This latest 2.5 Flash model comes with improvements in two key areas we heard consistent feedback on: Better agentic tool use: We've improved how the model uses tools, leading to better performance in more complex, agentic and multi-step applications. This model shows noticeable improvements on key agentic benchmarks, including a 5% gain on SWE-Bench Verified, compared to our last release (48.9% → 54%). More efficient: With thinking on, the model is now significantly more cost-efficient—achieving higher quality outputs while using fewer tokens, reducing latency and cost (see charts above).
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 09 2025 vs Qwen3.8 Max Preview
Compare Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 09 2025 from Google and Qwen3.8 Max Preview from Qwen on key metrics including benchmarks, price, context length, and other model features. Access both models and hundreds of others through the AIHubMix API.
Qwen 3.8 Max Preview(Qwen3.8-Max-Preview) is the latest-generation foundation model in the Qwen family, packing 2.4T parameters and still evolving. Compared with the previous flagship Qwen 3.7 Max, it delivers major gains in core capabilities like Coding and Cowork (professional productivity), with world-leading performance on complex, long-horizon tasks such as full-stack development, data analysis, and Office workflows. Launch offer: Credits are consumed at just 20% of the standard rate, effectively 5× your usage. Limited time only.
Pricing & Specifications
Prices are per million tokens. Time to First Token and throughput are rolling averages measured on AIHubMix.
Promotional prices show the discounted rate; see each model page for promotion windows.
Activity Past 30 Days
Daily traffic served through AIHubMix — how demand for each model is trending.
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Performance Past 3 Days
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LMArena Benchmarks
LMArena ratings by capability (Bradley-Terry, commonly called Elo). Higher is better.
Source: LMArena (arena.ai) leaderboard, imported by AIHubMix. Models without published ratings are omitted per chart.
Cost calculator
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FAQ
Which is cheaper: Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 09 2025, Qwen3.8 Max Preview?
Qwen3.8 Max Preview: $1.01/M output tokens; Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 09 2025: $2.50/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.
How do their coding arena scores compare?
Qwen3.8 Max Preview: 1520; Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 09 2025: 1428 (LMArena coding leaderboard).
Which responds faster?
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 09 2025: 0.4s time to first token measured on AIHubMix; see the live performance charts above for how each model behaves across the day.
How large is each context window?
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 09 2025 accepts 1,048,576 and Qwen3.8 Max Preview accepts 983,616 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 65,536 tokens on Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 09 2025 and 131,072 tokens on Qwen3.8 Max Preview.
Which one generates tokens faster?
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 09 2025 at 144.3 tok/s and Qwen3.8 Max Preview at 48.1 tok/s, measured as output throughput on AIHubMix — a separate metric from time to first token.
What inputs and capabilities does each model support?
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 09 2025 accepts text, image, audio and video input and supports tool calling, function calling and structured outputs; Qwen3.8 Max Preview accepts text and image input and supports tool calling, function calling, structured outputs, web search, long context and thinking.
Can I call Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 09 2025 and Qwen3.8 Max Preview with the same API key?
Yes. AIHubMix serves every model on this page behind one OpenAI-compatible endpoint, so switching between them is a one-line change to the model field — no second account, key or SDK.
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