Qwen3.8 Flash Next vs Qwen3.8 Omni Flash: Specs & Benchmark Comparison
Qwen3.8 Flash Next and Qwen3.8 Omni Flash both come from Alibaba, Qwen3.8 Flash Next was released in August 2026, and Qwen3.8 Omni Flash followed a month later in September 2026. Qwen3.8 Flash Next has a published size of about 180 billion parameters; Alibaba has not disclosed the parameter count of Qwen3.8 Omni Flash.
We have 23 benchmark results for Qwen3.8 Flash Next and 5 benchmark results for Qwen3.8 Omni Flash, but they were measured on different benchmarks, so there is no like-for-like scoreboard.
Qwen3.8 Flash Next is available through an API at $0.16 per million input tokens with a 1M-token context window. We do not track a hosted API for Qwen3.8 Omni Flash, so pricing and context cannot be compared directly.
| Characteristic | Qwen3.8 Flash Next | Qwen3.8 Omni Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Company | Alibaba | Alibaba |
| Release Date | August 26, 2026 | September 18, 2026 |
| Parameters | 180B | — |
| Multimodal | Yes | Yes |
| Context (input) | 1.0M | — |
| Context (output) | 66K | — |
| Input Price / 1M | $0.16 | — |
| Output Price / 1M | $0.47 | — |
| Average Score | 67.1% | 80.7% |
Verdict
Qwen3.8 Omni Flash leads in 1 out of 2 comparison categories.
Both models show comparable average scores: Qwen3.8 Flash Next — 0.7, Qwen3.8 Omni Flash — 0.8.
Qwen3.8 Omni Flash is newer: released 9/18/2026 vs 8/26/2026.
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The Qwen3.8 Flash Next and Qwen3.8 Omni Flash comparison is updated for 2026. Data includes benchmark results, API pricing, context window size and other specifications. For more detailed information, visit the Qwen3.8 Flash Next or Qwen3.8 Omni Flash page. See also the complete list of AI model comparisons.