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Qwen 3.8 Max API Pricing — $1.60/M input, $6.40/M output

Alibaba's flagship proprietary model: frontier-class reasoning and long-context understanding, served directly from Alibaba Cloud.

Input
$1.60/M
Output
$6.40/M
Blended
$2.80/M
Provider
Verified 2026-07-10 — source

Speed

Tokens / sec
47
TTFT
470 ms
Rank
#29 of 31
$ / M ÷ t/s
$0.06
Measured with 5 runs on a fixed prompt — see the full methodology.

Cost at scale

Tokens / monthEst. cost (blended 3:1)
100,000$0.28
1,000,000$2.80
10,000,000$28.00
100,000,000$280.00

How Qwen 3.8 Max compares

Qwen 3.7 Plus — $1.10/MQwen 3.7 Max — $2.80/MQwen 3.7 Max — $2.80/MGrok-4.20 Reasoning — $3.00/MGrok-4.20 — $3.00/M
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Head-to-head comparisons

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FAQ

Is Qwen 3.8 Max cheaper than Qwen 3.7 Max?

Qwen 3.8 Max costs $2.80/M blended tokens, Qwen 3.7 Max costs $2.80/M — Qwen 3.7 Max is cheaper.

How much does 1 million tokens cost with Qwen 3.8 Max?

At a 3:1 input:output ratio, 1 million blended tokens costs approximately $2.80. Pure input costs $1.60/M; pure output costs $6.40/M.

Who provides Qwen 3.8 Max?

Qwen 3.8 Max is served by Qwen. Pricing was last verified on 2026-07-10 against https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/model-studio/pricing.

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