# Qwen3.7 Max vs Qwen3.8-Flash-Next

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Qwen3.7 Max and Qwen3.8-Flash-Next across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/qwen3-7-max-vs-qwen3-8-flash-next
- Last updated: October 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 8
- 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 62.63. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in agentic, where the averages are 39.3 for Qwen3.7 Max and 59.5 for Qwen3.8-Flash-Next.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is HLE in Knowledge, with scores of 41.4% and 35.9%.
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Qwen3.7 Max also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Qwen3.7 Max | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Alibaba | Alibaba |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 262K |
| Overall Score | 62.63 | 64.23 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 41 | 24 |
| Pricing (input/output) | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: 39.3 (Supported · #65/123)
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: 59.5 (Estimated · #24/123)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.7 Max | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 69.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| QwenClawBench | 64.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | 65.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BFCL v4 | 75.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 76.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VITA-Bench | 47.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | 53.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 64.27% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | 18.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 61.0% | 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 |
| Toolathlon-Verified | Coming soon | 73.5% | Coming soon |
| AndroidWorld | Coming soon | 84.5% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | Coming soon | 19.4% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Qwen3.8-Flash-Next
- Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: 44.8 (Supported · #52/146)
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: 52.4 (Supported · #37/146)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.7 Max | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 80.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 60.6% | 62.5% | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next |
| SWE Multilingual | 78.3% | 81% | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next |
| NL2Repo | 47.2% | 48.1% | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next |
| SciCode | 53.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 91.6% | 91.9% | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 69.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OpenHarmony Bench | 53.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 87.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 68.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 58.7% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: 82.4 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: 80.9 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.7 Max | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MRCRv2 | 90.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CritPt | 13.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: 87.7 (#8/54)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.7 Max | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| 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 | 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: Qwen3.7 Max
- Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: 61 (Supported · #42/177)
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: 59.4 (Supported · #47/177)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.7 Max | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 92.4% | 91.7% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| GPQA-D | 92.4% | 91.7% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| HLE | 41.4% | 35.9% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| MMLU-Pro | 89.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Redux | 95% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | 73.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMLU | 90.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 90.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 89.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 35.9% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: 100 (#1/17)
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen3.7 Max | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | 87% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| NOVA-63 | 59.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| INCLUDE | 86.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MAXIFE | 89.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| PolyMath | 86.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Qwen3.7 Max
- Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: 92.8 (#16/127)
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: 91.2 (#22/127)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.7 Max | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 94.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFBench | 79.1% | 81.3% | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: 82.5 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen3.7 Max | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 97.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IMOAnswerBench | 90.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Apex | 44.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Qwen3.7 Max 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 Qwen3.7 Max and Qwen3.8-Flash-Next?

The widest category gap is in agentic, where the averages are 39.3 for Qwen3.7 Max and 59.5 for Qwen3.8-Flash-Next.

### How many benchmarks does Qwen3.7 Max cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.7 Max currently has 41 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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