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Gemma 4 12B vs Qwen3.8 Max

Updated August 3, 2026. Public scores include evidence status and uncertainty. They are not guarantees for a specific workload.

Gemma 4 12B

Google

46.3/100

Estimated · Public rank #147

90% interval 34.8–57.8

Qwen3.8 Max

Alibaba

65.4/100

Estimated · Public rank #31

90% interval 55.5–75.3

Qwen3.8 Max has the higher public score estimate, 65.4 versus 46.28, but the 90% score intervals overlap. Treat that as a lead, not a settled winner.

7 results are shared. Category rows based on different benchmark sets are marked directional and do not name a winner.

Which one for your work

Recommendations appear only when a shared evidence basis or an explicit operating constraint supports the call. Secondary and unsupported use cases stay disclosed below the initial list.

  • Long documents

    Prompts that approach the documented context limit

    Qwen3.8 Max

    Qwen3.8 Max has the larger documented context window.

    Confidence: documented

Show secondary and unsupported calls

  • Coding work

    Code generation, repair, and software-engineering tasks

    Not enough matched evidence

    No shared weighted benchmark basis supports a winner.

    Confidence: limited

  • Agentic work

    Tool use, computer use, and multi-step task completion

    Not enough matched evidence

    No shared weighted benchmark basis supports a winner.

    Confidence: limited

  • Chat turn cost

    1K fresh input + 500 output tokens

    Not enough matched evidence

    A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.

    Confidence: listed-rates

  • Cache-heavy agent loop cost

    200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens

    Not enough matched evidence

    A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.

    Confidence: listed-rates

  • Repository review cost

    50K fresh input + 3K output tokens

    Not enough matched evidence

    A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.

    Confidence: listed-rates

What is actually comparable

Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results present for only one model describe coverage, not superiority.

Shared results
7
Gemma 4 12B only
5
Qwen3.8 Max only
45
Like-for-like categories
0 / 8

3 categories use different evidence sets. Those rows remain visible for coverage context but do not name a winner.

Category results, on a stated basis

Each row states whether both averages use the same weighted benchmark set. Directional and not-comparable rows remain visible, but they never receive a winner in this template.

Reasoning

Directional only
Gemma 4 12B
43.4
Qwen3.8 Max
78.3
Weighted basis
1 vs 2 rows
Reading
Directional only

Knowledge

Directional only
Gemma 4 12B
77.5
Qwen3.8 Max
50.2
Weighted basis
2 vs 2 rows
Reading
Directional only

Multimodal

Directional only
Gemma 4 12B
69.1
Qwen3.8 Max
86.3
Weighted basis
1 vs 2 rows
Reading
Directional only

Agentic

Not comparable
Gemma 4 12B
Not measured
Qwen3.8 Max
86.1
Weighted basis
0 vs 1 rows
Reading
Not comparable

Coding

Not comparable
Gemma 4 12B
Not measured
Qwen3.8 Max
67.7
Weighted basis
0 vs 1 rows
Reading
Not comparable

Math

Not comparable
Gemma 4 12B
77.5
Qwen3.8 Max
Not measured
Weighted basis
1 vs 0 rows
Reading
Not comparable

Multilingual

Not comparable
Gemma 4 12B
Not measured
Qwen3.8 Max
Not measured
Weighted basis
0 vs 0 rows
Reading
Not comparable

Instruction following

Not comparable
Gemma 4 12B
Not measured
Qwen3.8 Max
82.8
Weighted basis
0 vs 1 rows
Reading
Not comparable

Shape of the matched evidence

Only shared public evidence is shown. Sparse evidence stays a ruled list rather than being closed into a radar shape.

Too few matched category axes support a radar. The ruled list below shows only shared benchmark results; positions use each benchmark’s normalized display scale when available.

What each workload costs

Three fixed token mixes turn per-token rates into comparable decisions. Each scenario states context fit and whether cached input had to fall back to the published list-input rate.

Chat turn

1K fresh input + 500 output tokens

Gemma 4 12B
API rate not published
Fits in one request
Qwen3.8 Max
API rate not published
Fits in one request

Gemma 4 12B has no comparable published API token rate. Qwen3.8 Max has no comparable published API token rate.

Repository review

50K fresh input + 3K output tokens

Gemma 4 12B
API rate not published
Fits in one request
Qwen3.8 Max
API rate not published
Fits in one request

Gemma 4 12B has no comparable published API token rate. Qwen3.8 Max has no comparable published API token rate.

Cache-heavy agent loop

200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens

Gemma 4 12B
API rate not published
Fits in one request
Cached-input rate unavailable
Qwen3.8 Max
API rate not published
Fits in one request
Cached-input rate unavailable

Gemma 4 12B has no comparable published API token rate. Qwen3.8 Max has no comparable published API token rate.

Specification differences

Sourced differences are shown directly. Missing facts stay explicit instead of being inferred from a model name or family.

Cached-input rate

A missing cached-input rate falls back to the listed input rate only in the stated workload estimate.

Gemma 4 12B

No comparable hosted API rate

Qwen3.8 Max

No comparable hosted API rate

Alibaba Cloud Model Studio pricing

Reasoning profile

Gemma 4 12B

Reasoning

Qwen3.8 Max

Reasoning

Weight access

Gemma 4 12B

Open Weight

Qwen3.8 Max

Proprietary

License

Gemma 4 12B

Open Weight

Qwen3.8 Max

Proprietary

Release date

Gemma 4 12B

2026-06-03

Qwen3.8 Max

2026-08-03

If you already use one of these models
Deployment change
The models list different providers, so authentication, endpoint behavior, limits, and feature support may change.
Quality signal
Qwen3.8 Max has the higher public score estimate, 65.4 versus 46.28, but the 90% score intervals overlap.
Workload cost
A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.
Context tradeoff
Qwen3.8 Max has the larger documented window (1M).

Run the same representative tasks against both endpoints before changing production traffic.

Benchmark evidence

The full public result ledger is available for audit without forcing a wide desktop table onto a phone.

Browse raw public benchmark evidence57 rows

Agentic

  • Terminal-Bench 2.1

    Gemma 4 12B—
    Qwen3.8 Max86.6%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • CoWorkBench

    Gemma 4 12B—
    Qwen3.8 Max74.8%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • JobBench

    Gemma 4 12B—
    Qwen3.8 Max53.4%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • skillsBench

    Gemma 4 12B—
    Qwen3.8 Max70.2%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • Agents' Last Exam

    Gemma 4 12B—
    Qwen3.8 Max52.4%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • AutomationBench

    Gemma 4 12B—
    Qwen3.8 Max27.3%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • Toolathlon-Verified

    Gemma 4 12B—
    Qwen3.8 Max72.5%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • WideResearch

    Gemma 4 12B—
    Qwen3.8 Max81.9%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • HLE w/ tools

    Gemma 4 12B—
    Qwen3.8 Max56.2%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • OSWorld-Verified

    Gemma 4 12B—
    Qwen3.8 Max86.1%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • OSWorld 2.0

    Gemma 4 12B—
    Qwen3.8 Max19.4%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • WebArena-Verified

    Gemma 4 12B—
    Qwen3.8 Max66.8%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • AndroidWorld

    Gemma 4 12B—
    Qwen3.8 Max85.3%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • MobileWorld

    Gemma 4 12B—
    Qwen3.8 Max77.8%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Coding

  • LiveCodeBench v6

    Gemma 4 12B72.0%
    Source
    Qwen3.8 Max—

    Not directly comparable

  • Terminal-Bench 2.1

    Gemma 4 12B—
    Qwen3.8 Max86.6%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • SWE-bench Pro

    Gemma 4 12B—
    Qwen3.8 Max67.7%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • deepSwe

    Gemma 4 12B—
    Qwen3.8 Max56.6%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • NL2Repo

    Gemma 4 12B—
    Qwen3.8 Max55.9%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • FrontierSWE

    Gemma 4 12B—
    Qwen3.8 Max73.5%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • MLS-Bench Lite

    Gemma 4 12B—
    Qwen3.8 Max41.0%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • PaperBench

    Gemma 4 12B—
    Qwen3.8 Max93.0%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Reasoning

  • BBH

    Gemma 4 12B53%
    Source
    Qwen3.8 Max—

    Not directly comparable

  • MRCRv2

    Gemma 4 12B43.4%
    Source
    Qwen3.8 Max92.9%
    Source

    Qwen3.8 Max leads this result

  • LongBench v2

    Gemma 4 12B—
    Qwen3.8 Max66.3%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Knowledge

  • GPQA

    Gemma 4 12B78.8%
    Source
    Qwen3.8 Max92.6%
    Source

    Qwen3.8 Max leads this result

  • GPQA-D

    Gemma 4 12B78.8%
    Source
    Qwen3.8 Max92.6%
    Source

    Qwen3.8 Max leads this result

  • MMLU-Pro

    Gemma 4 12B77.2%
    Source
    Qwen3.8 Max—

    Not directly comparable

  • HLE w/o tools

    Gemma 4 12B5.2%
    Source
    Qwen3.8 Max43.6%
    Source

    Qwen3.8 Max leads this result

  • MMMLU

    Gemma 4 12B83.4%
    Source
    Qwen3.8 Max—

    Not directly comparable

  • HLE

    Gemma 4 12B—
    Qwen3.8 Max43.6%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Math

  • AIME26

    Gemma 4 12B77.5%
    Source
    Qwen3.8 Max—

    Not directly comparable

Multimodal

  • MMMU-Pro

    Gemma 4 12B69.1%
    Source
    Qwen3.8 Max82.3%
    Source

    Qwen3.8 Max leads this result

  • MathVision

    Gemma 4 12B79.7%
    Source
    Qwen3.8 Max95.2%
    Source

    Qwen3.8 Max leads this result

  • MedXpertQA (MM)

    Gemma 4 12B48.7%
    Source
    Qwen3.8 Max80.4%
    Source

    Qwen3.8 Max leads this result

  • MathVision w/ Python

    Gemma 4 12B—
    Qwen3.8 Max97.7%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • BabyVision

    Gemma 4 12B—
    Qwen3.8 Max82.0%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • BabyVision w/ Python

    Gemma 4 12B—
    Qwen3.8 Max91.3%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • ZeroBench

    Gemma 4 12B—
    Qwen3.8 Max24.0%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • ZeroBench w/ Python

    Gemma 4 12B—
    Qwen3.8 Max49.0%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • ScreenSpot Pro

    Gemma 4 12B—
    Qwen3.8 Max84.5%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • Vision2Web

    Gemma 4 12B—
    Qwen3.8 Max69.0%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • CharXiv w/o tools

    Gemma 4 12B—
    Qwen3.8 Max88.4%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • CharXiv

    Gemma 4 12B—
    Qwen3.8 Max93.5%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • OmniDocBench 1.5

    Gemma 4 12B—
    Qwen3.8 Max92.1%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • OCRBench V2

    Gemma 4 12B—
    Qwen3.8 Max74.2%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • CC-OCR

    Gemma 4 12B—
    Qwen3.8 Max79.6%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • RealWorldQA

    Gemma 4 12B—
    Qwen3.8 Max88.0%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • ERQA

    Gemma 4 12B—
    Qwen3.8 Max77.8%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • SimpleVQA

    Gemma 4 12B—
    Qwen3.8 Max75.0%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • PerceptionBench

    Gemma 4 12B—
    Qwen3.8 Max63.5%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • Video-MME (with subtitle)

    Gemma 4 12B—
    Qwen3.8 Max90.4%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • VideoMMMU

    Gemma 4 12B—
    Qwen3.8 Max88.7%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • MMVU

    Gemma 4 12B—
    Qwen3.8 Max82.4%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • MLVU (M-Avg)

    Gemma 4 12B—
    Qwen3.8 Max90.8%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • LVBench

    Gemma 4 12B—
    Qwen3.8 Max81.8%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Instruction following

  • IFBench

    Gemma 4 12B—
    Qwen3.8 Max82.8%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Frequently asked questions

Which is better, Gemma 4 12B or Qwen3.8 Max?

Qwen3.8 Max has the higher public score estimate, 65.4 versus 46.28, but the 90% score intervals overlap. The higher estimate is not a decisive winner because the uncertainty ranges overlap.

Which is better for coding, Gemma 4 12B or Qwen3.8 Max?

The published evidence does not provide a shared weighted coding basis for both models, so BenchLM does not name a coding winner.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Gemma 4 12B or Qwen3.8 Max?

The published evidence does not provide a shared weighted agentic tasks basis for both models, so BenchLM does not name a agentic tasks winner.

Which costs less, Gemma 4 12B or Qwen3.8 Max?

Both models do not have comparable published API token rates, so this page does not name a universal price winner.

Which has the larger context window, Gemma 4 12B or Qwen3.8 Max?

Qwen3.8 Max has the larger documented context window: 1M, compared with 256K.

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