How much does Qwen3.8 Max cost?

$2 per million input tokens and $6 per million output tokens at list price, with cached input at $0.24. The cheapest route is $2 in and $6 out. Hoodgen bills in credits (1 credit = Rs 0.10) and shows the estimate before you send.

What is the context window of Qwen3.8 Max?

The provider does not publish a fixed window, so keep prompts focused.

Is Qwen3.8 Max good for coding?

It handles everyday coding and short refactors well.

Does Qwen3.8 Max accept images, audio or files?

It accepts text, image, video and returns text. Drop an image into the Hoodgen composer and ask about it directly.

How fast is Qwen3.8 Max?

114.49s to first token and 50 tokens per second, measured by Artificial Analysis.

What is the Artificial Analysis score of Qwen3.8 Max?

34 on Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v5.0.1, ranked #46 of 74.

How do I use Qwen3.8 Max on Hoodgen?

Open Chat, pick Qwen3.8 Max in the model menu and send a prompt. No API key, no card, paid in credits. It is also selectable inside Coding, Writer and the other tools.

QwenMultimodalReleased 3 September 2026

Qwen3.8 Max pricing, context and benchmark

Qwen3.8 Max 0902 is an updated snapshot of Qwen3.8 Max from Alibaba's Qwen team.

Chat with Qwen3.8 Max

n/a

Input context

131K

Output context

Official input

Official output

AA index

01 · Model Overview

Everything that matters, in one table

Context, pricing, cache, modalities and tooling, from the model registry and Artificial Analysis.

Model	Qwen3.8 Max
Model ID	qwen/qwen3.8-max
Provider	Qwen
Release date	3 September 2026
Status	Generally available
Input context	Provider default
Output context	131,072 tokens
Official input pricing	$2 per 1M tokens
Official output pricing	$6 per 1M tokens
Cache read pricing	$0.24 per 1M tokens (88% off input)
Market input pricing	$2 per 1M (cheapest route)
Market output pricing	$6 per 1M (cheapest route)
Input modalities	text · image · video
Output modalities	text
Reasoning control	Not exposed
Tool support	Text generation only
Tokenizer	Qwen
Provider routes	2 endpoints
Artificial Analysis index	34 (#46 of 74)
Speed	50 tokens/s, 114.49s to first token
Knowledge cutoff	Not publicly stated

Input and output support

Modality	Input	Output	Billed at
Text	✓ yes	✓ yes	$2 in
Image	✓ yes	no	$2 in
Audio	no	no	not supported
Video	✓ yes	no	$2 in
File (PDF)	no	no	not supported

02 · Overview

What is Qwen3.8 Max?

Qwen3.8 Max 0902 is an updated snapshot of Qwen3.8 Max from Alibaba's Qwen team.

It is a 2.4-trillion-parameter mixture-of-experts model that accepts text, image, and video input and returns text,...

Qwen3.8 Max carries a n/a token window, uses the Qwen tokenizer and is served by Qwen. On Hoodgen it sits in the Multimodal tier of the model menu next to its siblings, so you can switch mid conversation without losing the thread.

03 · Release

Release and what changed from the previous version

Released3 September 2026

Property	Qwen3.8 Flash	Qwen3.8 Max	Change
Released	2026	2026	Same release window
Context	1M	n/a	Changed
Max output	131K	131K	Unchanged
Input price	$0.15	$2	Higher
Output price	$0.47	$6	Higher
Input modalities	text, image, video	text, image, video	Unchanged
AA index	n/a	34	Newer benchmark run

04 · Capabilities

Features and capabilities

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Vision

Screenshots, charts and photographed documents are read at the text token rate.

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Audio and video

Calls, meetings and screen recordings can be summarised in one pass.

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Prompt caching

Cached input costs $0.24 per million instead of $2, so stable prefixes get cheaper.

06 · Benchmarks

Benchmark results and performance

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v5.0.1 blends nine evaluations. Qwen3.8 Max scores 34 , ranking #46 of 74.

Intelligence index

#46 of 74

Cost per task

$10.02

weighted average per index task

Time per task

56.9m

inference time

Output speed

tokens per second

Index score and cost per task

Index score#46 of 74

Cost per taskUSD

$10.02

Scale: index 0 to 70, cost 0 to $20. Sub scores are not published per evaluation, so none are invented here.

07 · Use cases

What can you do with Qwen3.8 Max?

Document understanding

Screenshots, charts, scanned pages and PDFs read in the prompt.

Mixed media briefs

One thread holding text, images and files together.

Extraction

Schema constrained JSON out of messy inputs.

Research synthesis

Several sources condensed with the figures preserved.

08 · Cost levers

Prompt caching and how to cut the bill

Cached input bills at $0.24 per million instead of $2, a 88% discount. Keep the system prompt and documents first and the changing question last, so every call hits the cache.

09 · Pricing

Qwen3.8 Max pricing

Official pricing

List price

$2 / 1M in

$6 / 1M out

$0.24 cached input
n/a context
text, image, video input

Cheapest route

$2 / 1M in

$6 / 1M out

2 routes on OpenRouter
What Hoodgen routes to first
Same model, lower bill

Market pricing, every route

Provider	Tier	Input	Output	Cache read	Uptime 24h
Alibaba	standard	$2	$6	$0.25	99.9%
Alibaba	standard	$2	$6	$0.25	99.8%

API pricing and cost calculator

Input tokens per callOutput tokens per callCache hit %Number of calls

Rate	Per call	Total	Credits
Cheapest route	$0.0280	$14.00	13300
List price	$0.0279	$13.94	13244

10 · Developers

API and developer information

Model ID	qwen/qwen3.8-max
Endpoint	https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions
Parameters	prompt and max_tokens
Streaming	Yes, server sent events
Modality string	text+image+video->text
Max prompt tokens	provider default
Max completion tokens	131,072

curl https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENROUTER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "qwen/qwen3.8-max",
    "messages": [{ "role": "user", "content": "Summarise this document." }],
    "max_tokens": 1024
  }'

11 · Limitations

Model limitations

Text only output	It cannot generate images, audio or video. Pair it with an image model on Hoodgen when you need visuals.
Output cap	131,072 tokens per request. Long deliverables have to be chunked.
Knowledge cutoff	The provider does not state a fixed cutoff for every release. Verify very recent events against search.

12 · Comparison

Qwen3.8 Max vs other Qwen models

Model	Context	Input /1M	Output /1M	AA index	Released
Qwen3.8 Max	n/a	$2	$6	34	2026
Qwen3.8 Max Prime	1M	$4	$12	n/a	Sep 2026
Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B	1.05M	$2	$6	n/a	2026
Qwen3.8 Max (0902)	1M	$2	$6	n/a	Sep 2026
Qwen3.7 Max	1M	$1.475	$4.425	n/a	2026
Qwen3.7 Plus	1M	$0.32	$1.28	n/a	2026

13 · Privacy

Privacy and data policy

On Hoodgen, prompts and attachments answer that request and stay in your conversation history so you can reopen it. They are not used to train models.
Requests route through OpenRouter to Qwen and are covered by that provider's API terms.
Do not paste secrets or personal data you would not send to any hosted model.

14 · FAQ

Qwen3.8 Max questions, answered

Qwen3.8 Max is a multimodal model from Qwen, released 3 September 2026. Qwen3.8 Max 0902 is an updated snapshot of Qwen3.8 Max from Alibaba's Qwen team.

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