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 |
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 |