefer in blind comparisons, and judged writing quality, against 74 for Gemma 4 31B.

Which is better for sticking to the facts, Qwen3.8-Max (0902) or Gemma 4 31B?

Qwen3.8-Max (0902) ranks 38 of 152 models on sale for summarising without inventing things, and factual answers, against 90 for Gemma 4 31B.

Which has the bigger context window, Qwen3.8-Max (0902) or Gemma 4 31B?

Qwen3.8-Max (0902): 1,000,000 tokens, against 262,144 for Gemma 4 31B.

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