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Qwen3.8 Max
Qwen3.8 Max is an everyday open-weight model from Alibaba, released 3 August 2026. At Alibaba it costs $2.00 per million input tokens and $6.00 per million output tokens, with a 1M-token context window. 6 providers serve it; the cheapest is DeepInfra at $1.65 input and $4.95 output.
- Made by
- Alibaba Group (Qwen, Alibaba Cloud)
- Released
- 2026-08-03
- Status
- Generally available
- Tier
- Everyday
- Weights
- Open
- Context window
- 1,000,000 tokens
- Input
- text
- API id
qwen3.8-max
Qwen3.8 Max price at 6 providers
US dollars per million tokens. Blended is 3 input tokens for every output token, one number to compare on. The cheapest blended price is highlighted.
| Provider | Input | Output | Cached input | Blended | Batch | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeepInfra · Qwen3.8-Max | $1.65 | $4.95 | $0.206 | $2.48 | – | 2026-10-14 |
| Alibaba · maker | $2.00 | $6.00 | $0.20 | $3.00 | – | 2026-10-14 |
| Fireworks AI · accounts/fireworks/models/qwen3p8-max | $2.00 | $6.00 | $0.25 | $3.00 | 50% off | 2026-10-14 |
| Modal Labs · Qwen/Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95B | $2.00 | $6.00 | $0.25 | $3.00 | – | 2026-10-14 |
| Novita AI · qwen/qwen3.8-max | $2.00 | $6.00 | $0.25 | $3.00 | – | 2026-10-14 |
| Together AI · Qwen/Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95B | $2.00 | $6.00 | $0.25 | $3.00 | – | 2026-10-14 |
- Alibaba: International (Singapore) deployment, up to 1M input tokens. Cache hits billed at 10% of input, explicit cache creation at 125%. A 50% batch discount is listed only for the China (Beijing) region.
- Fireworks AI: Priority tier: $3.00 in / $0.375 cached / $9.00 out.
- Modal Labs: Modal Shared Endpoint, billed per token from us-west; plan credits can't be used for Shared Endpoint usage. 262K native context, up to 1.01M.
Qwen3.8 Max benchmarks
| Benchmark | Score | What it measures | Reported by |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena text score | 1482 | Elo-style score from people voting between answers | Independent |
Scores reported by a model's maker aren't independently checked.
Models like Qwen3.8 Max
Other everyday models closest in price, at each maker's own price or the cheapest provider.
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Weights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen3.8 Max | $2.00 | $6.00 | 1M | Open |
| Mistral Medium 3.5 Mistral AI | $1.50 | $7.50 | 256K | Open |
| Grok 4.7 xAI | $2.00 | $6.00 | 500K | Closed |
| Claude Sonnet 5.5 Anthropic | $2.00 | $10.00 | 1M | Closed |
| GPT-6.1 Sol OpenAI | $2.00 | $10.00 | 1.1M | Closed |
| GLM-5.3 Z.ai | $1.40 | $4.40 | 1M | Open |
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Qwen3.8 Max 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 at Alibaba, and $0.20 per million cached input tokens. Prices are list prices in US dollars, last checked 14 October 2026.
What is Qwen3.8 Max's context window?
Qwen3.8 Max takes up to 1,000,000 tokens in one request.
Is Qwen3.8 Max open weight?
Yes. Alibaba publishes the weights, so you can run Qwen3.8 Max yourself or at any host that serves it.
Where can I use Qwen3.8 Max?
Qwen3.8 Max is available from DeepInfra, Alibaba, Fireworks AI, Modal Labs, Novita AI and Together AI. At Alibaba, call it as qwen3.8-max.