Gemini 3.7 Flash vs Qwen3.8-Flash-Next
Verdict
- Gemini 3.7 Flash (medium) leads on quality: 64.7 vs 61.6.
- Gemini 3.7 Flash (medium) is stronger in composite, knowledge, long context, multimodal.
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next is stronger in agents & tools, coding, reasoning.
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next is 6.5× cheaper ($0.230 vs $1.50 per 1M blended).
- Gemini 3.7 Flash (medium) streams 5.0× faster (276 vs 55 tokens per second).
| Metric | Gemini 3.7 Flash (medium) | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next |
|---|---|---|
| BenchLeader Index | 64.7 | 61.6 |
| Agents & tools score | 64.1 | 65.8 |
| Coding score | 68.5 | 71.2 |
| Composite score | 79.2 | 67.4 |
| Knowledge score | 75.5 | 59.6 |
| Long context score | 68.0 | 66.3 |
| Multimodal score | 69.4 | 64.3 |
| Reasoning score | 62.1 | 63.4 |
| Blended price $/M | $1.50 | $0.230 |
| Output speed | 276 tok/s | 55 tok/s |
| Time to first answer | 5.4 s | 39.0 s |
| Context window | 1.0M | 256k |
| SciCode | 57.9% | – |
| LMArena WebDev | – | 1635 |
| LMArena Agent | – | -0.1 |
| LiveBench | – | 76.2% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | – | 87.4% |
| LiveBench Coding | – | 72.5% |
| LiveBench Agentic Coding | – | 61.6% |
| LiveBench Mathematics | – | 85.8% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | – | 74.2% |
| LiveBench Language | – | 74.6% |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | – | 77.1% |
| AA Intelligence Index | 39.6 | 39.9 |
| AA-LCR | 83.0% | 79.7% |
| MMMU-Pro | 84.7% | 79.8% |
| AA-Omniscience | 23.7 | -9.7 |
| GPQA Diamond (AA) | 92.1% | 92.3% |
| Humanity's Last Exam (AA) | 39.0% | 38.0% |
| SciCode (AA) | 59.8% | 50.6% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 91.2% | – |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 63.8% | – |
| CritPt | 9.4% | 11.1% |
| GDPval (AA) | 45.3% | 57.4% |
| τ²-Bench Banking (AA) | 35.5% | 45.4% |
| DeepSWE | 65.5% | – |
| CursorBench | 59.0% | – |
| GDP.pdf | 21.8% | – |
Data as of 2026-09-19. Best configuration of each model; every score links to its source on the model pages.
Gemini 3.7 Flash vs Qwen3.8-Flash-Next: questions
- Is Gemini 3.7 Flash better than Qwen3.8-Flash-Next?
- Gemini 3.7 Flash (medium) leads on quality: 64.7 vs 61.6. The BenchLeader Index combines every independent quality benchmark; Gemini 3.7 Flash (medium) is ahead overall as of 2026-09-19, but check the category scores for your use.
- Is Gemini 3.7 Flash better than Qwen3.8-Flash-Next for coding?
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next scores higher in coding (71 vs 69 on the category index, where 50 is average).
- Is Gemini 3.7 Flash better than Qwen3.8-Flash-Next for agentic tasks?
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next scores higher in agentic tasks (66 vs 64 on the category index, where 50 is average).
- Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.7 Flash or Qwen3.8-Flash-Next?
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next is cheaper: $0.230 against $1.50 per million tokens, blended at three input tokens per output token.
- Which is faster, Gemini 3.7 Flash or Qwen3.8-Flash-Next?
- Gemini 3.7 Flash streams faster: 276 against 55 output tokens per second.
- Which has the larger context window?
- Gemini 3.7 Flash accepts more context: 1.0M against 256k tokens.