Qwen3 VL 32B Thinking vs Qwen3.8 Max: Specs & Benchmark Comparison
Qwen3 VL 32B Thinking and Qwen3.8 Max both come from Alibaba, Qwen3 VL 32B Thinking was released in September 2025, and Qwen3.8 Max followed 11 months later in August 2026. Qwen3.8 Max is the larger model at roughly 2.4 trillion parameters, against 33 billion for Qwen3 VL 32B Thinking.
We have 6 benchmark results for Qwen3 VL 32B Thinking and 42 benchmark results for Qwen3.8 Max, but they were measured on different benchmarks, so there is no like-for-like scoreboard.
Qwen3.8 Max is available through an API at $2.50 per million input tokens with a 1M-token context window. We do not track a hosted API for Qwen3 VL 32B Thinking, so pricing and context cannot be compared directly.
| Characteristic | Qwen3 VL 32B Thinking | Qwen3.8 Max |
|---|---|---|
| Company | Alibaba | Alibaba |
| Release Date | September 21, 2025 | August 2, 2026 |
| Parameters | 33B | 2.4T |
| Multimodal | Yes | Yes |
| Context (input) | — | 1.0M |
| Context (output) | — | 131K |
| Input Price / 1M | — | $2.50 |
| Output Price / 1M | — | $6.25 |
| Average Score | 14450.8% | 71.0% |
Verdict
Both models show equal results — the choice depends on your specific use case.
Qwen3 VL 32B Thinking shows a higher average benchmark score: 144.5 vs 0.7.
Qwen3.8 Max is newer: released 8/2/2026 vs 9/21/2025.
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