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Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Qwen2 72B Instruct

Gemini 3.8 Flash leads the LLM Stats Score 51.3 to 6.0.

Google · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Gemini 3.8 Flash leads the overall LLM Stats Score 51.3 to 6.0, ranking #14 overall.

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

Choose Gemini 3.8 Flash

  • overall performance matters — it scores 51.3 and ranks #14 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning and coding — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Sep 2026

Choose Qwen2 72B Instruct

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

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Gemini 3.8 Flash
Google
Qwen2 72B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
51.3
#14
6.0
#282
Reasoning
47.2
#23
5.9
#278
Coding
39.9
#12
9.9
#160
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Input price
$0.75 / M
— / M
Output price
$3.75 / M
— / M
Context window
1,048,576
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Individual benchmarks

13 reported for Gemini 3.8 Flash · 17 for Qwen2 72B Instruct

No common benchmarks found

Gemini 3.8 Flash and Qwen2 72B Instructdon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Gemini 3.8 Flash specifies input context (1,048,576 tokens). Only Gemini 3.8 Flash specifies output context (65,536 tokens).

Google
Gemini 3.8 Flash
Input1,048,576 tokens
Output65,536 tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2 72B Instruct
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Thu Sep 03 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Gemini 3.8 Flash supports multimodal inputs, whereas Qwen2 72B Instruct does not.

Gemini 3.8 Flash can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Gemini 3.8 Flash

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Qwen2 72B Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Gemini 3.8 Flash is licensed under a proprietary license, while Qwen2 72B Instruct uses tongyi-qianwen.

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

Gemini 3.8 Flash

Proprietary

Closed source

Qwen2 72B Instruct

tongyi-qianwen

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Gemini 3.8 Flash was released on 2026-09-02, while Qwen2 72B Instruct was released on 2024-07-23.

Gemini 3.8 Flash is 26 months newer than Qwen2 72B Instruct.

Gemini 3.8 Flash

Sep 2, 2026

0 days ago

2.1yr newer
Qwen2 72B Instruct

Jul 23, 2024

2.1 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Gemini 3.8 Flash has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2026-03-31, while Qwen2 72B Instruct's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Gemini 3.8 Flash's training data extends to 2026-03-31, but cannot make a direct comparison without Qwen2 72B Instruct's cutoff date.

Gemini 3.8 Flash

Mar 2026

Qwen2 72B Instruct

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Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Gemini 3.8 Flash and Qwen2 72B Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Gemini 3.8 Flash
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Qwen2 72B Instruct
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FAQ

Common questions about Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Qwen2 72B Instruct.

Which is better, Gemini 3.8 Flash or Qwen2 72B Instruct?

Gemini 3.8 Flash leads the LLM Stats Score 51.3 to 6.0. Gemini 3.8 Flash is made by Google and Qwen2 72B Instruct 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 Gemini 3.8 Flash compare to Qwen2 72B Instruct in benchmarks?

Gemini 3.8 Flash scores Terminal-Bench 2.1: 89.4%, LVBench: 87.1%, CharXiv-R: 86.2%, LABBench2: 86.2%, DeepSWE 1.1: 73.7%. Qwen2 72B Instruct scores GSM8k: 91.1%, CMMLU: 90.1%, HellaSwag: 87.6%, HumanEval: 86.0%, Winogrande: 85.1%.

What are the context window sizes for Gemini 3.8 Flash and Qwen2 72B Instruct?

Gemini 3.8 Flash supports 1.0M tokens and Qwen2 72B Instruct 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 Gemini 3.8 Flash and Qwen2 72B Instruct?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (51.3 vs 6.0), multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Proprietary vs tongyi-qianwen). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Gemini 3.8 Flash and Qwen2 72B Instruct?

Gemini 3.8 Flash is developed by Google and Qwen2 72B Instruct is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.

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