# Qwen3.8-Flash-Next vs Spark-X2.6-4B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Qwen3.8-Flash-Next and Spark-X2.6-4B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/qwen3-8-flash-next-vs-spark-x2-6-4b
- Last updated: October 20, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 6
- 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 62.84 to 40.14. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in agentic, where the averages are 65.5 for Qwen3.8-Flash-Next and 33 for Spark-X2.6-4B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is GPQA in Knowledge, with scores of 91.7% and 69.9%.
- Spark-X2.6-4B also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Spark-X2.6-4B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Alibaba | SparkLLM |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 262K | 1M |
| Overall Score | 62.84 | 40.14 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 25 | 20 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: 65.5 (Supported · #17/131)
- Spark-X2.6-4B public-lane score: 33 (Estimated · #89/131)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Spark-X2.6-4B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CoWorkBench | 73.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| JobBench | 55.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam | 51.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon-Verified | 73.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AndroidWorld | 84.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 19.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BFCL v4 | Coming soon | 71.8% | Coming soon |
| τ²-bench results | Coming soon | 86.9% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 62.4% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 53.1% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | Coming soon | 36.9% | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 34.7% | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 69.9% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Directional only
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: 51.6 (Supported · #42/152)
- Spark-X2.6-4B public-lane score: 30.6 (Estimated · #95/152)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Spark-X2.6-4B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Pro | 62.5% | 54.3% | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next |
| SWE Multilingual | 81% | 64.7% | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next |
| NL2Repo | 48.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | 58.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 91.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 62.8% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 36.8% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: 79.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Spark-X2.6-4B public-lane score: 48.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Spark-X2.6-4B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 53.3% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: 87.7 (#8/55)
- Spark-X2.6-4B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Spark-X2.6-4B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ExtractBench (LlamaIndex) | 89.88% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Vision2Web | 64.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ERQA | 72.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LVBench | 76.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| RealWorldQA | 88.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MathVision | 90.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MathVision w/ Python | 95.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | 84.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 90.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: 59.3 (Supported · #53/187)
- Spark-X2.6-4B public-lane score: 43 (Estimated · #109/187)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Spark-X2.6-4B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 91.7% | 69.9% | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next |
| GPQA-D | 91.7% | 77.1% | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next |
| HLE | 35.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | 35.9% | 17.9% | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Qwen3.8-Flash-Next
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: 91.2 (#22/149)
- Spark-X2.6-4B public-lane score: 78.2 (#62/149)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Spark-X2.6-4B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 81.3% | 75.8% | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next |
| IFEval | Coming soon | 93.6% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: Coming soon
- Spark-X2.6-4B public-lane score: 76.4 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Spark-X2.6-4B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 91.2% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 81.3% | Coming soon |
| IMOAnswerBench | Coming soon | 75.2% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Qwen3.8-Flash-Next or Spark-X2.6-4B?

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

### Where is the biggest gap between Qwen3.8-Flash-Next and Spark-X2.6-4B?

The widest category gap is in agentic, where the averages are 65.5 for Qwen3.8-Flash-Next and 33 for Spark-X2.6-4B.

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

Qwen3.8-Flash-Next currently has 25 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Spark-X2.6-4B cover on BenchLM?

Spark-X2.6-4B currently has 20 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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