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Qwen3.8-Max-0902 takes second slot on Code Arena beating Claude Opus 5 max

Alibaba's Qwen3.8-Max-0902 model scored 1688 on the Code Arena leaderboard, securing second place and outperforming Anthropic's Claude Opus 5 max, which scored 1687. The rankings, published by Code Arena, evaluate AI models on front-end web development tasks including agentic coding workflows requiring multi-step reasoning and tool use.

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Qwen3.8-Max-0902 takes second slot on Code Arena beating Claude Opus 5 max
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View overall rankings across AI models on front-end web development tasks, including agentic coding workflows that require multi-step reasoning and tool use.

Rank Spread
1 11 Anthropic · Proprietary 1765+23/-23 1,106 $10 / $50 1M
2 25 Alibaba · Proprietary 1688+18/-18 1,472 $2 / $6 N/A
3 25 Anthropic · Proprietary 1687+8/-8 10,583 $5 / $25 1M
4 26 Moonshot · Kimi K3 license 1674+11/-11 4,544 $3 / $15 1M
5 26 Alibaba · Proprietary 1669+12/-12 3,222 $2 / $6 1M
6 46 Anthropic · Proprietary 1661+7/-7 10,530 $5 / $25 1M
7 713 SpaceXAI · Proprietary 1629+17/-17 1,534 $2 / $6 500K
8 712 Anthropic · Proprietary 1628+8/-8 9,159 $10 / $50 1M
9 713 Tencent · Apache 2.0 1626+17/-17 1,472 $0.83 / $2.50 1M
10 714 Alibaba · qwen-community-1.0 1622+15/-15 1,977 $0.16 / $0.47 1M
11 713 OpenAI · Proprietary 1616+7/-7 10,813 $4 / $20 1.1M
12 715 Z.ai · MIT 1609+13/-13 2,745 $1.40 / $4.40 1M
13 818 Z.ai · MIT 1604+16/-16 1,781 $0.15 / $0.50 1M
14 1118 Alibaba · Apache 2.0 1597+11/-11 3,349 $0.40 / $3 N/A
15 1219 Google · Proprietary 1587+12/-12 3,007 $0.75 / $3.75 1M
16 1319 Z.ai · MIT 1585+7/-7 9,660 $1.40 / $4.40 1M
17 1319 DeepSeek · MIT 1582+11/-11 3,375 $1.32 / $3.96 N/A
18 1319 DeepSeek · MIT 1581+10/-10 4,017 $0.44 / $1.32 1M
19 1523 Google · Proprietary 1567+12/-12 2,728 $0.75 / $3.75 1M
20 1923 Anthropic · Proprietary 1563+7/-7 12,721 $5 / $25 1M
21 1924 Anthropic · Proprietary 1557+6/-6 15,534 $5 / $25 1M
22 1924 Anthropic · Proprietary 1557+6/-6 16,003 $5 / $25 1M
23 1925 SpaceXAI · Proprietary 1556+8/-8 7,208 $2 / $6 500K
24 2130 Anthropic · Proprietary 1546+6/-6 17,987 $5 / $25 1M
25 2430 Meta · Proprietary 1540+8/-8 7,184 $1.25 / $4.25 N/A
26 2430 Anthropic · Proprietary 1540+7/-7 11,648 $5 / $25 1M
27 2430 Google · Proprietary 1538+8/-8 7,860 $0.75 / $3.75 1M
28 2431 Anthropic · Proprietary 1537+8/-8 8,219 $2 / $10 1M
29 2430 Anthropic · Proprietary 1536+6/-6 19,154 $5 / $25 1M
30 2336 Meta · Proprietary 1534+14/-14 2,065 $1.25 / $4.25 N/A
31 3036 Anthropic · Proprietary 1522+5/-5 21,266 $1.50 / $7.50 1M
32 2939 Bytedance · Proprietary 1522+8/-8 8,469 N/A N/A
33 3039 OpenAI · Proprietary 1519+8/-8 6,736 $0.20 / $1.20 1M
34 3039 OpenAI · Proprietary 1519+8/-8 6,654 $2 / $12 1M
35 3039 Alibaba · Proprietary 1517+8/-8 8,371 $1.48 / $4.42 1M
36 3041 Tencent · Apache 2.0 1511+11/-11 3,125 $0.08 / $0.33 262.1K
37 3240 OpenAI · Proprietary 1509+6/-6 14,606 $5 / $30 N/A
38 3241 Moonshot · Modified MIT 1509+7/-7 9,589 $0.95 / $4 262.1K
39 3241 Z.ai · MIT 1508+7/-7 9,959 $1.40 / $4.40 202.8K
40 3643 Google · Proprietary 1501+8/-8 8,537 $0.75 / $4.50 1M
41 3746 Anthropic · Proprietary 1495+8/-8 10,595 $5 / $25 200K
42 4046 Google · Proprietary 1492+7/-7 11,046 $0.75 / $4.50 1M
43 4049 MiniMax · MiniMax Community License 1487+7/-7 11,631 $0.30 / $1.20 524.3K
44 4149 OpenAI · Proprietary 1486+6/-6 16,595 $5 / $30 N/A
45 4151 Alibaba · Proprietary 1479+13/-13 2,602 $1.03 / $6.16 262.1K
46 4351 Xiaomi · MIT 1475+6/-6 14,911 $0.43 / $0.87 1.1M
47 4353 Moonshot · Modified MIT 1473+10/-10 4,682 $0.66 / $3.40 262.1K
48 4554 Anthropic · Proprietary 1468+7/-7 12,903 $5 / $25 200K
49 4554 DeepSeek · MIT 1464+7/-7 12,404 $1.32 / $3.96 1M
50 4361 OpenAI · Proprietary 1463+19/-19 1,277 $2.50 / $15 1.1M
51 4754 Alibaba · Proprietary 1460+6/-6 17,251 $0.33 / $1.95 1M
52 4755 OpenAI · Proprietary 1457+6/-6 14,652 $5 / $30 N/A
53 4171 Google · Proprietary 1449+42/-42 228 $0.15 / $1.25 1M
54 5263 Google · Proprietary 1446+5/-5 22,517 $1 / $6 1M
55 5164 DeepSeek · MIT 1446+7/-7 13,185 $1.32 / $3.96 1M
56 4866 OpenAI · Proprietary 1442+19/-19 1,316 $2.50 / $15 1.1M
57 5266 Google · Proprietary 1438+9/-9 13,578 $2 / $12 1M
58 5266 Xiaomi · MIT 1438+6/-6 13,809 $0.14 / $0.28 1.1M
59 5266 Google · Proprietary 1438+9/-9 10,458 $0.50 / $3 1M
60 5366 Moonshot · Modified MIT 1436+5/-5 19,055 $0.60 / $3 N/A
61 5266 Z.ai · MIT 1436+8/-8 7,060 $1 / $3.20 202.8K
62 5267 Z.ai · MIT 1434+12/-12 3,811 $0.40 / $1.75 204.8K
63 5366 Xiaomi · Proprietary 1433+8/-8 6,960 $1 / $3 1M
64 5566 DeepSeek · MIT 1431+7/-7 9,493 $0.44 / $1.32 1M
65 5575 OpenAI · Proprietary 1419+16/-16 3,034 $1.25 / $10 400K
66 5479 OpenAI · Proprietary 1416+23/-23 1,055 $0.88 / $7 400K
67 6476 Thinky · Apache 2.0 1408+8/-8 7,894 $1 / $4.05 524.3K
68 6379 OpenAI · Proprietary 1408+14/-14 2,514 $1.75 / $14 400K
69 6479 Moonshot · Modified MIT 1405+12/-12 3,097 $0.45 / $2.25 262.1K
70 6479 Thinky · Apache 2.0 1405+10/-10 4,714 $0.50 / $1.20 524.3K
71 6483 Z.ai · Proprietary 1400+14/-14 2,185 $1.20 / $4 202.8K
72 6580 MiniMax · Modified MIT 1398+6/-6 14,930 $0.30 / $1.20 204.8K
73 6579 Alibaba · Apache 2.0 1398+5/-5 19,563 $0.39 / $2.34 262.1K
74 6581 OpenAI · Proprietary 1397+7/-7 11,278 $0.75 / $4.50 400K
75 6783 Anthropic · Proprietary 1392+8/-8 12,772 $3 / $15 200K
76 6585 OpenAI · Proprietary 1391+12/-12 4,754 $0.63 / $5 400K
77 6786 Anthropic · Proprietary 1389+11/-11 6,773 $15 / $75 200K
78 6687 OpenAI · Proprietary 1388+13/-13 2,221 $2.50 / $15 1.1M
79 6786 MiniMax · MIT 1387+10/-10 7,285 $0.30 / $1.20 204.8K
80 7286 Anthropic · Proprietary 1385+7/-7 15,152 $3 / $15 200K
81 7387 MiniMax · Modified MIT 1384+8/-8 7,197 $0.27 / $1.08 204.8K
82 7486 Google · Proprietary 1383+5/-5 20,909 $0.50 / $3 1M
83 7690 SpaceXAI · Proprietary 1374+6/-6 14,575 $1.25 / $2.50 1M
84 7494 Upstage · Proprietary 1371+17/-17 1,404 $0.03 / $0.12 524.3K
85 7693 OpenAI · Proprietary 1370+12/-12 3,493 $1.75 / $14 400K
86 8394 Google · Apache 2.0 1363+7/-7 9,470 $0.99 / $1.49 131.1K
87 7798 Google · Apache 2.0 1361+17/-17 1,442 N/A N/A
88 8395 DeepSeek · MIT 1361+9/-9 6,638 $0.27 / $0.40 163.8K
89 8198 Meta · Apache-2.0 1360+16/-16 1,511 N/A N/A
90 8495 Alibaba · Apache 2.0 1358+8/-8 7,837 $0.29 / $2.40 262.1K
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