# Qwen3.8 Max

Qwen3.8 Max is a model from Alibaba, released on 3 Aug 2026. The context window is 1,000,000 tokens. Pricing is $2.00 (Qwen Cloud region ap-southeast-1) per million input tokens and $6.00 (Qwen Cloud region ap-southeast-1) per million output tokens.

- Developer: Alibaba
- Id: qwen3.8-max
- Reported: 2026-08-03T02:00:00.000Z
- Released: 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Sighting: 2026-09-21T17:00:31.545Z
  - [evidence link](https://models.dev/#qwen3.8-max)
- Status: Released
- Product update: 2026-08-03
  - [evidence link](https://qwen.ai/blog?id=65dfab20-97fb-4932-97cd-4f7da4ab51f5)
- Canonical: https://alexgetman.com/models/alibaba/qwen3-8-max/

## Questions

### What is the context window of Qwen3.8 Max?

The context window is 1,000,000 tokens.

### How much does Qwen3.8 Max cost?

Pricing is $2.00 (Qwen Cloud region ap-southeast-1) per million input tokens and $6.00 (Qwen Cloud region ap-southeast-1) per million output tokens. Cached input is $0.17 (Explicit cache; Qwen Cloud region ap-southeast-1); $0.25 (Implicit cache; Qwen Cloud region ap-southeast-1) per million.

### When was Qwen3.8 Max released?

On 3 Aug 2026.

## Timeline

- 2026-08-03T08:01:30.947Z · [Alex Getman](https://alexgetman.com/142/alibaba-released-qwen-3-8-max/)
> ⚡️ Alibaba released Qwen 3.8 Max
> 
> The new 2.4T parameter flagship benchmarks in the same league as GPT-5.6 Sol, Claude Opus 4.8 and Fable 5.
> 
> API pricing is $2/M input and $6/M output, roughly half the cost of GPT-5.6 Terra and Claude Sonnet.
> 
> Now it’s up to users to see whether Qwen can beat DeepSeek-V4-Flash and GPT-5.6 Luna on price to performance.
- 2026-11-05T17:46:57.225Z · [GitHub · QwenLM/qwen-code · PR](https://github.com/QwenLM/qwen-code/pull/16170)
This code reference does not establish a working model identifier.
- 2026-11-05T17:57:47.304Z · [GitHub · QwenLM/qwen-code · PR](https://github.com/QwenLM/qwen-code/pull/14245)
> | `GET /api/v1/uploads?action=getPolicy&model=qwen3.8-max` | 200, complete policy (upload host `dashscope-file-mgr.oss-cn-beijing.aliyuncs.com`) |
This code reference does not establish a working model identifier.
- 2026-11-05T17:57:47.304Z · [GitHub · QwenLM/qwen-code · PR](https://github.com/QwenLM/qwen-code/pull/15184)
This code reference does not establish a working model identifier.
- 2026-11-13T17:22:19.091Z · [Qwen · official article bodies](https://qwen.ai/blog?id=65dfab20-97fb-4932-97cd-4f7da4ab51f5)
> Qwen3.8-Max — now available via QwenCloud:

## Evidence links

- [editorial](https://alexgetman.com/142/alibaba-released-qwen-3-8-max/)
- [Arena](https://arena.ai)
- [Artificial Analysis · benchmarks](https://artificialanalysis.ai/models)
- [qwen-model-index](https://docs.qwencloud.com/developer-guides/getting-started/text-generation-models)
- [GitHub · QwenLM/qwen-code · PR](https://github.com/QwenLM/qwen-code/pull/14245)
- [GitHub · QwenLM/qwen-code · PR](https://github.com/QwenLM/qwen-code/pull/15184)
- [GitHub · QwenLM/qwen-code · PR](https://github.com/QwenLM/qwen-code/pull/16170)
- [models.dev · catalogue](https://models.dev/#Qwen3.8-Max)
- [models.dev · catalogue](https://models.dev/#qwen3-8-max)
- [models-dev](https://models.dev/#qwen3.8-max)
- [models.dev · catalogue](https://models.dev/#qwen3.8-max-free)
- [models.dev · catalogue](https://models.dev/#qwen3p8-max)
- [opencode-go](https://opencode.ai/inference/go/v1/models)
- [OpenCode Zen · models](https://opencode.ai/zen)
- [qwen-articles](https://qwen.ai/blog?id=65dfab20-97fb-4932-97cd-4f7da4ab51f5)
- [VoxelBench · leaderboard](https://voxelbench.ai/leaderboard)
- [Arena · leaderboards](https://www.qwencloud.com/models/qwen3.8-max)
- [review](https://www.qwencloud.com/models/qwen3.8-max?region=ap-southeast-1)

## Signals

- [Story · DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423](https://alexgetman.com/signals/2026/09/13/story-deepseek-deepseek-v4-flash-0423-3/)
- [Qwen3.8 Max: Catalogue listing](https://alexgetman.com/signals/2026/09/10/qwen3-8-max/)