Gemini 3 Flash Preview vs Qwen3.8 Max (0902)
Updated October 21, 2026. 45 benchmarks have a result for both. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.
vs boards won of 45 shared, 1 tied
Decision reading
Pick Gemini 3 Flash Preview for coding: it scores 75.8 on the Vibe Coding Index against 63.5 for Qwen3.8 Max (0902), though on 1 benchmark against 2.
Pick Qwen3.8 Max (0902) when what matters is LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) or SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI), where it leads.
Model AGemini 3 Flash PreviewGoogle75.8/1001 independent benchmark$0.37 per solved taskModel BQwen3.8 Max (0902)Qwen63.5/1002 independent benchmarks$1.32 per solved task
- Shared results
- 45
- Gemini 3 Flash Preview only
- 24
- Qwen3.8 Max (0902) only
- 68
- Like-for-like categories
- 8 of 9
Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results only one model has describe coverage, not superiority.
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, four public coding benchmarks
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
Gemini 3 Flash Preview scores 75.8 against 63.5.
1 and 2 benchmarks behind the scores
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Qwen3.8 Max (0902)
Qwen3.8 Max (0902) leads, 45.4 against 26.3.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) has a AA Agentic Index result, 56.0.
Directional only
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Qwen3.8 Max (0902)
Qwen3.8 Max (0902) leads, 93.7% 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
Qwen3.8 Max (0902)
Qwen3.8 Max (0902) leads, 88.6% against 88.6%.
Same board, both measured
Web design
Design Arena: websites
Qwen3.8 Max (0902)
Qwen3.8 Max (0902) leads, 1275 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, Qwen3.8 Max (0902) $0.0050 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
Gemini 3 Flash Preview $0.37, Qwen3.8 Max (0902) $1.32.
Published attempt cost and pass rate
At a glance
- Coding index
- Gemini 3 Flash Preview 75.8 from 1 benchmark, Qwen3.8 Max (0902) 63.5 from 2 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Math, 25.1 points apart on average over 4 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI): Gemini 3 Flash Preview 20.2% against Qwen3.8 Max (0902) 64.7%, 44.5 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Gemini 3 Flash Preview $3.00 against Qwen3.8 Max (0902) $6.00 per million output tokens, 2.0x apart.
- Context window
- Gemini 3 Flash Preview takes 1.05M tokens, Qwen3.8 Max (0902) 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 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 0 | 5 | 1 tie | |
| Intelligence | 0 | 1 | ||
| Agentic work | 0 | 10 | ||
| Reasoning | 0 | 7 | ||
| Math | 0 | 4 | ||
| Knowledge | 5 | 2 | ||
| Web design | 0 | 4 | ||
| General | 1 | 5 | ||
| All shared boards | 6 | 38 | 1 tie |
CodingLike-for-likeFour of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index05
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | 75.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| LiveBench coding | Not measured | 60.3% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| LMArena WebDev | Not measured | 1674 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| AA Coding Index | Not measured | 76.2 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 85.6% | 87.8% | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | 75.0% | 85.6% | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 34.3% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 20.2% | 64.7% | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | 6.4% | 24.0% | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | 0.0% | 0.0% | Tie |
| IOI (Vals AI) | Not measured | 68.9% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | 53.9% | 67.4% | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| SWE-bench Multimodal (Vals AI) | Not measured | 42.5% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| Vibe Code Bench 1-100 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 12.8% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| SkillsBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 42.0% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| CyberBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 28.6% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | 90.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| SciCode | Not measured | 53.2% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 38.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| Terminal-Bench | 64.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| FrontierSWE | Not measured | 17.8% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) 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 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | Not measured | 1502 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | Not measured | 1498 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| LMArena WebDev: React | Not measured | 1692 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | Not measured | 1649 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | Not measured | 1637 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 26.3 | 45.4 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | Not measured | 157.4 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index010
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | Not measured | 56.0 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | 1111 | 1301 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps | 1063 | 1305 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| Design Arena: agents building mobile apps | 1090 | 1223 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| Design Arena: agents building Android apps | 1056 | 1207 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| Design Arena: agents building Godot games | 1161 | 1234 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| Design Arena: PowerPoint slides | 1036 | 1257 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| Design Arena: spreadsheets | Not measured | 868 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| LiveBench research | Not measured | 69.9% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| LiveBench browser | Not measured | 32.0% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| LiveBench long agentic | Not measured | 42.3% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | 42.5% | 50.6% | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | 11.8% | 32.1% | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | 18.3% | 47.6% | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | 26.0% | 60.1% | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI) | Not measured | 12.9% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 80.4% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| APEX-Agents | Not measured | 63.3% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| 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 |
| LMArena Search | Not measured | 1261 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 17 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index07
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 87.9% | 93.7% | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| LiveBench reasoning | Not measured | 88.2% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| MysteryMechanism (Vals AI) | Not measured | 23.9% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | 87.6% | 88.0% | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 89.8% | 92.8% | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 36.6% | 43.1% | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 89.4% | 92.7% | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| 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% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| Chess puzzles | 39.0% | 46.0% | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| Mystery game puzzles | 26.0% | 38.0% | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| VPCT | 72.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | Not measured | 1496 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | Not measured | 1507 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | Not measured | 1503 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | Not measured | 1323 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| LMArena Vision: homework | Not measured | 1336 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) | 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% | 100.0% | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | 51.2% | 74.7% | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | 17.1% | 46.3% | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| ProofBench | 15.0% | 58.0% | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| LMArena Text: math | Not measured | 1501 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | Not measured | 1491 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index52
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 88.6% | 88.6% | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 86.9% | 83.6% | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| CaseLaw (Vals AI) | 55.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 66.4% | 65.8% | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 73.9% | 75.5% | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | 68.7% | 64.0% | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| MedQA (Vals AI) | 95.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 55.9% | 40.7% | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 89.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| SimpleQA Verified | 66.8% | 47.3% | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| GeoBench | 88.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: science | Not measured | 1512 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | Not measured | 1503 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | Not measured | 1492 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | Not measured | 1480 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 2 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1196 | 1275 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| Design Arena: UI components | Not measured | 1340 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1166 | 1313 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| Design Arena: data viz | Not measured | 1281 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1184 | 1337 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1189 | 1293 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | Not measured | 1201 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| LiveBench design | Not measured | 78.6% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index15
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench data analysis | Not measured | 78.4% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 67.1% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 51.8% | 51.2% | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 69.9% | 85.0% | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| Vals Multimodal Index | 52.2% | 65.4% | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| IFBench | 78.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 78.0% | 80.3% | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| DTBench | 89.1% | 92.0% | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| LMCA | 43.1% | 46.2% | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
| Furniture assembly | Not measured | 20.0% | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| LMArena Text | Not measured | 1483 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | Not measured | 1481 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | Not measured | 1477 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| LMArena Vision | Not measured | 1313 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| LMArena Text: English | Not measured | 1491 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | Not measured | 1473 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | Not measured | 1539 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| LMArena Text: German | Not measured | 1478 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | Not measured | 1473 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | Not measured | 1460 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| LMArena Text: French | Not measured | 1498 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | Not measured | 1489 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | Not measured | 1482 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| LMArena Text: Polish | Not measured | 1471 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | Not measured | 1489 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | Not measured | 1488 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | Not measured | 1477 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | Not measured | 1464 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| LMArena Vision: English | Not measured | 1311 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | Not measured | 1358 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | Not measured | 1322 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| LMArena Vision: humor | Not measured | 1304 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | Not measured | 1312 | Only Qwen3.8 Max (0902) measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 13 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) | 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$0.0020Fits in one request
Qwen3.8 Max (0902)$0.0050Fits in one request
Gemini 3 Flash Preview costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Gemini 3 Flash Preview$0.034Fits in one request
Qwen3.8 Max (0902)$0.118Fits in one request
Gemini 3 Flash Preview costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Gemini 3 Flash Preview$0.130Fits in one request
Qwen3.8 Max (0902)$0.460Fits in one request
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 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Qwen | |
| Weights | No public weights listed | No public weights listed |
| Released | December 17, 2025 | September 3, 2026 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 1M |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.50 | $2.00 |
| Output $/Mtok | $3.00 | $6.00 |
| Coding index | 75.8 | 63.5 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 1 | 2 |
| Cost per solved task | $0.37 | $1.32 |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Gemini 3 Flash Preview better than Qwen3.8 Max (0902) for coding?
Pick Gemini 3 Flash Preview for coding: it scores 75.8 on the Vibe Coding Index against 63.5 for Qwen3.8 Max (0902), though on 1 benchmark against 2. Pick Qwen3.8 Max (0902) when what matters is LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) or SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI), where it leads.
Which is cheaper, Gemini 3 Flash Preview or Qwen3.8 Max (0902)?
Gemini 3 Flash Preview costs $0.50 per million input tokens and $3.00 per million output tokens; Qwen3.8 Max (0902) costs $2.00 and $6.00. Per solved SWE-bench Verified task, Gemini 3 Flash Preview costs $0.37 and Qwen3.8 Max (0902) $1.32.
Which has the bigger context window, Gemini 3 Flash Preview or Qwen3.8 Max (0902)?
Gemini 3 Flash Preview, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.
How many benchmarks is the Gemini 3 Flash Preview vs Qwen3.8 Max (0902) comparison based on?
45 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Gemini 3 Flash Preview's coding index rests on 1 independent benchmark and Qwen3.8 Max (0902)'s on 2. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.