The AI arena is free today

Open Superagent

Pixtral-12B vs Qwen3.8-Flash-Next

Comparing Pixtral-12B and Qwen3.8-Flash-Next across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

Mistral AI · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Pixtral-12B and Qwen3.8-Flash-Next trade strengths across price, capabilities, and technical limits. The better choice depends on the workload.

Based on current benchmark, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Pixtral-12B

  • you want predictable pricing at $0.15/M input and $0.15/M output

Choose Qwen3.8-Flash-Next

  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Aug 2026

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Pixtral-12B
Mistral AI
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Benchmark wins
—
—
Input price
$0.15 / M
— / M
Output price
$0.15 / M
— / M
Context window
128,000
—
Released
Sep 2024
Aug 2026
License
Apache 2.0
Qwen Community License 1.0

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

No common benchmarks found

Pixtral-12B and Qwen3.8-Flash-Nextdon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Arena Performance

Playground indexes and blind preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

112.6B diff

Qwen3.8-Flash-Next has 112.6B more parameters than Pixtral-12B, making it 908.1% larger.

Mistral AI
Pixtral-12B
12.4Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next
125.0Bparameters
12.4B
Pixtral-12B
125.0B
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Pixtral-12B specifies input context (128,000 tokens). Only Pixtral-12B specifies output context (8,192 tokens).

Mistral AI
Pixtral-12B
Input128,000 tokens
Output8,192 tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Thu Aug 27 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Both Pixtral-12B and Qwen3.8-Flash-Next support multimodal inputs.

They are both capable of processing various types of data, offering versatility in application.

Pixtral-12B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Qwen3.8-Flash-Next

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Pixtral-12B is licensed under Apache 2.0, 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.

Pixtral-12B

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Qwen3.8-Flash-Next

Qwen Community License 1.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Pixtral-12B was released on 2024-09-17, while Qwen3.8-Flash-Next was released on 2026-08-26.

Qwen3.8-Flash-Next is 24 months newer than Pixtral-12B.

Pixtral-12B

Sep 17, 2024

1.9 years ago

Qwen3.8-Flash-Next

Aug 26, 2026

1 days ago

1.9yr newer

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?Start an Issue discussion→

Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Pixtral-12B and Qwen3.8-Flash-Next side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Pixtral-12B
✓ Preferred
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next
Open in Playground

FAQ

Common questions about Pixtral-12B vs Qwen3.8-Flash-Next.

Which is better, Pixtral-12B or Qwen3.8-Flash-Next?

Pixtral-12B (Mistral AI) and Qwen3.8-Flash-Next (Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team) each have strengths in different areas. Compare their benchmark scores, pricing, context windows, and capabilities above to determine which fits your needs.

How does Pixtral-12B compare to Qwen3.8-Flash-Next in benchmarks?

Pixtral-12B scores DocVQA: 90.7%, ChartQA: 81.8%, VQAv2: 78.6%, MT-Bench: 76.8%, HumanEval: 72.0%. 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 Pixtral-12B and Qwen3.8-Flash-Next?

Pixtral-12B supports 128K 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 Pixtral-12B and Qwen3.8-Flash-Next?

Key differences include licensing (Apache 2.0 vs Qwen Community License 1.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Pixtral-12B and Qwen3.8-Flash-Next?

Pixtral-12B is developed by Mistral AI and Qwen3.8-Flash-Next is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.

Related comparisons