# Qwen3.8-Flash-Next vs Step 5 Preview

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Qwen3.8-Flash-Next and Step 5 Preview across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/qwen3-8-flash-next-vs-step-5-preview
- Last updated: September 21, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Pick Step 5 Preview 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

- Step 5 Preview leads overall 72 to 56.88.
- The clearest category separation is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 83.1 for Qwen3.8-Flash-Next and 61.2 for Step 5 Preview.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Agents' Last Exam in Agentic, with scores of 51.2% and 29.5%.
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Step 5 Preview also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Step 5 Preview |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Alibaba | StepFun |
| Type | Open Weight | Pending |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 262K | 1M |
| Overall Score | 56.88 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 24 | 22 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $1.00 / $2.70 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: 58.8 (Estimated · #29/154)
- Step 5 Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Step 5 Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CoWorkBench | 73.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| JobBench | 55.7% | 59.0% | Step 5 Preview |
| Agents' Last Exam | 51.2% | 29.5% | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next |
| Toolathlon-Verified | 73.5% | 74.1% | Step 5 Preview |
| AndroidWorld | 84.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 19.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 85.0% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 | Coming soon | 33.30% | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | Coming soon | 84.7% | Coming soon |
| AutomationBench | Coming soon | 44.0% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 85.6% | Coming soon |
| APEX-Agents | Coming soon | 37.8% | Coming soon |
| DRACO | Coming soon | 83.3% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 88.7% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: 58.5 (Supported · #29/156)
- Step 5 Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Step 5 Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Pro | 62.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | 81% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | 48.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | 58.7% | 67.7% | Step 5 Preview |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 91.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 85.0% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 58.9% | Coming soon |
| ProgramBench | Coming soon | 80.5% | Coming soon |
| sweMarathon | Coming soon | 72.7% | Coming soon |
| MLS-Bench Lite | Coming soon | 40.5% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: 75.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Step 5 Preview public-lane score: 78.5 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Step 5 Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CritPt | Coming soon | 20.9% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: 83.1 (#7/49)
- Step 5 Preview public-lane score: 61.2 (#28/49)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Step 5 Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| 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 |
| OfficeQA Pro | Coming soon | 60.3% | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 76% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: 55.5 (Supported · #53/186)
- Step 5 Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Step 5 Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 91.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 91.7% | 93.5% | Step 5 Preview |
| HLE | 35.9% | 46.5% | Step 5 Preview |
| HLE w/o tools | 35.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: 87.2 (#33/124)
- Step 5 Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Step 5 Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 81.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Qwen3.8-Flash-Next or Step 5 Preview?

Step 5 Preview is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Qwen3.8-Flash-Next and Step 5 Preview?

The widest category gap is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 83.1 for Qwen3.8-Flash-Next and 61.2 for Step 5 Preview.

### 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 Step 5 Preview cover on BenchLM?

Step 5 Preview currently has 22 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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