Gemini 3 Flash Preview vs Qwen3.7 Max
Qwen3.7 Max leads Gemini 3 Flash Preview on coding, 54.1 to 43.7 on the Vibe Coding Index, and Gemini 3 Flash Preview costs 1.5x less per output token ($3.00 vs $4.425 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 45 benchmarks have a result for both.
Gemini 3 Flash Preview or Qwen3.7 Max: which to pick
Pick Qwen3.7 Max for coding: it scores 54.1 on the Vibe Coding Index against 43.7 for Gemini 3 Flash Preview.
Pick Gemini 3 Flash Preview for output tokens 1.5x cheaper ($3.00 vs $4.425 per million) and a lower cost per solved task ($0.37 against $4.69).
- Shared results
- 45
- Gemini 3 Flash Preview only
- 26
- Qwen3.7 Max only
- 14
- Like-for-like categories
- 8 of 9
Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.
Which one for your work
Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
Qwen3.7 Max
Qwen3.7 Max scores 54.1 against 43.7.
2 and 3 benchmarks behind the scores
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Qwen3.7 Max
Qwen3.7 Max leads, 29.5 against 26.3.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only Qwen3.7 Max has a AA Agentic Index result, 22.5.
Directional only
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Qwen3.7 Max
Qwen3.7 Max leads, 90.2% against 87.9%.
Same board, both measured
Math
AIME
No call
Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview has a AIME result, 95.6%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
Qwen3.7 Max
Qwen3.7 Max leads, 89.3% against 88.6%.
Same board, both measured
Web design
Design Arena: websites
Qwen3.7 Max
Qwen3.7 Max leads, 1274 against 1196.
Same board, both measured
Long documents
Listed context window
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
Gemini 3 Flash Preview takes 1.05M tokens against 1M.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
Gemini 3 Flash Preview $0.0020, Qwen3.7 Max $0.0037 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
Gemini 3 Flash Preview $0.37, Qwen3.7 Max $4.69.
Published attempt cost and pass rate
At a glance
- Coding index
- Gemini 3 Flash Preview 43.7 from 2 benchmarks, Qwen3.7 Max 54.1 from 3 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Agentic work, 12.0 points apart on average over 11 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI): Gemini 3 Flash Preview 26.0% against Qwen3.7 Max 57.0%, 31.0 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Gemini 3 Flash Preview $3.00 against Qwen3.7 Max $4.425 per million output tokens, 1.5x apart.
- Context window
- Gemini 3 Flash Preview takes 1.05M tokens, Qwen3.7 Max 1M.
Benchmark by benchmark
First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.
| Category | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | Bars | Qwen3.7 Max | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 2 | 5 | ||
| Intelligence | 0 | 1 | ||
| Agentic work | 0 | 11 | ||
| Reasoning | 1 | 6 | ||
| Math | 0 | 3 | 1 tie | |
| Knowledge | 4 | 2 | ||
| Web design | 0 | 4 | ||
| General | 0 | 5 | ||
| All shared boards | 7 | 37 | 1 tie |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index25
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | Qwen3.7 Max | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | 75.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| LMArena WebDev | Not measured | 1515 | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| AA Coding Index | Not measured | 66.0 | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 85.6% | 87.1% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | 75.0% | 68.8% | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 20.2% | 47.7% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | 6.4% | 13.1% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | 0.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | 53.9% | 61.0% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | 90.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| SciCode | Not measured | 49.5% | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 38.6% | 50.8% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| Terminal-Bench | 64.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| GSO-Bench | 9.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| WeirdML | 61.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| ALE-Bench | 1367.2 | 1189.4 | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| LMArena WebDev: React | Not measured | 1514 | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | Not measured | 1512 | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| SciCode | 12.7% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 20 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | Qwen3.7 Max | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 26.3 | 29.5 | Qwen3.7 Max |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | Not measured | 154.0 | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index011
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | Qwen3.7 Max | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | Not measured | 22.5 | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | 1111 | 1208 | Qwen3.7 Max |
| Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps | 1063 | 1191 | Qwen3.7 Max |
| Design Arena: agents building mobile apps | 1090 | 1155 | Qwen3.7 Max |
| Design Arena: agents building Android apps | 1051 | 1159 | Qwen3.7 Max |
| Design Arena: agents building Godot games | 1161 | 1187 | Qwen3.7 Max |
| Design Arena: agents building games | Not measured | 1161 | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Design Arena: HTML slides | Not measured | 1108 | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Design Arena: PowerPoint slides | 1036 | 1171 | Qwen3.7 Max |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | 42.5% | 47.8% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | 11.8% | 15.8% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | 18.3% | 25.5% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | 26.0% | 57.0% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 80.4% | 94.7% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| BALROG | 48.1% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| DeepResearch Bench | 49.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | $3,635 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 24 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index16
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | Qwen3.7 Max | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 87.9% | 90.2% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | 87.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 89.8% | 92.3% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 36.6% | 40.5% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 89.4% | 90.9% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| ARC-AGI | 84.7% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 33.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| SimpleBench | 61.1% | 70.4% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| Chess puzzles | 39.0% | 26.0% | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| Mystery game puzzles | 26.0% | 32.0% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| EBR-bench | Not measured | 9.5% | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| VPCT | 72.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index03
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | Qwen3.7 Max | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | 95.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| MGSM (Vals AI) | 93.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| AA Math Index | 97.0 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | 97.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| OTIS Mock AIME | 95.6% | 95.6% | Tie |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | 51.2% | 64.6% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | 17.1% | 34.1% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| ProofBench | 15.0% | 26.0% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index42
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | Qwen3.7 Max | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 88.6% | 89.3% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 86.9% | 84.9% | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| CaseLaw (Vals AI) | 55.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 66.4% | 63.7% | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 73.9% | 75.3% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | 68.7% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| MedQA (Vals AI) | 95.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 55.9% | 38.8% | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 89.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| SimpleQA Verified | 66.8% | 55.8% | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| GeoBench | 88.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| FACTS Benchmark Suite | 63.4% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | Qwen3.7 Max | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1196 | 1274 | Qwen3.7 Max |
| Design Arena: UI components | Not measured | 1267 | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1166 | 1264 | Qwen3.7 Max |
| Design Arena: data viz | Not measured | 1275 | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1183 | 1265 | Qwen3.7 Max |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1189 | 1275 | Qwen3.7 Max |
| Design Arena: SVG | Not measured | 1216 | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | Not measured | 1211 | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index05
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | Qwen3.7 Max | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 51.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 69.9% | 79.4% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| Vals Multimodal Index | 52.2% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| IFBench | 78.0% | 80.5% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 78.0% | 79.0% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| DTBench | 89.1% | 92.3% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| LMCA | 43.1% | 44.0% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| Neither model has a result on the other 39 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | Qwen3.7 Max | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 5 boards here | |||
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.
Chat turn
1K input + 500 output tokens
Gemini 3 Flash Preview costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Gemini 3 Flash Preview costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Gemini 3 Flash Preview costs less
Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.
Specification differences
The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.
| Specification | Google Gemini 3 Flash Preview | Qwen3.7 Max |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Qwen | |
| Weights | No public weights listed | No public weights listed |
| Released | December 17, 2025 | May 21, 2026 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 1M |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.50 | $1.475 |
| Output $/Mtok | $3.00 | $4.425 |
| Coding index | 43.7 | 54.1 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 2 | 3 |
| Cost per solved task | $0.37 | $4.69 |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Gemini 3 Flash Preview better than Qwen3.7 Max for coding?
Pick Qwen3.7 Max for coding: it scores 54.1 on the Vibe Coding Index against 43.7 for Gemini 3 Flash Preview. Pick Gemini 3 Flash Preview for output tokens 1.5x cheaper ($3.00 vs $4.425 per million) and a lower cost per solved task ($0.37 against $4.69).
Which is cheaper, Gemini 3 Flash Preview or Qwen3.7 Max?
Gemini 3 Flash Preview costs $0.50 per million input tokens and $3.00 per million output tokens; Qwen3.7 Max costs $1.475 and $4.425. Per solved SWE-bench Verified task, Gemini 3 Flash Preview costs $0.37 and Qwen3.7 Max $4.69.
Which has the bigger context window, Gemini 3 Flash Preview or Qwen3.7 Max?
Gemini 3 Flash Preview, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.
How many benchmarks is the Gemini 3 Flash Preview vs Qwen3.7 Max comparison based on?
45 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Gemini 3 Flash Preview's coding index rests on 2 independent benchmarks and Qwen3.7 Max's on 3. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.