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Comparison · 2 models · Updated Oct 4, 2026

Qwen3.7 Max vs Gemini 3.8 Flash

Gemini 3.8 Flash comes out ahead, 75 to 58 on our weighted score, and it is the cheaper option too.

  1. Alibaba (Qwen)

    Qwen3.7 Max

    Released May 21, 2026

    58/100
    • ECI153.7
    • Price$2.50 / $7.50
    • Context1M
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  2. Our pick

    Google

    Gemini 3.8 Flash

    Released Sep 2, 2026

    75/100
    • ECI156.9
    • Price$0.75 / $3.75
    • Context1.05M
    Full specs Remove Gemini 3.8 Flash

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01 — Verdict

Gemini 3.8 Flash is our pick

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the better all-round choice, scoring 75/100 against Qwen3.7 Max (58). It leads on capability, price and inputs & features. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.

  • CapabilityGemini 3.8 FlashCapabilities Index (ECI): Gemini 3.8 Flash 156.9 · Qwen3.7 Max 153.7
  • Lowest priceGemini 3.8 FlashGemini 3.8 Flash $1.50 · Qwen3.7 Max $3.75 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
  • Longest contextGemini 3.8 FlashGemini 3.8 Flash 1,048,576 · Qwen3.7 Max 1,000,000 tokens
  • Widest inputsGemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.7 Max: Text · Gemini 3.8 Flash: Text, Images, PDFs, Audio, Video
  • Self-hostingNo open weightsBoth are available only through APIs
How the score is built
MeasureWeightQwen3.7 MaxGemini 3.8 Flash
CapabilityCapabilities Index (ECI)50%8387
Price25%2342
Inputs & features15%35100
Context window10%6061
Overall100%58/10075/100
02 — Side by side

Every spec in one table

Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.

Qwen3.7 Max vs Gemini 3.8 Flash specifications side by side
SpecificationQwen3.7 MaxAlibaba (Qwen)Gemini 3.8 FlashGoogle
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)153.7156.9 (best)
ECI rank#37 of 148#15 of 148 (best)
GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions90.9%95.4% (best)
FrontierMath Tiers 1–3Research-level mathematics64.6%68.4% (best)
OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics95.6%98.9% (best)
SWE-bench VerifiedFixing real GitHub issues77.3%—
SimpleQA VerifiedShort factual questions55.8%69.7% (best)
Price per million tokens
Input$2.50$0.75 (best)
Output$7.50$3.75 (best)
Cached input$0.50$0.075 (best)
Blended (3:1)$3.75$1.50 (best)
Long-context rateSame rateSame rate
Price sourceOfficial Alibaba APIOfficial Google API
Limits
Context window1,000,000 tokens1,048,576 tokens (best)
Max output65,536 tokens65,536 tokens
Inputs and features
TextYesYes
ImagesNoYes
PDFsNoYes
AudioNoYes
VideoNoYes
ReasoningYesYeslow · medium · high
Tool callingYesYes
Structured outputNoYes
Availability
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
API model IDqwen3.7-maxgemini-3.8-flash
API providers26 (best)21
ReleasedMay 21, 2026Sep 2, 2026
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03 — Cost

What would a month cost?

Enter your expected volume in millions of tokens. List prices only; caching and batch discounts would lower these.

  • Qwen3.7 Max$40.00
  • Gemini 3.8 Flash$15.00
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: Qwen3.7 Max or Gemini 3.8 Flash?

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the better all-round choice, scoring 75/100 against Qwen3.7 Max (58). It leads on capability, price and inputs & features. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.

Which is cheaper, Qwen3.7 Max or Gemini 3.8 Flash?

Gemini 3.8 Flash is cheaper at $0.75 input / $3.75 output per million tokens (official Google API price). Qwen3.7 Max costs $2.50 input / $7.50 output per million tokens (official Alibaba API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $1.50 per million tokens for Gemini 3.8 Flash versus $3.75 for Qwen3.7 Max (2.5× as much).

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher on the Capabilities Index (ECI): Gemini 3.8 Flash 156.9 (#15 of 148) and Qwen3.7 Max 153.7 (#37 of 148). The confidence ranges of the top two overlap (154.6–160.4 vs 151.9–156.0), so treat the gap as small. On individual benchmarks: GPQA Diamond — Gemini 3.8 Flash 95.4%, Qwen3.7 Max 90.9%; FrontierMath Tiers 1–3 — Gemini 3.8 Flash 68.4%, Qwen3.7 Max 64.6%; OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 — Gemini 3.8 Flash 98.9%, Qwen3.7 Max 95.6%; SimpleQA Verified — Gemini 3.8 Flash 69.7%, Qwen3.7 Max 55.8%.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Gemini 3.8 Flash yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, Gemini 3.8 Flash leads, which tends to carry over to coding, but test on your own codebase. Both support tool calling for agent workflows.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.8 Flash has the largest context window at 1,048,576 tokens, against 1,000,000 for Qwen3.7 Max. Maximum output per response: Qwen3.7 Max up to 65,536, Gemini 3.8 Flash up to 65,536 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

Qwen3.7 Max accepts text; Gemini 3.8 Flash accepts text, images, PDFs, audio and video. Gemini 3.8 Flash handles the widest range of inputs.

Are any of these open source?

No. Qwen3.7 Max and Gemini 3.8 Flash are proprietary and only available through APIs and apps.

Which is newer?

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the newest, released Sep 2, 2026. Qwen3.7 Max came out May 21, 2026.

How do you decide the winner?

Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Oct 4, 2026.

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