Gemini 4 Argon vs Qwen3.8-Flash-Next
Verdict
- Gemini 4 Argon (high) leads on quality: 70.0 vs 59.8.
- Gemini 4 Argon (high) is stronger in agents & tools, coding, composite, human preference, knowledge, maths, reasoning.
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next is stronger in multimodal.
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next is 17× cheaper ($0.230 vs $4.00 per 1M blended).
| Metric | Gemini 4 Argon (high) | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next |
|---|---|---|
| BenchLeader Index | 70.0 | 59.8 |
| Agents & tools score | 67.5 | 65.0 |
| Coding score | 72.1 | 67.2 |
| Composite score | 89.2 | 64.2 |
| Human preference score | 73.2 | – |
| Knowledge score | 75.7 | 57.3 |
| Long context score | 65.0 | 65.0 |
| Maths score | 71.9 | – |
| Reasoning score | 82.0 | 59.7 |
| Multimodal score | – | 62.9 |
| Blended price $/M | $4.00 | $0.230 |
| Output speed | – | 56 tok/s |
| Time to first answer | – | 38.1 s |
| Context window | 1M | 256k |
| SciCode | 61.8% | – |
| LMArena Text | 1525 | – |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1551 | – |
| LMArena Coding | 1562 | – |
| LMArena WebDev | 1678 | 1633 |
| LMArena Agent | 9.3 | -0.7 |
| 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 v4.3.2 | 52.6 | 39.8 |
| AA-LCR | 79.7% | 79.7% |
| MMMU-Pro | – | 79.8% |
| AA-Omniscience | 42.4 | -9.7 |
| GPQA Diamond (AA) | – | 92.3% |
| Humanity's Last Exam (AA) | 57.1% | 38.0% |
| SciCode (AA) | 61.8% | 50.6% |
| IOI | 100.0% | – |
| LegalBench | 88.3% | – |
| Vals Index | 68.9 | – |
| CritPt | 27.1% | 11.1% |
| GDPval-AA v2.1 | 56.3% | 56.6% |
| τ³-Banking (AA) | – | 45.4% |
| BioMysteryBench | 76.3% | – |
| Code Migration | 68.2% | – |
| CUA-bench | 4.8% | – |
| CyberBench | 77.9% | – |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark | 75.2% | – |
| Finance Agent v2 | 65.4% | – |
| Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark | 19.6% | – |
| Legal Research Bench | 54.8% | – |
| MedCode | 58.8% | – |
| MedScribe | 87.4% | – |
| MysteryMechanism | 45.5% | – |
| ProgramBench | 2.5% | – |
| Public Benefits Bench | 69.8% | – |
| SAGE | 53.6% | – |
| SREBench | 44.3% | – |
| Tax Agent Bench | 76.2% | – |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 (Vals) | 57.6% | – |
| Terminal-Bench Science | 44.3% | – |
| Vibe Code Bench v1.1 | 91.9% | – |
| LMArena Maths | 1528 | – |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1519 | – |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1529 | – |
| LMArena Multi-turn | 1553 | – |
| LMArena Longer Queries | 1545 | – |
| FrontierSWE | 55.0% | – |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 (AA) | 57.1% | 25.3% |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (AA) | – | 86.1% |
| AutomationBench | 77.5% | – |
| GDP.pdf | 21.8% | – |
| AA-Omniscience: accuracy | 49.9% | 24.5% |
| AA-Omniscience: non-hallucination | 84.9% | 54.7% |
| AA-Briefcase v1.1 | 1488 | – |
Data as of 2026-10-11. Best configuration of each model; every score links to its source on the model pages.
Gemini 4 Argon vs Qwen3.8-Flash-Next: questions
- Is Gemini 4 Argon better than Qwen3.8-Flash-Next?
- Gemini 4 Argon (high) leads on quality: 70.0 vs 59.8. The BenchLeader Index combines every independent quality benchmark; Gemini 4 Argon (high) is ahead overall as of 2026-10-11, but check the category scores for your use.
- Is Gemini 4 Argon better than Qwen3.8-Flash-Next for coding?
- Gemini 4 Argon scores higher in coding (72 vs 67 on the category index, where 50 is average).
- Is Gemini 4 Argon better than Qwen3.8-Flash-Next for agentic tasks?
- Gemini 4 Argon scores higher in agentic tasks (68 vs 65 on the category index, where 50 is average).
- Which is cheaper, Gemini 4 Argon or Qwen3.8-Flash-Next?
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next is cheaper: $0.230 against $4.00 per million tokens, blended at three input tokens per output token.
- Which has the larger context window?
- Gemini 4 Argon accepts more context: 1M against 256k tokens.