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Gemini 3 Flash Preview vs Qwen3.8 27B
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Winner summary
Qwen3.8 27B wins on 5/9 benchmarks
Qwen3.8 27B wins 5 of 9 shared benchmarks. Leads in agentic · reasoning · arena.
Category leads
speed·Gemini 3 Flash Previewagentic·Qwen3.8 27Breasoning·Qwen3.8 27Barena·Qwen3.8 27Bgeneral·Gemini 3 Flash Preview
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
#132 by perf·#6 by attention
Qwen3.8 27B
#111 by perf·#2 by attention
Best value
Qwen3.8 27B
1.2x better value than Gemini 3 Flash Preview
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
28.3 pts/$
$1.75/M
Qwen3.8 27B
35.2 pts/$
$1.49/M
Vendor risk
Who is behind the model
Google DeepMind
$4.27T·Tier 1
Alibaba (Qwen)
$293.0B·Tier 1
Head to head
9 benchmarks · 2 models
Gemini 3 Flash PreviewQwen3.8 27B
Artificial Analysis · Quality Index
Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads by +12.8
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
46.4
Qwen3.8 27B
33.7
APEX-Agents
Qwen3.8 27B leads by +23.5
APEX-Agents · evaluates AI agents on complex, multi-step tasks requiring planning, tool use, and autonomous decision-making in realistic environments.
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
24.0
Qwen3.8 27B
47.5
ARC-AGI
Qwen3.8 27B leads by +2.8
ARC-AGI · the original Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus, testing whether AI can solve novel visual pattern recognition tasks without memorization.
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
84.7
Qwen3.8 27B
87.5
ARC-AGI-2
Qwen3.8 27B leads by +8.8
ARC-AGI-2 · the second iteration of the Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus, testing novel pattern recognition and abstract reasoning without prior training data.
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
33.6
Qwen3.8 27B
42.4
Chatbot Arena Elo · Coding
Qwen3.8 27B leads by +152.4
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
1438.9
Qwen3.8 27B
1591.2
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall
Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads by +35.0
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
1472.7
Qwen3.8 27B
1437.7
Dtbench
Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads by +1.8
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
81.8
Qwen3.8 27B
80.0
Lmca
Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads by +2.1
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
50.7
Qwen3.8 27B
48.7
Proofbench
Qwen3.8 27B leads by +1.0
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
15.0
Qwen3.8 27B
16.0
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | Qwen3.8 27B |
|---|---|---|
Artificial Analysis · Quality Index | 46.4 | 33.7 |
APEX-Agents APEX-Agents · evaluates AI agents on complex, multi-step tasks requiring planning, tool use, and autonomous decision-making in realistic environments. | 24.0 | 47.5 |
ARC-AGI ARC-AGI · the original Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus, testing whether AI can solve novel visual pattern recognition tasks without memorization. | 84.7 | 87.5 |
ARC-AGI-2 ARC-AGI-2 · the second iteration of the Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus, testing novel pattern recognition and abstract reasoning without prior training data. | 33.6 | 42.4 |
Chatbot Arena Elo · Coding | 1438.9 | 1591.2 |
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall | 1472.7 | 1437.7 |
Dtbench | 81.8 | 80.0 |
Lmca | 50.7 | 48.7 |
Proofbench | 15.0 | 16.0 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0.50 | $3.00 | 1.0M tokens (~524 books) | $11.25 | |
| $0.42 | $2.55 | 1.0M tokens (~500 books) | $9.56 |