# Gemini 4 Argon vs Qwen3.8-Flash-Next

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemini 4 Argon and Qwen3.8-Flash-Next across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gemini-4-argon-vs-qwen3-8-flash-next
- Last updated: September 30, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Pick Gemini 4 Argon if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3.8-Flash-Next only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Gemini 4 Argon leads overall 64.59 to 61.13.
- The clearest category separation is in knowledge, where the averages are 72.9 for Gemini 4 Argon and 57.8 for Qwen3.8-Flash-Next.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is OSWorld 2.0 in Agentic, with scores of 69.2% and 19.4%.
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next also has the larger context window at 262K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemini 4 Argon | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | Alibaba |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | null | 262K |
| Overall Score | 64.59 | 61.13 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 17 | 24 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $2.00 / $10.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- Gemini 4 Argon public-lane score: 63.7 (Estimated · #14/119)
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: 57.9 (Estimated · #25/119)

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AutomationBench | 51.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Finance Agent v2 | 65.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 | 57.40% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam | 39.5% | 51.2% | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 69.2% | 19.4% | Gemini 4 Argon |
| CWE-bench v1 | 68.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench-Science 0.1 (6x verifier timeout) | 57.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CoWorkBench | Coming soon | 73.9% | Coming soon |
| JobBench | Coming soon | 55.7% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon-Verified | Coming soon | 73.5% | Coming soon |
| AndroidWorld | Coming soon | 84.5% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Gemini 4 Argon
- Gemini 4 Argon public-lane score: 68.4 (Supported · #8/144)
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: 55.3 (Supported · #31/144)

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| DeepSWE | 77.9% | 58.7% | Gemini 4 Argon |
| FrontierSWE v2 | 55.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | 91.90% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| PostTrainBench v1.1 | 45.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 62.5% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 81% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 48.1% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 91.9% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 4 Argon public-lane score: 77.1 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: 77.1 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Graphwalks BFS 128K | 99.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GraphWalks BFS 256K–1M | 84.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 4 Argon public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: 84.1 (#8/49)

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Chartography (no tools) | 71.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LVBench | 91.7% | 76.6% | Gemini 4 Argon |
| Vision2Web | Coming soon | 64.0% | Coming soon |
| ERQA | Coming soon | 72.3% | Coming soon |
| RealWorldQA | Coming soon | 88.5% | Coming soon |
| MathVision | Coming soon | 90.6% | Coming soon |
| MathVision w/ Python | Coming soon | 95.7% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | Coming soon | 84.6% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 90.6% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Gemini 4 Argon
- Gemini 4 Argon public-lane score: 72.9 (Supported · #11/170)
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: 57.8 (Supported · #45/170)

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LABBench2 | 88.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 91.7% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 91.7% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 35.9% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 35.9% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 4 Argon public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: 87.2 (#33/124)

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Gray Swan IPI (15 attempts) | 0.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFBench | Coming soon | 81.3% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Gemini 4 Argon or Qwen3.8-Flash-Next?

Gemini 4 Argon is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Gemini 4 Argon and Qwen3.8-Flash-Next?

The widest category gap is in knowledge, where the averages are 72.9 for Gemini 4 Argon and 57.8 for Qwen3.8-Flash-Next.

### How many benchmarks does Gemini 4 Argon cover on BenchLM?

Gemini 4 Argon currently has 17 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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