Pairwise benchmark snapshot · Aug 16, 2026

Gemini 3.7 Flash vs Qwen3.8 27B benchmark

Name: Gemini 3.7 Flash vs Qwen3.8 27B AI benchmark comparison
Creator: CompareLLM
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

In this head-to-head showdown, Gemini 3.7 Flash delivers higher overall intelligence and human-preferred responses (Elo 1,530 vs 1,398), while Gemini 3.7 Flash leads in SWE-bench software engineering benchmarks (72.4%), while Qwen3.8 27B is more budget-friendly at $0.4/1M per 1M output tokens, while Gemini 3.7 Flash provides faster response streaming (215 tok/s). Review the complete breakdown below to determine which model best fits your performance and budget requirements.

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Verified Head-to-Head Advantage Breakdown

10 direct benchmark disciplines evaluated across capability, speed, and cost

Gemini 3.7 Flash (8)Qwen3.8 27B (2)

Gemini 3.7 Flash

8 of 10 Wins

✓Preference Elo✓Coding Elo✓LiveBench✓SWE-bench✓GPQA Diamond✓Time to first token✓Output speed✓Context window

Qwen3.8 27B

2 of 10 Wins

✓Input price✓Output price

Google

Leads 8 of 10 metrics

Gemini 3.7 Flash

Google Aug 13 2026 workhorse. Official intro price $0.75/$3.75 per 1M through Dec 31 2026; 1,048,576-token context (Google blog).

3.7 Flash SpeedElo 1,530$3.75/1M out

Alibaba

Leads 2 of 10 metrics

Qwen3.8 27B

Alibaba open-weight 27B drop dated Aug 14 2026. Dense enough to self-host; not a frontier MoE.

27B DenseElo 1,398$0.4/1M out

Gemini 3 Series Lineage & Sibling Variants

5 models

Currently comparing Gemini 3.7 Flash vs Qwen3.8 27B. Alternative family tiers available.

Active: Gemini 3.7 Flash

Gemini 3 Pro$5 Gemini 3 Flash$0.6 Gemini 3.6 Pro$5 Gemini 3.6 Flash$3.75

Top Rival Showdowns for Gemini 3.7 Flash

All Matchups

Compare vs:vs Claude Opus 4.5 vs GPT-5 vs Grok 4.6 vs DeepSeek V4 Pro vs Qwen 3 Max

Preference LeaderGemini 3.7 Flash Wins

Gemini 3.7 Flash

Δ 132 Arena Elo pts

Throughput LeaderGemini 3.7 Flash Wins

Gemini 3.7 Flash

215 tok/s

Value per Dollar LeaderQwen3.8 27B Wins

Qwen3.8 27B

$0.4 / 1M output

Capability Percentiles

Relative percentile scores computed across all active models in the benchmark catalog.

Multi-Dimensional Capability Radar

Leaders Matchup Capability Radar

Comparing top Western standard models with China's leading frontier rival across 6 skill dimensions. Tap any spoke or dot to inspect.

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Percentile 0–100

Head-to-Head Comparison

Overall Matchup Breakdown

Category wins across reasoning intelligence, generation speed, and token cost.

Gemini 3.7 Flash (8)vsQwen3.8 27B (2)

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 8W (80%)Overall: Gemini 3.7 FlashQwen3.8 27B: 2W (20%)

← Gemini 3.7 FlashQwen3.8 27B →

🏆Gemini 3.7 Flash(5/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

Preference Elo, Coding proficiency, SWE-bench & LiveBench accuracy

Benchmark

Gemini 3.7 FlashvsQwen3.8 27B

Preference Elo

1,530vs1,398+132

Coding Elo

1,546vs1,422+124

SWE-bench

72.4%vs58.8%+13.6%

LiveBench

69.6%vs60.6%+9%

GPQA Diamond

81.2%vs73.4%+7.8%

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 5WQwen3.8 27B: 0W

🏆Gemini 3.7 Flash(2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Benchmark

Gemini 3.7 FlashvsQwen3.8 27B

Output speed

215 tok/svs152 tok/s+63 tok/s

Time to first token

82 msvs140 ms+58 ms

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 2WQwen3.8 27B: 0W

🏆Qwen3.8 27B(2/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Benchmark

Gemini 3.7 FlashvsQwen3.8 27B

Output price

$3.75/1Mvs$0.4/1M+$3.35/1M

Input price

$0.75/1Mvs$0.1/1M+$0.65/1M

Context window

1Mvs131k+918k

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 1WQwen3.8 27B: 2W

Side-by-Side Benchmark Matrix

Preference Elo+132

Gemini 3.7 Flash1,530

seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026

Qwen3.8 27B1,398

seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026

Coding Elo+124

Gemini 3.7 Flash1,546

seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026

Qwen3.8 27B1,422

seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026

LiveBench+9%

Gemini 3.7 Flash69.6%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026

Qwen3.8 27B60.6%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026

SWE-bench+13.6%

Gemini 3.7 Flash72.4%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026

Qwen3.8 27B58.8%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026

GPQA Diamond+7.8%

Gemini 3.7 Flash81.2%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026

Qwen3.8 27B73.4%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026

Time to first token+58 ms

Gemini 3.7 Flash82 ms

seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026

Qwen3.8 27B140 ms

seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026

Output speed+63 tok/s

Gemini 3.7 Flash215 tok/s

seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026

Qwen3.8 27B152 tok/s

seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026

Input price+$0.65/1M

Gemini 3.7 Flash$0.75/1M

seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026

Qwen3.8 27B$0.1/1M

seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026

Output price+$3.35/1M

Gemini 3.7 Flash$3.75/1M

seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026

Qwen3.8 27B$0.4/1M

seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026

Context window+918k

Gemini 3.7 Flash1M

seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026

Qwen3.8 27B131k

seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026

Benchmark	Gemini 3.7 Flash	Qwen3.8 27B	Advantage Delta
Preference Elo	1,530 seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026	1,398 seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026	+132
Coding Elo	1,546 seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026	1,422 seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026	+124
LiveBench	69.6% seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026	60.6% seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026	+9%
SWE-bench	72.4% seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026	58.8% seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026	+13.6%
GPQA Diamond	81.2% seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026	73.4% seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026	+7.8%
Time to first token	82 ms seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026	140 ms seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026	+58 ms
Output speed	215 tok/s seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026	152 tok/s seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026	+63 tok/s
Input price	$0.75/1M seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026	$0.1/1M seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026	+$0.65/1M
Output price	$3.75/1M seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026	$0.4/1M seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026	+$3.35/1M
Context window	1M seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026	131k seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026	+918k

Interactive Simulator (USD)

Workload Cost & Savings Calculator

Simulate monthly production API costs in USD (US Dollar).

Save up to 88% with Qwen3.8 27B

Monthly Volume50M tokens/mo

Quick Presets:

Token Ratio (In vs Out)70% In / 30% Out

RAG / Search (10% out)Coding / Chat (50% out)

Gemini 3.7 Flash$82.50 / mo

In: $26.25Out: $56.25

Qwen3.8 27B$9.50 / mo

In: $3.5Out: $6

Estimated Cost Delta

Qwen3.8 27B is estimated to save $73.00/month ($876/year).

Based on 50M tokens (30% gen)

Key Selection Recommendations

1
Gemini 3.7 Flash:Pick Gemini 3.7 Flash when repo-level coding accuracy is the constraint.
2
Qwen3.8 27B:Pick Qwen3.8 27B when you are optimizing output cost.
3
Gemini 3.7 Flash:Pick Gemini 3.7 Flash when time-to-first-token matters more than peak Elo.

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsGemini 3.7 Flash

Higher SWE-bench (72.4%).

High-volume chatQwen3.8 27B

Lower output list price ($0.4/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIGemini 3.7 Flash

Lower TTFT (82 ms).

Long-document RAGGemini 3.7 Flash

Larger window (1M).

Screenshots / visionGemini 3.7 Flash

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	Gemini 3.7 Flash	Higher SWE-bench (72.4%).
High-volume chat	Qwen3.8 27B	Lower output list price ($0.4/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	Gemini 3.7 Flash	Lower TTFT (82 ms).
Long-document RAG	Gemini 3.7 Flash	Larger window (1M).
Screenshots / vision	Gemini 3.7 Flash	Gemini 3.7 Flash is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Related Editorial Dispatches & Benchmark Notes

View all news

launchAug 14, 2026

Qwen3.8 27B (Aug 14): dense enough to self-host, not a frontier MoE

Alibaba open-weight 27B drop. Local/open-weight lists should see it. It will not win frontier-agents.

compareAug 13, 2026

Gemini Flash vs Pro: when Flash is the whole product

3.7 Flash vs 3.6 Pro is the current Google volume-versus-upgrade pair.

priceAug 13, 2026

Gemini 3.6 Flash (Jul 21) now shares the 3.7 intro rate

Jul 21 workhorse that inherited $0.75/$3.75 through year-end. Keep the row; 3.7 is the newer sibling.

launchAug 13, 2026

Gemini 3.7 Flash (Aug 13): $0.75/$3.75 intro through Dec 31 2026

Google’s current workhorse drop. Official intro list and 1,048,576-token context. Compare to Luna and Haiku.

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LIVE BENCHMARK

Google

Gemini 3.7 Flash

Elo 1,530

SWE-bench72.4%

Speed (tok/s)215 tok/s

Input / 1M Tokens$0.75/1M

Output / 1M Tokens$3.75/1M

Alibaba

Qwen3.8 27B

Elo 1,398

SWE-bench58.8%

Speed (tok/s)152 tok/s

Input / 1M Tokens$0.1/1M

Output / 1M Tokens$0.4/1M

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Gemini 3.7 Flash or Qwen3.8 27B?: Gemini 3.7 Flash has the higher preference Elo in our latest snapshot (1,530). “Better” still depends on coding, price, and latency — see the table.
Which is better at coding, Gemini 3.7 Flash or Qwen3.8 27B?: Gemini 3.7 Flash leads SWE-bench at 72.4% vs 58.8%. SWE-bench is one harness, not your repo.
Which is cheaper to run in production?: Qwen3.8 27B output tokens are $0.4/1M versus $3.75/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.
Which is faster, Gemini 3.7 Flash or Qwen3.8 27B?: Gemini 3.7 Flash has the lower time-to-first-token (82 ms vs 140 ms). Tokens/sec is a separate column if you care about long completions.
Which has the larger context window?: Gemini 3.7 Flash accepts 1M tokens versus 131k.
Can I self-host either model?: Qwen3.8 27B is marked open-weights in our catalog. The other side is a closed API. Check the provider license before you ship weights.
Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?: No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.
What does preference Elo mean on this page?: Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Gemini 3.7 Flash and Qwen3.8 27B Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

Similar Head-to-Head Comparisons

All Gemini 3.7 Flash matchups →|All Qwen3.8 27B matchups →

Gemini 3.7 Flash vs Gemini 3.6 Flash (previous gemini-flash)Qwen 3 Max vs Gemini 3.7 Flash Gemini 3 Pro vs Gemini 3.7 Flash Gemini 3 Flash vs Gemini 3.7 Flash Qwen QwQ 32B vs Gemini 3.7 Flash Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking vs Gemini 3.7 Flash

Gemini 3.7 Flash vs Qwen3.8 27B benchmark

Capability Percentiles

Relative percentile scores computed across all active models in the benchmark catalog.

Multi-Dimensional Capability Radar

Leaders Matchup Capability Radar

Comparing top Western standard models with China's leading frontier rival across 6 skill dimensions. Tap any spoke or dot to inspect.

Tap any node to inspect

Percentile 0–100

Benchmark

Gemini 3.7 Flash

Qwen3.8 27B

Advantage Delta

Preference Elo

1,530

seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026

1,398

seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026

+132

Coding Elo

1,546

seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026

1,422

seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026

+124

LiveBench

69.6%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026

60.6%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026

+9%

SWE-bench

72.4%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026

58.8%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026

+13.6%

GPQA Diamond

81.2%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026

73.4%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026

+7.8%

Time to first token

82 ms

seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026

140 ms

seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026

+58 ms

Output speed

215 tok/s

seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026

152 tok/s

seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026

+63 tok/s

Input price

$0.75/1M

seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026

$0.1/1M

seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026

+$0.65/1M

Output price

$3.75/1M

seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026

$0.4/1M

seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026

+$3.35/1M

Context window

seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026

131k

seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026

+918k

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsGemini 3.7 Flash

Higher SWE-bench (72.4%).

High-volume chatQwen3.8 27B

Lower output list price ($0.4/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIGemini 3.7 Flash

Lower TTFT (82 ms).

Long-document RAGGemini 3.7 Flash

Larger window (1M).

Screenshots / visionGemini 3.7 Flash

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	Gemini 3.7 Flash	Higher SWE-bench (72.4%).
High-volume chat	Qwen3.8 27B	Lower output list price ($0.4/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	Gemini 3.7 Flash	Lower TTFT (82 ms).
Long-document RAG	Gemini 3.7 Flash	Larger window (1M).
Screenshots / vision	Gemini 3.7 Flash	Gemini 3.7 Flash is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Gemini 3.7 Flash or Qwen3.8 27B?

Gemini 3.7 Flash has the higher preference Elo in our latest snapshot (1,530). “Better” still depends on coding, price, and latency — see the table.

Which is better at coding, Gemini 3.7 Flash or Qwen3.8 27B?

Gemini 3.7 Flash leads SWE-bench at 72.4% vs 58.8%. SWE-bench is one harness, not your repo.

Which is cheaper to run in production?

Qwen3.8 27B output tokens are $0.4/1M versus $3.75/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.

Which is faster, Gemini 3.7 Flash or Qwen3.8 27B?

Gemini 3.7 Flash has the lower time-to-first-token (82 ms vs 140 ms). Tokens/sec is a separate column if you care about long completions.

Which has the larger context window?

Gemini 3.7 Flash accepts 1M tokens versus 131k.

Can I self-host either model?

Qwen3.8 27B is marked open-weights in our catalog. The other side is a closed API. Check the provider license before you ship weights.

Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?

No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.

What does preference Elo mean on this page?

Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Gemini 3.7 Flash and Qwen3.8 27B Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

Verified Head-to-Head Advantage Breakdown

Gemini 3 Series Lineage & Sibling Variants

Gemini 3.7 Flash

Gemini 3.7 Flash

Qwen3.8 27B

Capability Percentiles

Leaders Matchup Capability Radar

Overall Matchup Breakdown

Intelligence & Reasoning

Speed & Latency

Pricing & Capacity

Side-by-Side Benchmark Matrix

Workload Cost & Savings Calculator

Key Selection Recommendations

Recommended Workload Routing

Related Editorial Dispatches & Benchmark Notes

Qwen3.8 27B (Aug 14): dense enough to self-host, not a frontier MoE

Gemini Flash vs Pro: when Flash is the whole product

Gemini 3.6 Flash (Jul 21) now shares the 3.7 intro rate

Gemini 3.7 Flash (Aug 13): $0.75/$3.75 intro through Dec 31 2026

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Verified Head-to-Head Advantage Breakdown

Gemini 3 Series Lineage & Sibling Variants

Gemini 3.7 Flash

Gemini 3.7 Flash

Qwen3.8 27B

Capability Percentiles

Leaders Matchup Capability Radar

Overall Matchup Breakdown

Intelligence & Reasoning

Speed & Latency

Pricing & Capacity

Side-by-Side Benchmark Matrix

Workload Cost & Savings Calculator

Key Selection Recommendations

Recommended Workload Routing

Related Editorial Dispatches & Benchmark Notes

Qwen3.8 27B (Aug 14): dense enough to self-host, not a frontier MoE

Gemini Flash vs Pro: when Flash is the whole product

Gemini 3.6 Flash (Jul 21) now shares the 3.7 intro rate

Gemini 3.7 Flash (Aug 13): $0.75/$3.75 intro through Dec 31 2026

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