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Qwen3.8 Max (0902).

Qwen3.8 Max (0902) is an Alibaba Cloud model, released on 2 September 2026. It takes text, images and video and returns text, with a 1 million-token context window. Artificial Analysis scores it 33.6 on its Intelligence Index, the highest of 2 rated Qwen models.

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Specification

Provider: Alibaba Cloud
Family: Qwen
Released: 2 September 2026
Catalogue id: qwen/qwen3.8-max-0902
Context window: 1 million tokens
Maximum output: 131,072 tokens
Inputs and output: Text, images and video in; text out
Capabilities: Tool calling, structured outputs and adjustable reasoning
Weights: Not published — hosted API
Listed price: $2.00 input, $6.00 output, $0.250 cached input per million tokens

Provider-published specifications as of 30 October 2026, not figures we measured. Model families move quickly — check the provider's own documentation before committing to a number.

Source: Qwen3.8 Max (0902) in the OpenRouter catalogue, checked weekly. Confirm current terms in Alibaba Cloud's own documentation before you commit.

INDEPENDENT RATINGS

How Qwen3.8 Max (0902) scores.

Measured by Artificial Analysis on its own evaluation suite, at every reasoning setting it tested.

Against other Qwen models

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · Higher is better · Linear scale from 0 to 37.0

Qwen3.8 Max (0902): 33.6
Qwen3.8 27B: 20.1

Each model at its best reasoning setting. The index combines reasoning, knowledge, maths and coding evaluations; it does not show cost, latency or data residency.

Source: Artificial Analysis. Checked 30 October 2026. Measured independently by Artificial Analysis, not by QQuantum.ai or the provider.

Against the best of other families

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · Higher is better · Linear scale from 0 to 66.0

Gemini 4 Carbon: 59.4
Claude Opus 5.5: 58.4
GPT-6 Astra: 56.9
Muse Wonder Full: 49.7
Qwen3.8 Max (0902): 33.6

The highest-rated model of each other family we cover, at its best reasoning setting.

Source: Artificial Analysis. Checked 30 October 2026. Measured independently by Artificial Analysis, not by QQuantum.ai or the providers.

BENCHMARKS

Benchmark by benchmark.

Qwen3.8 Max (0902) on individual evaluations

Score (%) at its best reasoning setting · Higher is better · Linear scale from 0 to 100.0

GPQA Diamond (science): 92.8
Humanity's Last Exam: 43.1
SciCode: 52.1
Terminal-Bench 4.0 (agentic coding): 38.9
Terminal-Bench 2.1: 88.8
τ²-Bench Banking: 47.8
AA-LCR (long-context reasoning): 80.3

Each evaluation run by Artificial Analysis under its published methodology. Scores on public benchmarks can overstate performance on your own data.

Source: Artificial Analysis. Checked 30 October 2026. Measured independently by Artificial Analysis, not by QQuantum.ai or the provider.

What it costs

Price the whole answer.

Illustrative calculation at listed rates: a batch of 10 million input tokens and 1 million output tokens costs $26.00 on Qwen3.8 Max (0902). A thousand requests of 2,000 input and 500 output tokens each costs $7.00. Calculation: input millions × input rate + output millions × output rate; it excludes reasoning tokens, retries, tools, tax and review time.

Compare cost per accepted result, not per token: replay the same work on two or three candidates and count the answers you would actually ship. Our model-routing approach sends each request to the cheapest model that passes.

THE REST OF THE FAMILY

Other Qwen models.

Every Qwen model in the catalogue. Our Qwen page covers where the family fits and how we evaluate it.


Qwen3.8 Max (0902)	2 Sep 2026	33.6	38	1M	$2.00	$6.00
Qwen3.8 Max Prime	23 Sep 2026	—	—	1M	$4.00	$12.00
Qwen3.8 Omni Flash	21 Sep 2026	—	—	1M	$0.150	$0.470
Qwen3.8 Flash open	26 Aug 2026	—	—	1M	$0.150	$0.470
Qwen3.8 27B open	14 Aug 2026	20.1	39	1M	$0.150	$1.88
Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B open	12 Aug 2026	—	38	1.05M	$2.00	$6.00
Qwen3.7 Flash	27 Jul 2026	—	—	1M	$0.030	$0.130
Qwen3.7 Plus	1 Jun 2026	—	55	1M	$0.320	$1.28
Qwen3.7 Max	19 May 2026	—	—	1M	$1.48	$4.43
Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20	27 Apr 2026	—	—	1M	$0.300	$1.80
Qwen3.6 27B open	22 Apr 2026	—	—	262k	$0.320	$3.20
Qwen3.6 35B A3B open	16 Apr 2026	—	137	262k	$0.100	$0.900
Qwen3.6 Flash	27 Apr 2026	—	—	1M	$0.188	$1.13
Qwen3.6 Plus	2 Apr 2026	—	—	1M	$0.325	$1.95
Qwen3.5-9B open	2 Mar 2026	—	57	262k	$0.170	$0.250

Intelligence and coding: Artificial Analysis indices at the model's best reasoning setting, and its measured output speed. Context and prices: the OpenRouter catalogue list price in USD per million tokens. Released: the provider's date where Artificial Analysis records one, otherwise the date the catalogue first listed it. Refreshed weekly; not measured by QQuantum.ai. Select a heading to sort.

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Questions

Questions about Qwen3.8 Max (0902).

When was Qwen3.8 Max (0902) released?

Qwen3.8 Max (0902) was released on 2 September 2026, according to Artificial Analysis.

What is the context window of Qwen3.8 Max (0902)?

1 million tokens, with up to 131,072 output tokens per response, as listed in the OpenRouter catalogue on 30 October 2026. A long window is not the same as reliable recall across it; evaluate retrieval on your own documents.

How much does Qwen3.8 Max (0902) cost?

The catalogue lists $2.00 per million input tokens and $6.00 per million output tokens, and $0.250 per million cached input tokens (checked 30 October 2026). Alibaba Cloud's own rates, batch discounts and cloud marketplaces can differ.

How does Qwen3.8 Max (0902) rate against other Qwen models?

Artificial Analysis gives it 33.6 on its Intelligence Index at its best reasoning setting, the highest of the 2 Qwen models it rates. A composite score is a shortlist tool; your own task decides.

Can Qwen3.8 Max (0902) run on our own hardware?

The catalogue lists no published weights for it, so it is used as a hosted API. Where data may not leave your infrastructure, an open-weight model is the alternative.