Alibaba Qwen

Tier B · Specialist or second-choice models.

Qwen3.8-Max

A B-tier specialist with a genuine eye for website design.

API pricing

USD per million tokens · QwenCloud API
Input
$2
Output
$6
Cached input
$0.25
Context window
1M
Pricing details and specifications

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6 runs

City Scroll Journey

Run date: 2026-08-06

Specialist test · evaluated separately

Cinematic scroll journey testing AI-generated scene continuity, scroll-scrubbed camera motion, and art-directed landing craft.

Low-Poly Tower Defense

Run date: 2026-08-06

Diorama tower defense testing economy balance, wave design, placement rules, and combat readability.

Stormwind Trebuchet Simulator

Run date: 2026-08-06

Counterweight siege simulation testing coupled mechanics, trajectory prediction, projectile cameras, and interactive tuning.

Editorial verdict

Where this model fits

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Qwen3.8-Max is a B-tier front-end specialist after a strong first-pass website benchmark. It produced a polished animated landing page and correctly used the available image-generation skill without needing to be walked through every step. Its strongest published case is narrower than a general coding default.

Best for

  • Website design
  • Front-end and visual coding
  • Animated landing pages
  • Tool-aware design workflows

Watch out

  • Use a stronger reviewer for broad or consequential work
  • The showcased run used an external image-generation integration
  • Premium Chinese models are no longer dramatically cheaper than US peers

Why it is ranked here

  1. Six published Superbash visual runs provide direct output evidence for the current model label.
  2. The team was impressed by its first-try website design and its ability to invoke the right available skill.
  3. B tier reflects a specific design strength rather than a broad default recommendation.

Evidence

2026-09-23

Superbash editorial model ranking

Takeaway: Qwen3.8-Max is currently placed in Tier B.

The September 2026 editorial roster places Qwen3.8-Max at rank 13.

Open source →
2026-08-14

Qwen3.8-Max model page

Takeaway: Qwen3.8-Max is the verified current flagship identity behind this catalog entry.

The provider page confirms the final model ID, multimodal inputs, one-million-token context, and current API prices.

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Official benchmark profile

Qwen3.8-Max is current, but its numeric benchmark table is not public.

Qwen sourceAugust 2026Official model page →
Sources, pricing details and methodology

Verified model facts

Model specifications

Pricing source · checked 2026-09-08 ↗
Status
Current
API model ID
qwen3.8-max
Context
1M
Max output
131K
License
Not publicly verified
Access route
Not publicly verified
Modalities
Not publicly verified
Hardware
Not publicly verified
QwenCloud API · USD / 1M tokens
$2 input · $0.25 cached input · $2.5 cache write · $6 output

Cached input shown is implicit caching. Explicit cache reads cost $0.17 per 1M tokens; explicit cache creation costs $2.50 per 1M tokens.

Benchmark sources

The benchmark folders retain their original run provenance. The current catalog now resolves them to Qwen3.8-Max, while this score panel stays empty until Qwen publishes a source-specific numeric table.

Qwen3.8-Max model page

Qwen confirms a 1M-token context window, image and video inputs, and the final qwen3.8-max model ID. It has not published a numeric benchmark table on the model page, so earlier Qwen scores are not substituted here.

Evaluation settings