Alibaba's newest flagship, GA successor to the 3.7 Max line — and the first Max with vision. 1M context, multimodal reasoning over text and images, cheaper per token than the 3.7 it replaces.
Modalities
Text+Image → Text
Below release
Not established
Weights
Published
Qwen/Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95B
Where it sits in the catalogue Kyma measures
Every number against every text model Kyma prices per token — a stated rule, not a chosen line-up.
$2.228
output $6.684 · cached $0.2781
median $1.013 · best $0.0494
$6.684
per 1M tokens generated
median $3.531 · best $0.218
100%
368 observations since 2026-08-05
median 100.0% · best 100.0%
27 tok/s
probe median, one fixed prompt
median 35.7 tok/s · best 365.1 tok/s
2.72 s
probe median, to a complete answer
median 2.96 s · best 0.89 s
1M
max output 131,072
published by Alibaba, not measured here
Tick above each rail is this model, below it the other 70. Dashed rule is the field median, solid is its best. Better is left; the axis stops at the 90th percentile, so a few models sit past its right edge.
Usage
How much this model is actually called here.
Rank
#18
of 101 active models
Tokens served
45.2M
all-time
Platform share
1.0%
of all tokens
Pricing
Pay per token. Cached input bills at this model’s own cached rate, listed below.
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Estimated monthly cost
$199
$6.63 / day on Qwen 3.8 Max
Same workload on:
Estimates use list pricing with cached input at this model's own cached rate. Actual bills depend on real token counts, and every response includes its exact cost.
How it compares
Against the peers people actually weigh it against.
| Spec | Qwen 3.8 Max | Qwen 3.8 27B | Qwen 3.7 Flash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input /1M | $2.228 | $0.3576 | $0.0504 |
| Output /1M | $6.684 | $2.554 | $0.2187 |
| Context | 1M | 1M | 1M |
| Tools | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Reasoning | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Throughput | 27 tok/s | 36 tok/s | 68 tok/s |
Quick start
Up and running in under two minutes.
- 1
Create an API key
Sign up and grab a key from the dashboard. Qwen 3.8 Max needs a top-up — the signup credit covers the free tier.
Get API key → - 2
Make your first request
Drop in your key and send a chat completion — fully OpenAI-compatible.
curl https://kymaapi.com/v1/chat/completions \ -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "model": "qwen-3.8-max", "messages": [ {"role": "user", "content": "Explain prompt caching in one paragraph."} ] }' - 3
Stream responses
Add
"stream": trueto receive tokens as they arrive.curl https://kymaapi.com/v1/chat/completions \ -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "model": "qwen-3.8-max", "stream": true, "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}] }'
FAQ
Common questions about this model.
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