Model summary
Qwen3.8 Max (0902) is amongst the leading models in intelligence and reasonably priced when comparing to other models of similar price. It's also notably slow and very verbose. The model supports text and image input, outputs text, and has a 984k tokens context window.
Qwen3.8 Max (0902) scores 45 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it well above average among comparable models (median: 25). When evaluating the Intelligence Index, it generated 190M tokens, which is very verbose in comparison to the median of 90M.
Pricing for Qwen3.8 Max (0902) is $2.00 per 1M input tokens (moderately priced, median: $2.00) and $6.00 per 1M output tokens (moderately priced, median: $10.00). In total, it cost $4934.79 to evaluate Qwen3.8 Max (0902) on the Intelligence Index.
At 40 tokens per second, Qwen3.8 Max (0902) is notably slow (66).
| Reasoning | Yes This page shows the reasoning version of this model. A non-reasoning variant may also exist. |
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| Input modality | Supports: text and image |
| Output modality | Supports: text |
| Context window | 984k ~1475 A4 pages of size 12 Arial font |
Metrics are compared against models of the same class:
- Non-reasoning models → compared only with other non-reasoning models
- Reasoning models → compared across both reasoning and non-reasoning
- Open weights models → compared only with other open weights models of the same size class:
- Tiny: ≤4B parameters
- Small: 4B–40B parameters
- Medium: 40B–150B parameters
- Large: >150B parameters
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Proprietary models → compared across proprietary and open weights models of the same price range, using a blended 3:1 input/output price ratio:
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<$0.15 per 1M tokens
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$0.15–$1 per 1M tokens
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$1 per 1M tokens Highlights
IntelligenceUpdated #
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index by Open Weights / Proprietary
Capability IndicesUpdated #
Measures the performance of models on specific capabilities and industries
Artificial Analysis Finance & Accounting Index
Intelligence Evaluations
Agentic knowledge work, (Elo-500)/2000
Agentic real-world work tasks, (Elo-500)/2000
[AutomationBench-AA](https://artificialanalysis.ai/evaluations/automationbench-aa)Updated
Agentic SaaS workflows
Agentic coding & terminal use
Coding
Reasoning & knowledge
GDP.pdfNew Professional document reasoning, All-pass
Physics reasoning
Knowledge
1 - hallucination rate
Long context reasoning
Legal agentic work, criterion pass rate
Agentic business operations
Quantitative analysis on spreadsheets & documents
Agentic tool use
Kubernetes incident root-cause analysis
Visual reasoning
MLCR-AANew Medical long context reasoning
AA-Briefcase
AA-Briefcase Elo
AA-Omniscience
AA-Omniscience Index
Intelligence Index Comparisons #
Intelligence Index vs. Cost per Intelligence Index Task
Token Use #
Output Tokens per Intelligence Index Task
Cost #
Cost per Intelligence Index Task
Cost to Run Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index
Pricing: Cache Hit, Input, and Output
Context Window #
Context Window
Speed #
Measured by Output Speed (tokens per second)
Output Speed
Time per Intelligence Index Task
Latency #
Measured by Time (seconds) to First Token
Latency: Time To First Answer Token
End-to-End Response Time #
Seconds to output 500 tokens, calculated based on time to first token, 'thinking' time for reasoning models, and output speed
End-to-End Response Time
Frequently Asked Questions #
Common questions about Qwen3.8 Max (0902)
Qwen3.8 Max (0902) was released on September 2, 2026.
Qwen3.8 Max (0902) was created by Alibaba.
Qwen3.8 Max (0902) scores 45 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it well above average among other reasoning models in a similar price tier (median: 25).
Qwen3.8 Max (0902) generates output at 39.7 tokens per second (based on Alibaba's API), which is at the lower end compared to other reasoning models in a similar price tier (median: 66.4 t/s).
Qwen3.8 Max (0902) has a time to first token (TTFT) of 2.78s (based on Alibaba's API), which is better than average compared to other reasoning models in a similar price tier (median: 3.58s).
Qwen3.8 Max (0902) costs $2.00 per 1M input tokens (better than average, median: $2.00) and $6.00 per 1M output tokens (better than average, median: $10.00), based on Alibaba's API.
Qwen3.8 Max (0902) costs $2.00 per 1M input tokens and $6.00 per 1M output tokens (based on Alibaba's API). For a blended rate (7:2:1 cache hit/input/output ratio), this is $1.18 per 1M tokens. Pricing may vary by provider. Compare provider pricing
When evaluated on the Intelligence Index, Qwen3.8 Max (0902) generated 190M output tokens, which is at the higher end compared to other reasoning models in a similar price tier (median: 90M).
Yes, Qwen3.8 Max (0902) is a reasoning model. It uses extended thinking or chain-of-thought reasoning to work through complex problems before providing an answer.
Qwen3.8 Max (0902) supports text and image input.
Qwen3.8 Max (0902) supports text output.
Yes, Qwen3.8 Max (0902) supports image input and can analyze, describe, and answer questions about images.
Yes, Qwen3.8 Max (0902) is multimodal. It can process text and image input and generate text output.
Qwen3.8 Max (0902) has a context window of 980k tokens. This determines how much text and conversation history the model can process in a single request.
No, Qwen3.8 Max (0902) is proprietary. The model weights are not publicly available.
Qwen3.8 Max (0902) is a proprietary model and Alibaba has not disclosed the model size or parameter count.
Qwen3.8 Max (0902) achieves a score of 45 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index. This composite benchmark evaluates models across reasoning, knowledge, mathematics, and coding.
Yes, Qwen3.8 Max (0902) is available via API through 1 provider. [Compare API providers](https://artificialanalysis.ai/models/qwen3-8-max/providers)
Qwen3.8 Max (0902) is available through 1 API provider. [Compare providers](https://artificialanalysis.ai/models/qwen3-8-max/providers)