Qwen3.8 Max (0902)
Qwen3.8 Max (0902)Alternatives?
CheaperClaude Opus 5.5xhigh+33%-36%$3.46No forced tool use+5
BetterGPT-6.1 Sollow+10%-98%$0.13Remove unsupported parameters+5
OpenMiMo v2.6 Prothinking+15%-98%$0.13Pass back reasoning_content+3
CheaperGemini 4 Argonhigh+32%-63%*$1.99Synchronous output stops at 65,536+2CheaperClaude Fable 5.1high+30%-28%$3.91Replace forced tool_choice+5Claude Opus 5.5xhigh+33%-36%$3.46No forced tool use+5Gemini 4 Argonhigh+32%-63%*$1.99Synchronous output stops at 65,536+2Claude Fable 5.1high+30%-28%$3.91Replace forced tool_choice+5GPT-6 Astramax+27%-40%$3.26Monitoring can return HTTP 403+2Claude Opus 5xhigh+26%-10%$4.88GPT-6.1 Sollow+10%-98%$0.13Remove unsupported parameters+5MiMo v2.6 ProthinkingOpen+15%-98%$0.13Pass back reasoning_content+3
MiniMax M3.1 Flashthinking+11%-96%$0.22Complete model response must be appendedGPT-6 Solxhigh+7%-90%$0.52Claude Opus 5.5low+12%-90%$0.55No forced tool use+5MiMo v2.6 ProthinkingOpen+15%-98%$0.13Pass back reasoning_content+3
Kimi K3maxOpen+9%-63%$2.00Sampling parameters are fixed+3
Step 5 PreviewthinkingOpen+8%-81%$1.03web_search not available · Chat Completions+2
Muse Spark OpenxhighOpensame-84%$0.84Reasoning off leaves output unchanged · Self-hosted / llama.cpp+1
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017maxOpensame-95%$0.26Pass back reasoning_content · Chat Completions+4Qwen3.8 2.4T A95BthinkingOpensame-60%$2.16Context: 984K → 262K+6Qwen3.7 Maxthinking-6%-79%$1.15No image inputQwen3.8 FlashthinkingOpen-12%-93%$0.37Context: 984K → 262K+6Qwen3.7 Plusthinking-17%-96%$0.22Qwen3.6 Max Previewthinking-28%—$1.30 / $7.80Context: 984K → 262K+2Qwen3.5 397B A17BthinkingOpen-33%-91%$0.47Context: 984K → 262KQwen3 Max Thinkingthinking-35%—$1.20 / $6Context: 984K → 256K+1Qwen3.6 Plusthinking-35%—$0.50 / $3All Alibaba (Qwen) models →History
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How much does Qwen3.8 Max (0902) cost?›
$2 per 1M input tokens and $6 per 1M output tokens. A typical benchmark task costs about $5.41 at default effort.
Is Qwen3.8 Max (0902) free to use?›
There is no free API; the cheapest paid price is $2 per 1M input tokens.
How good is Qwen3.8 Max (0902), and what is it best at?›
#31 of 334 in Chat & Knowledge, #14 of 132 in Coding, #29 of 133 in Agents & Tool Use, #9 of 124 in Vision & Documents. Strongest at: Coding, Agents & work tasks, Reasoning, Science, Long context, Knowledge, Vision.
Is Qwen3.8 Max (0902) better than Qwen3.8 Max?›
On Humanity's Last Exam, Qwen3.8 Max (0902) scores 43.1 vs 43 — about the same. It is 103% more expensive per task.
How can I use Qwen3.8 Max (0902)?›
Through the Alibaba (Qwen) API.
What is the context window of Qwen3.8 Max (0902)?›
984K tokens.
When was Qwen3.8 Max (0902) released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2026-09-02. It is the current version in its line.
Is Qwen3.8 Max (0902) open source?›
No, Qwen3.8 Max (0902) is a closed model available through an API. The closest open-weights option here is MiMo v2.6 Pro.
Can Qwen3.8 Max (0902) read images?›
It accepts text and images, video as input.
What is Qwen3.8 Max (0902)?›
Qwen3.8 Max (0902) is a closed language model from Alibaba (Qwen), released Sep 2026, the successor to Qwen3.8 Max.
What are the best alternatives to Qwen3.8 Max (0902)?›
Claude Opus 5.5 (cheaper), GPT-6.1 Sol (better), MiMo v2.6 Pro (open weights).