Qwen3.8 Max (0902) vs Qwen3 Max Thinking (Preview)

$5.41 / task
Wins 1 of 4 benchmarks
Wins 0 of 4 benchmarks
Humanity's Last Exam Humanity's Last Exam: Very hard expert questions across many fields, written to stump today’s models
Qwen Max (0902)43.1
Qwen3 Max Thinking (Preview)12.7
Terminal-Bench 4.0 Terminal-Bench 4.0 · source setting 2: Agents use a terminal to complete executable coding, system administration and research tasks in the 4.0 suite
Qwen Max (0902)38.9
Qwen3 Max Thinking (Preview)—
AutomationBench-AA AutomationBench-AA: Agents orchestrate SaaS workflows through APIs; objectives receive credit only when the task has no guardrail violation
Qwen Max (0902)56.2
Qwen3 Max Thinking (Preview)—
MMMU-Pro (vision) MMMU-Pro (vision): College-level questions that require understanding images: charts, diagrams, photos
Qwen Max (0902)82.8
Qwen3 Max Thinking (Preview)—

Specs

SpecQwen Max (0902)Qwen3 Max Thinking (Preview)
Input, per 1M!$2—
Output, per 1M!$6—
Cost per task?$5.41—
Speed, tok/s40—
Context984K262K
WeightsClosedClosed
ReleasedSep 2026Nov 2025
See images✓—
Read PDFs??
Hear audio——
Watch video✓—
Call tools✓?
Force a tool call??
Return strict JSON✓?
Search the web??
Run code??
Use a computer??

What breaks when you switch

Qwen Max (0902) → Qwen3 Max Thinking (Preview)
Context: 984K → 262K
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Qwen3 Max Thinking (Preview) → Qwen Max (0902)
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