# Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite vs Qwen3.8-27B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite and Qwen3.8-27B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gemini-3-1-flash-lite-vs-qwen3-8-27b
- Last updated: September 28, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 6
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Pick Qwen3.8-27B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Qwen3.8-27B leads overall 55.26 to 50.03.
- The clearest category separation is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 38.5 for Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite and 80.9 for Qwen3.8-27B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) in Agentic, with scores of 34.1% and 58.4%.
- Qwen3.8-27B is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite | Qwen3.8-27B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | Alibaba |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 262K |
| Overall Score | 50.03 | 55.26 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 8 | 33 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.25 / $1.50 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 29.7 (Estimated · #80/117)
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 61.2 (Supported · #18/117)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Gert Labs | 38.46% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 34.1% | 58.4% | Qwen3.8-27B |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 73.0% | Coming soon |
| CoWorkBench | Coming soon | 70.7% | Coming soon |
| JobBench | Coming soon | 33.4% | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam | Coming soon | 42.9% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | Coming soon | 84.3% | Coming soon |
| WebArena-Verified | Coming soon | 64.8% | Coming soon |
| AndroidWorld | Coming soon | 81.9% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Directional only
- Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 27.4 (Estimated · #98/142)
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 48.7 (Supported · #45/142)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Vibe Code Bench | 0.00% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 80.1% | 84.0% | Qwen3.8-27B |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 62.8% | 86.0% | Qwen3.8-27B |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 73.0% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 61.7% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 42.3% | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 42.2% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 90.3% | Coming soon |
| VulcanBench v3 | Coming soon | 82.6% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 78.7 (#8/27)

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 38.5 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 80.9 (#11/50)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CharXiv | 73.2% | 90.2% | Qwen3.8-27B |
| MathVision | Coming soon | 90.0% | Coming soon |
| MathVision w/ Python | Coming soon | 94.6% | Coming soon |
| BabyVision | Coming soon | 65.7% | Coming soon |
| BabyVision w/ Python | Coming soon | 85.6% | Coming soon |
| Vision2Web | Coming soon | 62.9% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | Coming soon | 83.7% | Coming soon |
| OmniDocBench 1.5 | Coming soon | 91.1% | Coming soon |
| RealWorldQA | Coming soon | 85.9% | Coming soon |
| ERQA | Coming soon | 65.5% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 47.8 (Estimated · #71/168)
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 49.2 (Supported · #63/168)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 81.1% | 88.9% | Qwen3.8-27B |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 86.2% | 84.3% | Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 89.2% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 89.2% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 30.8% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 30.8% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 83.2 (#45/124)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 79.5% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite or Qwen3.8-27B?

Qwen3.8-27B is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite and Qwen3.8-27B?

The widest category gap is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 38.5 for Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite and 80.9 for Qwen3.8-27B.

### How many benchmarks does Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite cover on BenchLM?

Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite currently has 8 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Qwen3.8-27B cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.8-27B currently has 33 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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