# dots3-note Preview vs Qwen3.8-Flash-Next

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for dots3-note Preview and Qwen3.8-Flash-Next across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/dots3-note-preview-vs-qwen3-8-flash-next
- Last updated: October 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 9
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Qwen3.8-Flash-Next leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next has the higher overall point estimate 64.23 to 64.05. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 79.6 for dots3-note Preview and 87.7 for Qwen3.8-Flash-Next.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Toolathlon-Verified in Agentic, with scores of 55.6% and 73.5%.
- dots3-note Preview also has the larger context window at 512K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | dots3-note Preview | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Dots Studio | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 512K | 262K |
| Overall Score | 64.05 | 64.23 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 31 | 24 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: 58.1 (Estimated · #28/123)
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: 59.5 (Estimated · #24/123)

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Claw-Eval | 73.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 75.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon-Verified | 55.6% | 73.5% | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next |
| skillsBench | 52.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| APEX-Agents | 30.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 83.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | 52.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | 92.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | 78.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CoWorkBench | Coming soon | 73.9% | Coming soon |
| JobBench | Coming soon | 55.7% | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam | Coming soon | 51.2% | Coming soon |
| AndroidWorld | Coming soon | 84.5% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | Coming soon | 19.4% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: 52.4 (Supported · #37/146)

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Codeforces | 3056.0 | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 91.5% | 91.9% | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 75.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | 78.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | 75.7% | 81% | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next |
| SWE-bench Pro | 61% | 62.5% | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next |
| NL2Repo | 49.8% | 48.1% | dots3-note Preview |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 58.7% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: 76.6 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: 80.9 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 81.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: 79.6 (Unranked · 10 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: 87.7 (#8/54)

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SimpleVQA | 72.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | 79.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MathVision | 87.7% | 90.6% | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next |
| ZeroBench | 19.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | 83.1% | 84.6% | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next |
| GDP.pdf (no tools) | 60.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| PerceptionBench | 53.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BabyVision | 50.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMVU | 79.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | 86.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Vision2Web | Coming soon | 64.0% | Coming soon |
| ERQA | Coming soon | 72.3% | Coming soon |
| LVBench | Coming soon | 76.6% | Coming soon |
| RealWorldQA | Coming soon | 88.5% | Coming soon |
| MathVision w/ Python | Coming soon | 95.7% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 90.6% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: 59.4 (Supported · #47/177)

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HLE | 52.6% | 35.9% | dots3-note Preview |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 91.7% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 91.7% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 35.9% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Qwen3.8-Flash-Next
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: 89.1 (#31/127)
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: 91.2 (#22/127)

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 80.4% | 81.3% | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next |
| IFEval | 93.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IMOAnswerBench | 90.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, dots3-note Preview or Qwen3.8-Flash-Next?

Qwen3.8-Flash-Next has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### Where is the biggest gap between dots3-note Preview and Qwen3.8-Flash-Next?

The widest category gap is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 79.6 for dots3-note Preview and 87.7 for Qwen3.8-Flash-Next.

### How many benchmarks does dots3-note Preview cover on BenchLM?

dots3-note Preview currently has 31 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Qwen3.8-Flash-Next cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.8-Flash-Next currently has 24 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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