Qwen3.8 Flash Next vs Qwen3.8 Max: Specs & Benchmark Comparison
Qwen3.8 Flash Next and Qwen3.8 Max both come from Alibaba, and both were released in August 2026. Qwen3.8 Max is the larger model at roughly 2.4 trillion parameters, against 180 billion for Qwen3.8 Flash Next.
The two models share 6 published benchmarks. Qwen3.8 Max leads on 4 of them, Qwen3.8 Flash Next on 2. The widest gaps are on SWE-bench Pro, where Qwen3.8 Max scores 67.7% against 62.5%; DeepSWE 1.1, where Qwen3.8 Flash Next scores 58.7% against 56.6%. Averaged across everything we track, Qwen3.8 Flash Next sits at 69.7% and Qwen3.8 Max at 71.0%.
Qwen3.8 Flash Next is the cheaper API at $0.16 per million input tokens and $0.47 per million output tokens, roughly 16 times cheaper than Qwen3.8 Max at $2.50 and $6.25. Both accept a context window of about 1M tokens. Qwen3.8 Flash Next accepts text, images, and video as input, while Qwen3.8 Max accepts text and images.
| Characteristic | Qwen3.8 Flash Next | Qwen3.8 Max |
|---|---|---|
| Company | Alibaba | Alibaba |
| Release Date | August 26, 2026 | August 2, 2026 |
| Parameters | 180B | 2.4T |
| Multimodal | Yes | Yes |
| Context (input) | 1.0M | 1.0M |
| Context (output) | 66K | 131K |
| Input Price / 1M | $0.16 | $2.50 |
| Output Price / 1M | $0.47 | $6.25 |
| Average Score | 69.7% | 71.0% |
| Benchmarks | ||
| SWE-bench Pro | 62.5% | 67.7% |
| DeepSWE 1.1 | 58.7% | 56.6% |
| IFBench | 81.3% | 82.8% |
| Agents' Last Exam | 51.2% | 52.4% |
| Toolathlon Verified | 73.5% | 72.5% |
| GPQA Diamond | 91.7% | 92.6% |
Visual Benchmark Comparison
Verdict
Qwen3.8 Flash Next leads in 3 out of 4 comparison categories.
Both models show comparable average scores: Qwen3.8 Flash Next — 0.7, Qwen3.8 Max — 0.7.
Qwen3.8 Flash Next is 13.9x cheaper: input $0.16/1M vs $2.50/1M tokens.
Qwen3.8 Flash Next supports a larger context: 1M vs 1M tokens.
Qwen3.8 Flash Next is newer: released 8/26/2026 vs 8/2/2026.
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