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Gemini 3.5 Flash-LitevsQwen3.8-Max
Qwen3.8-Max leads 5 of 5 shared benchmarks. Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite is 2.4x cheaper per token. Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite has the larger context window (1.0M tokens).
Benchmarks from cited public sources; pricing from official pages; status from official provider feeds.
Shared benchmarks
0 – 5
Qwen3.8-Max leads
Cheaper per token
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
2.4x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
1.0M tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
100% · —
Google · Qwen
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
Google · released 2026-07-21
textvisionaudio
Qwen3.8-Max
Qwen · released 2026-08-02
textvision
Quality
Benchmark matrix
5 shared · 0 only Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite · 3 only Qwen3.8-Max| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Qwen3.8-Max | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 5 | ||||
| GPQA Diamond | 83.3% ↗epoch | 92.6% ↗ | -9.3 pt | Qwen3.8-Max |
| LMArena Elo | 1435.5 ↗ | 1480.6 ↗ | -45.1 | Qwen3.8-Max |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 v2 (Epoch AI run) | 0% ↗epoch | 46.3% ↗epoch | -46.3 pt | Qwen3.8-Max |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run) | 26% ↗epoch | 74.7% ↗epoch | -48.7 pt | Qwen3.8-Max |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run) | 71.1% ↗epoch | 99.4% ↗epoch | -28.3 pt | Qwen3.8-Max |
| Only Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite reports · 0 | ||||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite reports nothing Qwen3.8-Max does not. | ||||
| Only Qwen3.8-Max reports · 3 | ||||
| SimpleQA Verified | not reported | 45.8% ↗epoch | — | — |
| SWE-Bench Pro | not reported | 67.7% ↗ | — | — |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | not reported | 86.6% ↗ | — | — |
Scores tagged "epoch" or "matharena" are independent runs, used only where the lab has not published its own; ⚠ marks rows MathArena flags as released after the competition. Higher is better on every row. Δ is Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite minus Qwen3.8-Max in the benchmark's own unit. "Not reported" means the lab has not published that figure; it is not a zero. ↗ opens the source.
Specs & pricing
Side by side
Official pricing pages and model cards| Spec | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Qwen3.8-Max | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 1.0M tokens | 1M tokens | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite |
| Max output | 66K tokens | 131K tokens | Qwen3.8-Max |
| Input price / 1M | $0.3 ↗ | $1.65 ↗ | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite |
| Output price / 1M | $2.5 ↗ | $4.95 ↗ | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.03 ↗ | — | — |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | $2.8 | $6.6 | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite |
| Modalities | text · vision · audio | text · vision | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite |
| Released | 2026-07-21 | 2026-08-02 | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 5 | 9 | — |
Reliability
Provider status
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