Alibaba Qwen · API model
Qwen3.8 Max
API id qwen3.8-max prices checked
- Context
- 1Mtokens
- Max output
- 131Ktokens
- Knowledge cutoff
- Not disclosed
- Typical request
- $0.005
Pricing
US dollars per 1 million tokens. A typical request (1,000 input + 500 output tokens) costs $0.005 at standard rates.
| Rate | Input | Cached input | Output |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | $2.00 | $0.25 | $6.00 |
| BatchAsynchronous, results within 24 hours | $1.00 | — | $3.00 |
Sources list different standard prices. OpenRouter lists cached input at $0.25/M; Alibaba Cloud's own Model Studio page lists $0.20/M for cached reads. Standard input/output match exactly ($2 / $6) across both.
| Source | Input | Output | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| independentOpenRouter | $2.00 | $6.00 | Cached input $0.25/M |
| vendorAlibaba Cloud Model Studio | $2.00 | $6.00 | Cached input $0.20/M |
Capabilities and limits
| Context window | 1M tokens |
|---|---|
| Max output | 131K tokens |
| Input | TextImagesVideo |
| Output | Text |
| Reasoning | Adjustable effort |
| Tool use | Yes |
| Structured output (JSON) | Yes |
| Knowledge cutoff | Not disclosed by the vendor |
Change history
No launches, price changes or retirements logged for Qwen3.8 Max yet.
Changes across all models are in the LLM changelog.
Benchmarks and speed
Not collected yet. Scores will come only from independent leaderboards, each shown with its source and test date.
Planned: GPQA Diamond, SWE-bench Verified, AIME 2025, LMArena Elo, output speed and time to first token.
Where these numbers come from
Every value is an observation with a source and a date. independent is a third-party catalog, vendor is the model maker's own page, derived is our calculation.
| Field | Value | Source | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard price, input / output | $2.00 / $6.00 | independentOpenRouter | Sep 15, 2026 |
| Standard price, input / output | $2.00 / $6.00 | vendorAlibaba Cloud Model Studio | Sep 15, 2026 |
| Context window | 1,000,000 | independentOpenRouter | Sep 15, 2026 |
| Reasoning | Hybrid, toggle per request (enable_thinking) | vendorAlibaba Cloud docs | Sep 15, 2026 |
| Release date | 2026-08-03 | vendorAlibaba Cloud Model Studio | Sep 15, 2026 |
| Typical request | $0.005 | derivedCalculated: 1,000 in + 500 out | Sep 15, 2026 |