Gemini 4 Argon vs Qwen3.8 Flash Next: Specs & Benchmark Comparison
Gemini 4 Argon is developed by Google, while Qwen3.8 Flash Next comes from Alibaba. Qwen3.8 Flash Next was released in August 2026, and Gemini 4 Argon followed a month later in September 2026. Qwen3.8 Flash Next has a published size of about 180 billion parameters; Google has not disclosed the parameter count of Gemini 4 Argon.
The two models share 4 published benchmarks. Gemini 4 Argon leads on 3 of them, Qwen3.8 Flash Next on 1. The widest gaps are on OSWorld 2.0, where Gemini 4 Argon scores 69.2% against 19.4%; DeepSWE 1.1, where Gemini 4 Argon scores 77.9% against 58.7%. Averaged across everything we track, Gemini 4 Argon sits at 67.3% and Qwen3.8 Flash Next at 67.1%.
Qwen3.8 Flash Next is available through an API at $0.16 per million input tokens with a 1M-token context window. We do not track a hosted API for Gemini 4 Argon, so pricing and context cannot be compared directly.
| Characteristic | Gemini 4 Argon | Qwen3.8 Flash Next |
|---|---|---|
| Company | Alibaba | |
| Release Date | September 30, 2026 | August 26, 2026 |
| Parameters | — | 180B |
| Multimodal | Yes | Yes |
| Context (input) | — | 1.0M |
| Context (output) | — | 66K |
| Input Price / 1M | — | $0.16 |
| Output Price / 1M | — | $0.47 |
| Average Score | 67.3% | 67.1% |
| Benchmarks | ||
| OSWorld 2.0 | 69.2% | 19.4% |
| DeepSWE 1.1 | 77.9% | 58.7% |
| LVBench | 91.7% | 76.6% |
| Agents' Last Exam | 39.5% | 51.2% |
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Verdict
Gemini 4 Argon leads in 1 out of 2 comparison categories.
Both models show comparable average scores: Gemini 4 Argon — 0.7, Qwen3.8 Flash Next — 0.7.
Gemini 4 Argon is newer: released 9/30/2026 vs 8/26/2026.
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