Qwen3.6 27B vs Qwen3.8 Flash Next
Wins 0 of 8 areas
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Wins 8 of 8 areas
Coding · Agents · Reasoning · Facts · Images and charts · Math · Long documents · Following instructions
Qwen3.8 Flash Next is the stronger all-rounder.
Scores updated · 35 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the eight areas we test. Each piece is one test, so a longer bar means more evidence; grey means the two scored within a point of each other.
- CodingWriting and fixing software07Qwen3.8 Flash Next7 of 8 tests · 1 tie
- ReasoningHard problems that need careful thinking04Qwen3.8 Flash Next4 of 4 tests
- AgentsCarrying out multi-step tasks on its own03Qwen3.8 Flash Next3 of 3 tests
- FactsGetting facts right instead of making them up02Qwen3.8 Flash Next2 of 2 tests
- Images and chartsUnderstanding pictures, charts and video02Qwen3.8 Flash Next2 of 2 tests
- Following instructionsDoing exactly what it is asked02Qwen3.8 Flash Next2 of 2 tests
- MathCompetition and research-level math01Qwen3.8 Flash Next1 of 1 test
- Long documentsFinding answers in very long texts01Qwen3.8 Flash Next1 of 1 test
Math and long documents rest on a single test each.
What it costs
Prices per million tokens, roughly 750,000 words. The bars show the cost of a million tokens read plus a million written.
Qwen3.8 Flash Next costs 85% less for the same work.
The biggest differences
The tests each model wins by the widest margin, up to three each. Scores are out of 100.
Where Qwen3.8 Flash Next pulls ahead
- Real work tasks from 44 professionsGDPVal+32.1points ahead
- Customer-service tasks in a simulated bankτ-Bench V3 · Banking+28.7points ahead
- Command-line tasks in a real terminalTerminal-Bench 2.1+25.4points ahead
Where Qwen3.6 27B pulls ahead
No clear win on a test scored out of 100.
Every test, side by side
All 35 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingQwen3.8 Flash Next
- Terminal-Bench 2.1Qwen3.8 Flash Next by 25.460.786.1+25.4
- LiveBench · Agentic CodingQwen3.8 Flash Next by 22.339.361.6+22.3
- SWE-bench MultilingualQwen3.8 Flash Next by 9.771.381+9.7
- SWE-bench ProQwen3.8 Flash Next by 953.562.5+9
- LiveCodeBench v6Qwen3.8 Flash Next by 883.991.9+8
- SciCodeQwen3.8 Flash Next by 7.842.850.6+7.8
- SWE-bench VerifiedQwen3.8 Flash Next by 1.577.278.7+1.5
- LiveBench · Codingtie71.872.5tie
AgentsQwen3.8 Flash Next
- GDPValQwen3.8 Flash Next by 32.124.356.4+32.1
- τ-Bench V3 · BankingQwen3.8 Flash Next by 28.716.745.4+28.7
- Terminal-Bench 4.0Qwen3.8 Flash Next by 25.3025.3+25.3
ReasoningQwen3.8 Flash Next
- LiveBench · ReasoningQwen3.8 Flash Next by 17.170.387.4+17.1
- Humanity's Last ExamQwen3.8 Flash Next by 14.923.138+14.9
- CritPtQwen3.8 Flash Next by 101.111.1+10
- GPQA DiamondQwen3.8 Flash Next by 8.184.292.3+8.1
FactsQwen3.8 Flash Next
- AA-Omniscience · AccuracyQwen3.8 Flash Next by 4.919.624.5+4.9
- AA-Omniscience · Non-hallucinationQwen3.8 Flash Next by 450.754.7+4
Images and chartsQwen3.8 Flash Next
- CharXiv (RQ)Qwen3.8 Flash Next by 12.278.490.6+12.2
- MMMU-ProQwen3.8 Flash Next by 5.274.679.8+5.2
Long documentsQwen3.8 Flash Next
- AA-LCRQwen3.8 Flash Next by 2.477.379.7+2.4
Following instructionsQwen3.8 Flash Next
- LiveBench · Instruction FollowingQwen3.8 Flash Next by 23.953.277.1+23.9
- IFBenchQwen3.8 Flash Next by 13.767.681.3+13.7
Other results12 tests, not counted
Tests outside the eight areas. They are not counted above: several are summary scores built from other tests, or the same test under another name.
- DeepSWE 1.1Qwen3.8 Flash Next by 45.413.358.7+45.4
- AA Agentic IndexQwen3.8 Flash Next by 36.320.156.4+36.3
- JobBenchQwen3.8 Flash Next by 33.921.855.7+33.9
- Artificial Analysis Coding IndexQwen3.8 Flash Next by 19.453.773.1+19.4
- AA IntelligenceQwen3.8 Flash Next by 18.421.439.8+18.4
- AndroidWorldQwen3.8 Flash Next by 14.270.384.5+14.2
- NL2RepoQwen3.8 Flash Next by 11.936.248.1+11.9
- livebench_languageQwen3.8 Flash Next by 11.363.374.6+11.3
- AA-OmniscienceQwen3.8 Flash Next by 10.3-20-9.7+10.3
- ERQAQwen3.8 Flash Next by 9.862.572.3+9.8
- RealWorldQAQwen3.8 Flash Next by 4.484.188.5+4.4
- livebench_data_analysisQwen3.8 Flash Next by 3.870.474.2+3.8
Questions people ask
Which is better, Qwen3.6 27B or Qwen3.8 Flash Next?
Qwen3.8 Flash Next wins all eight areas we test: coding, agents, reasoning, facts, images and charts, math, long documents and following instructions. Qwen3.6 27B wins none.
Which is better for coding?
Qwen3.8 Flash Next. It wins 7 of the 8 coding tests both models report; Qwen3.6 27B wins none, and 1 is a tie.
Which is cheaper?
Qwen3.6 27B costs $0.60 per million input tokens and $3.60 per million output tokens; Qwen3.8 Flash Next costs $0.15 and $0.47. That makes Qwen3.8 Flash Next about 85% cheaper for the same work.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 35 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 23 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 12 are listed but not counted, because several are summary scores or repeat a test. Each score is the one shown on the model's own page.