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🇨🇳 ChinaReleased August 2026

Qwen3.8-Max

Alibaba
Verdict

A versatile model, balanced across most use cases.

Skill profile

Arena Elo1479

Not disclosed

Strengths

  • World-class on Arena
  • Very long context

Limitations

  • No native GDPR guarantee

Who is it for

A good fit if…
    Skip it if…
    • you handle sensitive EU data

    Access & availability

    Paid API per token

    Key specifications

    Context
    1M
    Input price
    $2.00 $/M
    Output price
    $6.00 $/M
    Speed
    Price verified Sep 4, 2026·Official sourceBenchmarks not audited

    Estimate your monthly cost

    Per-token API pricing
    $103/ month with Qwen3.8-Max

    For the same usage

    Indicative estimate based on standard API rates (excluding caching, batch and volume discounts). Always check the official pricing before committing.

    Privacy

    Not GDPR-compliantHosting : CN/SG
    Advanced data · for experts
    Architecture, modalities, detailed cost, full benchmarks
    Architecture
    Size
    Cutoff date
    Inputs
    text, image, video
    Outputs
    text
    License
    proprietary
    Hosting
    CN/SG
    Hallucination score
    Estimated cost (API)
    Typical exchange (~3k in / 1k out)
    ≈ $0.0120
    1M in + 1M out
    ≈ $8.00
    All benchmarks
    Arena Elo1479
    MMLU
    GPQA
    HumanEval
    SWE-Bench
    MATH

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