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

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

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

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 22
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Qwen3.8 Max 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 Max has the higher overall point estimate 70.66 to 64.23. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in knowledge, where the averages are 59.4 for Qwen3.8-Flash-Next and 66.6 for Qwen3.8 Max.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is NL2Repo in Coding, with scores of 48.1% and 55.9%.
- Qwen3.8 Max is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Qwen3.8 Max also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Qwen3.8 Max |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Alibaba | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 262K | 1M |
| Overall Score | 64.23 | 70.66 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 24 | 61 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: 59.5 (Estimated · #24/123)
- Qwen3.8 Max public-lane score: 65.4 (Supported · #15/123)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Qwen3.8 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CoWorkBench | 73.9% | 74.8% | Qwen3.8 Max |
| JobBench | 55.7% | 53.4% | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next |
| Agents' Last Exam | 51.2% | 52.4% | Qwen3.8 Max |
| Toolathlon-Verified | 73.5% | 72.5% | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next |
| AndroidWorld | 84.5% | 85.3% | Qwen3.8 Max |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 19.4% | 19.4% | Tie |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 86.6% | Coming soon |
| skillsBench | Coming soon | 70.2% | Coming soon |
| AutomationBench | Coming soon | 27.3% | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | Coming soon | 81.9% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | Coming soon | 56.2% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | Coming soon | 86.1% | Coming soon |
| WebArena-Verified | Coming soon | 66.8% | Coming soon |
| MobileWorld | Coming soon | 77.8% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 67.4% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Qwen3.8 Max
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: 52.4 (Supported · #37/146)
- Qwen3.8 Max public-lane score: 53.5 (Supported · #34/146)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Qwen3.8 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Pro | 62.5% | 67.7% | Qwen3.8 Max |
| SWE Multilingual | 81% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | 48.1% | 55.9% | Qwen3.8 Max |
| DeepSWE | 58.7% | 56.6% | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 91.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 86.6% | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE | Coming soon | 73.5% | Coming soon |
| MLS-Bench Lite | Coming soon | 41.0% | Coming soon |
| PaperBench | Coming soon | 93.0% | Coming soon |
| VulcanBench v3 | Coming soon | 81.2% | Coming soon |
| OpenHarmony Bench | Coming soon | 60.8% | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE v2 | Coming soon | 15.8% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 87.9% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 85.6% | Coming soon |
| Bug Hunt Bench | Coming soon | 25.7 fixes | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: 80.9 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.8 Max public-lane score: 87.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Qwen3.8 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MRCRv2 | Coming soon | 92.9% | Coming soon |
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 66.3% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Directional only
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: 87.7 (#8/54)
- Qwen3.8 Max public-lane score: 91.2 (#4/54)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Qwen3.8 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Vision2Web | 64.0% | 69.0% | Qwen3.8 Max |
| ERQA | 72.3% | 77.8% | Qwen3.8 Max |
| LVBench | 76.6% | 81.8% | Qwen3.8 Max |
| RealWorldQA | 88.5% | 88.0% | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next |
| MathVision | 90.6% | 95.2% | Qwen3.8 Max |
| MathVision w/ Python | 95.7% | 97.7% | Qwen3.8 Max |
| CharXiv w/o tools | 84.6% | 88.4% | Qwen3.8 Max |
| CharXiv | 90.6% | 93.5% | Qwen3.8 Max |
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 82.3% | Coming soon |
| BabyVision | Coming soon | 82.0% | Coming soon |
| BabyVision w/ Python | Coming soon | 91.3% | Coming soon |
| ZeroBench | Coming soon | 24.0% | Coming soon |
| ZeroBench w/ Python | Coming soon | 49.0% | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (MM) | Coming soon | 80.4% | Coming soon |
| ScreenSpot Pro | Coming soon | 84.5% | Coming soon |
| OmniDocBench 1.5 | Coming soon | 92.1% | Coming soon |
| OCRBench V2 | Coming soon | 74.2% | Coming soon |
| CC-OCR | Coming soon | 79.6% | Coming soon |
| SimpleVQA | Coming soon | 75.0% | Coming soon |
| PerceptionBench | Coming soon | 63.5% | Coming soon |
| Video-MME (with subtitle) | Coming soon | 90.4% | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | Coming soon | 88.7% | Coming soon |
| MMVU | Coming soon | 82.4% | Coming soon |
| MLVU (M-Avg) | Coming soon | 90.8% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Qwen3.8 Max
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: 59.4 (Supported · #47/177)
- Qwen3.8 Max public-lane score: 66.6 (Supported · #24/177)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Qwen3.8 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 91.7% | 92.6% | Qwen3.8 Max |
| GPQA-D | 91.7% | 92.6% | Qwen3.8 Max |
| HLE | 35.9% | 43.6% | Qwen3.8 Max |
| HLE w/o tools | 35.9% | 43.6% | Qwen3.8 Max |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 93.7% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 88.6% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Qwen3.8 Max
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: 91.2 (#22/127)
- Qwen3.8 Max public-lane score: 94.7 (#2/127)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Qwen3.8 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 81.3% | 82.8% | Qwen3.8 Max |

## FAQ

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

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

### Where is the biggest gap between Qwen3.8-Flash-Next and Qwen3.8 Max?

The widest category gap is in knowledge, where the averages are 59.4 for Qwen3.8-Flash-Next and 66.6 for Qwen3.8 Max.

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

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

### How many benchmarks does Qwen3.8 Max cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.8 Max currently has 61 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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