Qwen3.8 Max pricing & benchmarks
Qwen3.8 Max is available from Alibaba at $2.00 per million input tokens and $6.00 per million output tokens ($3.00 blended at 3:1). It accepts up to 1,000,000 tokens of context. Qwen3.8 Max is the flagship model in Alibaba's Qwen3.8 series, the general-availability successor to the Qwen3.8 Max Preview. It is a multimodal reasoning model intended for complex reasoning, visual understanding,...
Pricing
Per million tokens · OpenRouter
Input$2.00
Output$6.00
Blended (3:1)$3.00
Specification
qwen/qwen3.8-max
Context window1M
Max output131K
ReleasedAug 2026
LicenceProprietary
Modalitiesin:text, in:image, in:video, out:text
Benchmarks
Independently run — not vendor self-reports. Every score links its source.
| Benchmark | Score | Config | Run | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 92.7% ±1.7 | xhigh effort | 2026-08-04 | Independently run · Epoch AI |
| FrontierMath T1–3 | 74.7% ±2.6 | xhigh effort | 2026-08-04 | Independently run · Epoch AI |
| FrontierMath T4 | 46.3% ±7.9 | xhigh effort | 2026-08-04 | Independently run · Epoch AI |
| SimpleQA Verified | 46.3% ±1.6 | xhigh effort | 2026-08-04 | Independently run · Epoch AI |
| OTIS Mock AIME | 99.4% ±0.4 | xhigh effort | 2026-08-04 | Independently run · Epoch AI |
Scores published by Epoch AI, 'AI Benchmarking Hub', used under CC BY 4.0.
Cheaper models that score at least as well on GPQA Diamond
Strictly lower blended price AND an equal-or-higher GPQA Diamond score. One benchmark is one dimension — a model that wins here may still be weaker at your specific task.
| Model | Provider | Blended $/1M | GPQA Diamond | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPT-5.6 Terra | OpenAI | $2.25 (−25%) | 93.3% | Compare → |
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FAQ
How much does Qwen3.8 Max cost?
Qwen3.8 Max costs $2.00 per million input tokens and $6.00 per million output tokens on OpenRouter. At a 3:1 input:output mix that blends to $3.00 per million tokens.
What is Qwen3.8 Max's context window?
Qwen3.8 Max accepts up to 1,000,000 tokens of context, and can generate up to 131,072 output tokens.
How good is Qwen3.8 Max on benchmarks?
Qwen3.8 Max scores 92.7% on GPQA Diamond, independently run and published by Epoch AI. 5 benchmark results are listed on this page, each with its run date and source.
Is there a cheaper model as good as Qwen3.8 Max?
Yes — 1 model in our catalogue cost less per token than Qwen3.8 Max and score at least as high on the same benchmark. The cheapest is GPT-5.6 Terra at $2.25 per million tokens blended.