Qwen3.8 Max Prime
Qwen3.8 Max Prime is a model from Alibaba Cloud (Qwen), listed under Language models. It was released on Sep 23, 2026. It costs $4.00 per million input tokens and $12.00 per million output tokens. It costs less than 28% of the 87 available models in its category. It accepts up to 1M tokens per request. Prices as of Oct 27, 2026, from the provider's official pricing page.
- Headline price
- $6.00 / 1M tokens
- Input
- $4.00 per 1M tokens
- Output
- $12.00 per 1M tokens
- Context window
- 1M tokens
- Max output
- 131k
Overview
Qwen3.8 Max Prime is a higher-throughput variant of Qwen3.8 Max from Alibaba's Qwen team, served as a separate SKU at a higher price point. It accepts text, image, and video...
Current prices
| Item | Price |
|---|---|
| Input | $4.00 / 1M tokens |
| Output | $12.00 / 1M tokens |
| Cached input | $0.50 / 1M tokens |
Checked against the provider page on Oct 27, 2026.
Price history
No price change recorded for this model yet.
How it compares
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| GPT-4.1 nano | $0.175 / 1M tokens |
| Claude Haiku 5.5 | $0.20 / 1M tokens |
| GPT-6 Luna | $0.20 / 1M tokens |
| GPT-6 Luna Pro | $0.20 / 1M tokens |
| GPT-4o Mini | $0.2625 / 1M tokens |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp | $0.3234 / 1M tokens |
| GPT-5.6 Luna | $0.45 / 1M tokens |
| GPT-5.4 nano | $0.4625 / 1M tokens |
| DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | $0.525 / 1M tokens |
| Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite | $0.5625 / 1M tokens |
| GPT-5 Mini | $0.6875 / 1M tokens |
| GPT-4.1 Mini | $0.70 / 1M tokens |
| Mistral Large 4 | $0.75 / 1M tokens |
| GPT-3.5 Turbo | $0.75 / 1M tokens |
| Qwen3.8 27B | $0.775 / 1M tokens |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | $0.85 / 1M tokens |
| Gemini 2.5 Flash | $0.85 / 1M tokens |
| Gemini 3 Flash | $1.13 / 1M tokens |
| Grok Build 0.1 | $1.25 / 1M tokens |
| Gemini 3.8 Flash | $1.50 / 1M tokens |
| Gemini 3.7 Flash | $1.50 / 1M tokens |
| Gemini 3.6 Flash | $1.50 / 1M tokens |
| Grok 4.3 | $1.56 / 1M tokens |
| Grok 4.20 Reasoning | $1.56 / 1M tokens |
| Grok 4.20 Non-Reasoning | $1.56 / 1M tokens |
| Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent | $1.56 / 1M tokens |
| GPT-5.4 Mini | $1.69 / 1M tokens |
| o3-mini | $1.93 / 1M tokens |
| o4-mini | $1.93 / 1M tokens |
| DeepSeek V4 Pro | $1.98 / 1M tokens |
| GPT-6.1 Terra | $2.00 / 1M tokens |
| GPT-6.1 Terra Pro | $2.00 / 1M tokens |
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | $2.00 / 1M tokens |
| Grok 4.7 | $3.00 / 1M tokens |
| Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B | $3.00 / 1M tokens |
| Grok 4.6 | $3.00 / 1M tokens |
| Grok 4.5 | $3.00 / 1M tokens |
| Gemini Omni Flash | $3.38 / 1M tokens |
| GPT-5 | $3.44 / 1M tokens |
| Gemini 2.5 Pro | $3.44 / 1M tokens |
| GPT-5.1 | $3.44 / 1M tokens |
| o3 | $3.50 / 1M tokens |
| GPT-4.1 | $3.50 / 1M tokens |
| Claude Sonnet 5.5 | $4.00 / 1M tokens |
| GPT-6.1 Sol | $4.00 / 1M tokens |
| Gemini 4 Argon | $4.00 / 1M tokens |
| GPT-6 Sol | $4.00 / 1M tokens |
| GPT-6 Sol Pro | $4.00 / 1M tokens |
| GPT-6.1 Sol Pro | $4.00 / 1M tokens |
| Kimi K3.1 Pro | $4.00 / 1M tokens |
| Claude Sonnet 5 | $4.00 / 1M tokens |
| GPT-4o | $4.38 / 1M tokens |
| GPT-5.6 Terra | $4.50 / 1M tokens |
| Gemini 3.1 Pro | $4.50 / 1M tokens |
| GPT-5.2 | $4.81 / 1M tokens |
| GPT-5.3-Codex | $4.81 / 1M tokens |
| GPT-5.4 | $5.63 / 1M tokens |
| Claude Sonnet 4.6 | $6.00 / 1M tokens |
| Claude Sonnet 4.5 | $6.00 / 1M tokens |
| Claude Opus 5.5 | $8.00 / 1M tokens |
| GPT-5.6 Sol | $8.00 / 1M tokens |
| Claude Opus 5 | $10.00 / 1M tokens |
| Claude Opus 4.8 | $10.00 / 1M tokens |
| Claude Opus 4.7 | $10.00 / 1M tokens |
| Claude Opus 4.6 | $10.00 / 1M tokens |
| Claude Opus 4.5 | $10.00 / 1M tokens |
| Chat Latest | $11.25 / 1M tokens |
| GPT-5.5 | $11.25 / 1M tokens |
| GPT-4 Turbo | $15.00 / 1M tokens |
| Claude Fable 5.1 | $20.00 / 1M tokens |
| GPT-6 Astra | $20.00 / 1M tokens |
| Claude Mythos 5.1 | $20.00 / 1M tokens |
| GPT-6 Astra Pro | $20.00 / 1M tokens |
| Claude Fable 5 | $20.00 / 1M tokens |
| Claude Mythos 5 | $20.00 / 1M tokens |
| o1 | $26.25 / 1M tokens |
| o3-pro | $35.00 / 1M tokens |
| GPT-4 | $37.50 / 1M tokens |
| GPT-5 Pro | $41.25 / 1M tokens |
| GPT-5.2 Pro | $57.75 / 1M tokens |
| GPT-5.4 Pro | $67.50 / 1M tokens |
| GPT-5.5 Pro | $67.50 / 1M tokens |
| o1-pro | $263 / 1M tokens |
| Qwen3.8 Max Prime | $6.00 / 1M tokens |
Show data
| Model | Value |
|---|---|
| GPT-6 Astra | 1.05M |
| GPT-6.1 Sol | 1.05M |
| GPT-6 Luna | 1.05M |
| GPT-6 Sol | 1.05M |
| GPT-5.6 Sol | 1.05M |
| GPT-5.6 Terra | 1.05M |
| GPT-5.6 Luna | 1.05M |
| GPT-6 Astra Pro | 1.05M |
| GPT-6 Luna Pro | 1.05M |
| GPT-6 Sol Pro | 1.05M |
| GPT-6.1 Sol Pro | 1.05M |
| GPT-6.1 Terra | 1.05M |
| GPT-6.1 Terra Pro | 1.05M |
| GPT-5.4 | 1.05M |
| GPT-5.4 Pro | 1.05M |
| GPT-5.5 | 1.05M |
| GPT-5.5 Pro | 1.05M |
| Gemini 4 Argon | 1.05M |
| Gemini 3.8 Flash | 1.05M |
| Gemini Omni Flash | 1.05M |
| Muse Wonder | 1.05M |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | 1.05M |
| Gemini 3.7 Flash | 1.05M |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 | 1.05M |
| Muse Spark 1.3 | 1.05M |
| Kimi K3.1 Pro | 1.05M |
| Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B | 1.05M |
| Gemini 3.1 Pro | 1.05M |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp | 1.05M |
| Gemini 3.6 Flash | 1.05M |
| Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite | 1.05M |
| Gemini 3 Flash | 1.05M |
| Gemini 2.5 Pro | 1.05M |
| Gemini 2.5 Flash | 1.05M |
| Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | 1.05M |
| Muse Spark 1.1 | 1.05M |
| Muse Spark 1.2 | 1.05M |
| GPT-4.1 | 1.05M |
| GPT-4.1 Mini | 1.05M |
| GPT-4.1 nano | 1.05M |
| Claude Fable 5.1 | 1M |
| Claude Opus 5.5 | 1M |
| Claude Sonnet 5.5 | 1M |
| Claude Haiku 5.5 | 1M |
| Grok 4.3 | 1M |
| DeepSeek V4 Pro | 1M |
| DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | 1M |
| Kimi K3 | 1M |
| Claude Mythos 5.1 | 1M |
| Grok 4.20 Reasoning | 1M |
| Grok 4.20 Non-Reasoning | 1M |
| Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent | 1M |
| Z.ai GLM 5.3 (on Mistral) | 1M |
| Qwen3.8 27B | 1M |
| Mistral Large 4 | 1M |
| Claude Fable 5 | 1M |
| Claude Mythos 5 | 1M |
| Claude Opus 5 | 1M |
| Claude Sonnet 5 | 1M |
| Claude Opus 4.8 | 1M |
| Claude Opus 4.7 | 1M |
| Claude Opus 4.6 | 1M |
| Claude Sonnet 4.6 | 1M |
| Grok 4.7 | 500k |
| Grok 4.6 | 500k |
| Grok 4.5 | 500k |
| GPT-5.6 Cyber | 400k |
| Chat Latest | 400k |
| GPT-5 | 400k |
| GPT-5 Mini | 400k |
| GPT-5 nano | 400k |
| GPT-5 Pro | 400k |
| GPT-5.2 | 400k |
| GPT-5.2 Pro | 400k |
| GPT-5.4 Mini | 400k |
| GPT-5-Codex | 400k |
| GPT-5.1 | 400k |
| GPT-5.1-Codex | 400k |
| GPT-5.1-Codex Mini | 400k |
| GPT-5.1-Codex-Max | 400k |
| GPT-5.2-Codex | 400k |
| GPT-5.3-Codex | 400k |
| GPT-5.4 nano | 400k |
| Grok Build 0.1 | 256k |
| Mistral Medium 3.5 | 256k |
| Mistral Small 4 | 256k |
| Ministral 3 14B | 256k |
| Ministral 3 8B | 256k |
| Ministral 3 3B | 256k |
| Command A | 256k |
| Command A Reasoning | 256k |
| North Mini Code | 256k |
| Kimi K2.7 Code | 256k |
| Mistral Large 3 | 256k |
| Kimi K2.6 | 256k |
| Claude Opus 4.5 | 200k |
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 200k |
| o3 | 200k |
| o3-pro | 200k |
| Claude Sonnet 4.5 | 200k |
| codex-mini-latest | 200k |
| o1 | 200k |
| o1-pro | 200k |
| o3-deep-research | 200k |
| o3-mini | 200k |
| o4-mini | 200k |
| o4-mini-deep-research | 200k |
| gpt-oss-120b | 131k |
| gpt-oss-20b | 131k |
| Command A+ | 128k |
| Codestral | 128k |
| Aya Expanse 32B | 128k |
| Command A Vision | 128k |
| Command R7B | 128k |
| Command R (08-2024) | 128k |
| Command R+ (08-2024) | 128k |
| ChatGPT-4o | 128k |
| GPT-4 Turbo | 128k |
| GPT-4 Turbo Preview | 128k |
| GPT-4.5 Preview | 128k |
| GPT-4o | 128k |
| GPT-4o Mini | 128k |
| GPT-4o Mini Search Preview | 128k |
| GPT-4o Search Preview | 128k |
| GPT-5 Chat | 128k |
| GPT-5.1 Chat | 128k |
| GPT-5.2 Chat | 128k |
| GPT-5.3 Chat | 128k |
| o1 Preview | 128k |
| o1-mini | 128k |
| Command R | 128k |
| Command R+ | 128k |
| Voxtral Small | 32k |
| GPT-3.5 Turbo | 16k |
| babbage-002 | 16k |
| davinci-002 | 16k |
| Aya Vision 32B | 16k |
| computer-use-preview | 8k |
| GPT-4 | 8k |
| Tiny Aya Earth | 8k |
| Tiny Aya Global | 8k |
| Qwen3.8 Max Prime | 1M |
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Frequently asked questions
How much does Qwen3.8 Max Prime cost?
Qwen3.8 Max Prime is priced at input $4.00 / 1M tokens, output $12.00 / 1M tokens, cached input $0.50 / 1M tokens, according to Alibaba Cloud (Qwen)'s published pricing (checked Oct 27, 2026).
What is the context window of Qwen3.8 Max Prime?
Qwen3.8 Max Prime accepts up to 1M tokens per request. It can write up to 131k tokens in one response.
Is Qwen3.8 Max Prime still available?
Yes. Qwen3.8 Max Prime is generally available through the Alibaba Cloud (Qwen) API.
When was Qwen3.8 Max Prime released?
Qwen3.8 Max Prime was released in Sep 23, 2026.
What is the API model ID for Qwen3.8 Max Prime?
Use qwen3.8-max-prime when calling the Alibaba Cloud (Qwen) API.
What are the alternatives to Qwen3.8 Max Prime?
Models in the same category at a similar price include Claude Opus 5.5 (Anthropic), GPT-5.6 Sol (OpenAI), GPT-5.6 Terra (OpenAI) and Gemini 3.1 Pro (Google).