Gemini 4 Argon vs Qwen3.8 Max
Gemini 4 Argon 
Qwen3.8 Max Verdict
- Gemini 4 Argon (high) leads on quality: 70.0 vs 64.2.
- Gemini 4 Argon (high) is stronger in agents & tools, coding, composite, human preference, knowledge, maths, reasoning.
- Qwen3.8 Max (max) is stronger in long context, multimodal.
- Qwen3.8 Max (max) is 1.3× cheaper ($3.00 vs $4.00 per 1M blended).
| Metric | Gemini 4 Argon (high) | Qwen3.8 Max (max) |
|---|---|---|
| BenchLeader Index | 70.0 | 64.2 |
| Agents & tools score | 67.5 | 58.2 |
| Coding score | 72.1 | 64.6 |
| Composite score | 89.2 | 70.7 |
| Human preference score | 73.2 | 68.0 |
| Knowledge score | 75.7 | 62.7 |
| Long context score | 65.0 | 65.4 |
| Maths score | 71.9 | 65.1 |
| Reasoning score | 82.0 | 72.2 |
| Multimodal score | – | 66.2 |
| Blended price $/M | $4.00 | $3.00 |
| Output speed | – | 37 tok/s |
| Time to first answer | – | 58.9 s |
| Context window | 1M | 1M |
| Terminal-Bench | – | 27.0% |
| SciCode | 61.8% | 53.2% |
| APEX-Agents | – | 63.3% |
| ProofBench | – | 58.0% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | – | 156.4 |
| LMArena Text | 1525 | 1483 |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1551 | 1504 |
| LMArena Coding | 1562 | 1524 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1678 | 1672 |
| LMArena Vision | – | 1314 |
| LMArena Agent | 9.3 | 2.3 |
| LiveBench | – | 78.5% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | – | 88.2% |
| LiveBench Coding | – | 72.9% |
| LiveBench Agentic Coding | – | 64.7% |
| LiveBench Mathematics | – | 91.3% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | – | 78.4% |
| LiveBench Language | – | 79.7% |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | – | 74.1% |
| AA Intelligence Index v4.3.2 | 52.6 | 45.4 |
| AA-LCR | 79.7% | 80.3% |
| MMMU-Pro | – | 82.8% |
| AA-Omniscience | 42.4 | 12.0 |
| GPQA Diamond (AA) | – | 92.8% |
| Humanity's Last Exam (AA) | 57.1% | 43.1% |
| SciCode (AA) | 61.8% | 53.2% |
| LiveCodeBench | – | 87.8% |
| MMLU-Pro | – | 88.6% |
| IOI | 100.0% | 68.9% |
| LegalBench | 88.3% | 83.6% |
| CorpFin | – | 65.8% |
| TaxEval | – | 75.5% |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | – | 67.4% |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | – | 85.6% |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | – | 93.7% |
| Vals Index | 68.9 | 48.3 |
| CritPt | 27.1% | 20.0% |
| GDPval-AA v2.1 | 56.3% | 58.6% |
| τ³-Banking (AA) | – | 51.3% |
| ITBench SRE (AA) | – | 40.3% |
| Analyst Agent (AA) | – | 45.0% |
| APEX-Agents (AA) | – | 42.4% |
| BioMysteryBench | 76.3% | – |
| Code Migration | 68.2% | 24.0% |
| CUA-bench | 4.8% | – |
| CyberBench | 77.9% | 28.6% |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark | 75.2% | 60.1% |
| Finance Agent v2 | 65.4% | 50.6% |
| Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark | 19.6% | 10.4% |
| Legal Research Bench | 54.8% | 47.6% |
| MedCode | 58.8% | 40.7% |
| MedScribe | 87.4% | 85.0% |
| MMMU-Pro (Vals) | – | 88.0% |
| MortgageTax | – | 64.0% |
| MysteryMechanism | 45.5% | 23.9% |
| ProgramBench | 2.5% | 0.0% |
| Public Benefits Bench | 69.8% | 67.1% |
| SAGE | 53.6% | 51.3% |
| SkillsBench | – | 42.0% |
| SREBench | 44.3% | – |
| Tax Agent Bench | 76.2% | 66.0% |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 (Vals) | 57.6% | 34.3% |
| Terminal-Bench Science | 44.3% | 1.4% |
| Vals Multimodal Index | – | 65.4% |
| Vibe Code Bench 1-100 | – | 12.8% |
| Vibe Code Bench v1.1 | 91.9% | 64.7% |
| LMArena Maths | 1528 | 1497 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1519 | 1470 |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1529 | 1474 |
| LMArena Multi-turn | 1553 | 1492 |
| LMArena Longer Queries | 1545 | 1492 |
| FrontierSWE | 55.0% | – |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 (AA) | 57.1% | 38.9% |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (AA) | – | 88.8% |
| AutomationBench | 77.5% | 56.2% |
| GDP.pdf | 21.8% | 22.8% |
| MLCR | – | 20.0% |
| EnterpriseOps-Gym | – | 47.6% |
| AA-Omniscience: accuracy | 49.9% | 31.9% |
| AA-Omniscience: non-hallucination | 84.9% | 71.2% |
| AA-Briefcase v1.1 | 1488 | 1617 |
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 Max: questions
- Is Gemini 4 Argon better than Qwen3.8 Max?
- Gemini 4 Argon (high) leads on quality: 70.0 vs 64.2. 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 Max for coding?
- Gemini 4 Argon scores higher in coding (72 vs 65 on the category index, where 50 is average).
- Is Gemini 4 Argon better than Qwen3.8 Max for agentic tasks?
- Gemini 4 Argon scores higher in agentic tasks (68 vs 58 on the category index, where 50 is average).
- Which is cheaper, Gemini 4 Argon or Qwen3.8 Max?
- Qwen3.8 Max is cheaper: $3.00 against $4.00 per million tokens, blended at three input tokens per output token.
- Which has the larger context window?
- Both accept 1M tokens of context.