Qwen3.8 Flash Next vs Sakana Namazu: Specs & Benchmark Comparison
Qwen3.8 Flash Next is developed by Alibaba, while Sakana Namazu comes from Sakana AI. Both were released in August 2026. Qwen3.8 Flash Next has a published size of about 180 billion parameters; Sakana AI has not disclosed the parameter count of Sakana Namazu.
We have 23 benchmark results for Qwen3.8 Flash Next and 3 benchmark results for Sakana Namazu, but they overlap on a single test: LiveCodeBench v6, where Qwen3.8 Flash Next scores 91.9% against 90.3%.
Qwen3.8 Flash Next is the cheaper API at $0.16 per million input tokens and $0.47 per million output tokens, roughly 6 times cheaper than Sakana Namazu at $0.95 and $4. Qwen3.8 Flash Next takes the larger context window at 1M tokens, compared with 256K for Sakana Namazu. Qwen3.8 Flash Next accepts text, images, and video as input, while Sakana Namazu accepts text and images. On tooling, only Qwen3.8 Flash Next supports function calling and only Qwen3.8 Flash Next offers structured output.
| Characteristic | Qwen3.8 Flash Next | Sakana Namazu |
|---|---|---|
| Company | Alibaba | Sakana AI |
| Release Date | August 26, 2026 | August 3, 2026 |
| Parameters | 180B | — |
| Multimodal | Yes | Yes |
| Context (input) | 1.0M | 256K |
| Context (output) | 66K | 256K |
| Input Price / 1M | $0.16 | $0.95 |
| Output Price / 1M | $0.47 | $4.00 |
| Average Score | 67.1% | 92.4% |
| Benchmarks | ||
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 91.9% | 90.3% |
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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, Sakana Namazu — 0.9.
Qwen3.8 Flash Next is 7.9x cheaper: input $0.16/1M vs $0.95/1M tokens.
Qwen3.8 Flash Next supports a larger context: 1M vs 256K tokens.
Qwen3.8 Flash Next is newer: released 8/26/2026 vs 8/3/2026.
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