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Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Qwen3.8 Max (0902)

For a typical chat reply (2,000 tokens in, 400 out), Qwen3.8 Max (0902) costs 2.1× as much as Gemini 3.8 Flash: $6.40 against $3.00 per 1,000 requests at list price on 2026-09-28.

Gemini 3.8 FlashQwen3.8 Max (0902)
Input, per 1M tokens$0.75$2.00
Output, per 1M tokens$3.75$6.00
Context window1.05M1M
Classification or routing (600 tokens in, 10 out), per 1,000$0.487$1.26
Chat reply (2,000 in, 400 out), per 1,000$3.00$6.40
Retrieval-augmented answer (8,000 in, 500 out), per 1,000$7.88$19.00
Confidence signalnoyes
Tool callingyesyes
BANKING77, correct of 400331not measured

Which one should carry your traffic?

If Gemini 3.8 Flash answers your requests as well as Qwen3.8 Max (0902), moving that traffic saves 53% on chat-shaped requests. Averages cannot tell you whether it does for your requests. Gemini 3.8 Flash does not expose a confidence signal through OpenRouter, so Gimbix would test it as a full replacement rather than a first answer.

Gemini 3.8 Flash profile · Qwen3.8 Max (0902) profile · Measure it on your traffic