Qwen3.8 Max API Pricing
Alibaba · released 2026-08-03
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Qwen3.8 Max price
0.200¢ / 1K
0.600¢ / 1K
0.300¢ / 1K
Official list price from Alibaba, as recorded by models.dev
What it actually costs
| Workload | Tokens | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Short chat reply | 500 in / 300 out | 0.28¢ |
| RAG query | 4,000 in / 500 out | $0.0110 |
| Long document summary | 50,000 in / 1,000 out | $0.1060 |
| Code review of a 2k-line file | 30,000 in / 2,000 out | $0.0720 |
| 1,000 chat replies/day for 30 days | 30,000 × (500 in / 300 out) | $84.00 |
Cost = (input tokens ÷ 1,000,000 × $2.00) + (output tokens ÷ 1,000,000 × $6.00).
Benchmarks
| Benchmark | Value | Source | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index (ECI) | No public data yet | ||
| Epoch Mock AIME accuracy | 99.4% | epoch | 2026-08-02 |
| Epoch FrontierMath (T1–3) accuracy | 74.7% | epoch | 2026-08-02 |
| Arena text rating | 1482 | arena | 2026-10-28 |
| Arena coding rating (human preference votes, not task accuracy) | 1525 | arena | 2026-10-28 |
| Arena math rating | 1503 | arena | 2026-10-28 |
| Arena WebDev rating | 1672 | arena | 2026-10-28 |
LiveBench
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| LiveBench metric | Value | As of |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Global Average | 78.5 | 2026-06-25 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 88.2 | 2026-06-25 |
| LiveBench Coding | 72.9 | 2026-06-25 |
| LiveBench Agentic Coding | 64.6 | 2026-06-25 |
| LiveBench Mathematics | 91.3 | 2026-06-25 |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 78.4 | 2026-06-25 |
| LiveBench Language | 79.7 | 2026-06-25 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 74.1 | 2026-06-25 |
LiveBench leaderboard (livebench.ai, github.com/LiveBench/new-livebench), CC BY-SA 4.0 — livebench.ai · github.com/LiveBench/new-livebench · CC BY-SA 4.0
More from Alibaba
| Model | Released | Blended $/1M |
|---|---|---|
| Qwen-Image-2.1-Turbo | 2026-10-09 | — |
| Qwen-Image-2.1-Pro | 2026-10-02 | — |
| Qwen 3.8 Max Prime | 2026-09-23 | — |
| Qwen3.8 Omni Flash | 2026-09-17 | $0.23 |
| Qwen-Image-2.1 | 2026-09-14 | — |
| Qwen3.8 Max 0902 | 2026-09-02 | $3.00 |
| Qwen3.8 Flash Next | 2026-08-27 | — |
| Qwen3.8 Flash | 2026-08-26 | $0.23 |
Count tokens & estimate cost for Qwen3.8 Max
Prices: Alibaba's official list price as recorded by models.dev; benchmarks: see sources below; last synced 2026-11-06.
FAQ
Who develops Qwen3.8 Max?
Qwen3.8 Max is developed by Alibaba, released 2026-08-03.
How much does Qwen3.8 Max cost per million tokens?
Qwen3.8 Max costs $2.00 per 1M input tokens and $6.00 per 1M output tokens ($3.00 blended), per Alibaba's official list price as recorded by models.dev.
What is the Qwen3.8 Max API price?
The Qwen3.8 Max API price is $2.00 per 1M input tokens and $6.00 per 1M output tokens ($3.00 per 1M blended).
How much does Qwen3.8 Max cost for a typical request?
A short chat reply (500 in / 300 out tokens) costs about 0.28¢ on Qwen3.8 Max, at $2.00/1M input and $6.00/1M output.
Is Qwen3.8 Max free?
Qwen3.8 Max's official API list price is $2.00 per 1M input tokens and $6.00 per 1M output tokens. This site tracks list prices only, not free tiers or trial credits — check Alibaba's site for those.
Where does this data come from?
Pricing for Qwen3.8 Max comes from models.dev and LiteLLM (open MIT-licensed catalogs); benchmark scores come from Epoch AI and LMArena (open CC BY 4.0 licenses); LiveBench scores (below) are CC BY-SA 4.0 — see /data-sources/. Last synced 2026-11-06.