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ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview vs Qwen3.8-Flash-Next

ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview leads the LLM Stats Score 52.3 to 47.5.

Baidu · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview leads the overall LLM Stats Score 52.3 to 47.5, ranking #13 overall.

In the 3 individual benchmarks reported for both models, ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview wins 2; this is a narrower head-to-head signal than the composite indexes.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview

  • overall performance matters — it scores 52.3 and ranks #13 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes agents — it leads those capability indexes
  • you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 2 of 3 exact shared results
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Nov 2026

Choose Qwen3.8-Flash-Next

  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview
Baidu
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
52.3
#13
47.5
#37
Reasoning
50.7
#12
48.0
#25
Coding
37.9
#20
31.9
#54
Agents
38.5
#11
31.5
#46
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
2 of 3
1 of 3
Input price
$0.28 / M
— / M
Output price
$1.13 / M
— / M
Context window
1,048,576
—

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

1 shared
Index
ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next
Tool use
32.2#8
29.8#19
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

13 reported for ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview · 22 for Qwen3.8-Flash-Next

3 shared

ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview outperforms in 2 benchmarks (DeepSWE 1.1, NL2Repo), while Qwen3.8-Flash-Next is better at 1 benchmark (Agents' Last Exam).

ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview shows notably better performance in the majority of benchmarks.

Thu Nov 12 2026 • llm-stats.com

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

155.0B diff

ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview has 155.0B more parameters than Qwen3.8-Flash-Next, making it 124.0% larger.

Baidu
ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview
280.0Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next
125.0Bparameters
280.0B
ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview
125.0B
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview specifies input context (1,048,576 tokens). Only ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview specifies output context (1,048,576 tokens).

Baidu
ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview
Input1,048,576 tokens
Output1,048,576 tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Thu Nov 12 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Qwen3.8-Flash-Next supports multimodal inputs, whereas ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview does not.

Qwen3.8-Flash-Next can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Qwen3.8-Flash-Next

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview is licensed under a proprietary license, while Qwen3.8-Flash-Next uses Qwen Community License 1.0.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview

Proprietary

Closed source

Qwen3.8-Flash-Next

Qwen Community License 1.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview was released on 2026-11-11, while Qwen3.8-Flash-Next was released on 2026-08-26.

ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview is 3 months newer than Qwen3.8-Flash-Next.

ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview

Nov 11, 2026

1 days ago

2mo newer
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next

Aug 26, 2026

2 months ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Outputs Comparison

Notice missing or incorrect data?

Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview and Qwen3.8-Flash-Next side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview
✓ Preferred
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next
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FAQ

Common questions about ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview vs Qwen3.8-Flash-Next.

Which is better, ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview or Qwen3.8-Flash-Next?

ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview leads the LLM Stats Score 52.3 to 47.5. ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview is made by Baidu and Qwen3.8-Flash-Next is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview compare to Qwen3.8-Flash-Next in benchmarks?

ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview scores BrowseComp: 87.4%, DRACO: 84.9%, MCP Atlas: 84.6%, DeepSWE 1.1: 71.2%, OfficeQA Pro: 67.9%. Qwen3.8-Flash-Next scores MathVision: 95.7%, LiveCodeBench v6: 91.9%, GPQA: 91.7%, CharXiv-R: 90.6%, RealWorldQA: 88.5%.

What are the context window sizes for ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview and Qwen3.8-Flash-Next?

ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview supports 1.0M tokens and Qwen3.8-Flash-Next supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview and Qwen3.8-Flash-Next?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (52.3 vs 47.5), multimodal support (no vs yes), licensing (Proprietary vs Qwen Community License 1.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview and Qwen3.8-Flash-Next?

ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview is developed by Baidu and Qwen3.8-Flash-Next is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.

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