Across 32 shared benchmarks, Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher on 10 and Qwen3.8 Max Preview on 21, with 1 level. The widest gap is AA-Omniscience, where Gemini 3.6 Flash scores 22.1 against 3.4. Gemini 3.6 Flash is the cheaper of the two on tracked API pricing ($0.75 against $2.00 per million input tokens).
Best tracked score per model per benchmark (default configuration; source-attributed). ↓ marks lower-is-better metrics. Open either model for its full surface, provenance and pricing. Quoted rates are the price-setter row we currently track for each model — its direct or vendor-official listing where one exists (direct, alibaba-official), otherwise the lowest tracked offer.