Models

Aihub Phi 4 Mini Instruct vs Qwen3.8 Max Preview

Compare Aihub Phi 4 Mini Instruct from Microsoft and Qwen3.8 Max Preview from Qwen on key metrics including benchmarks, price, context length, and other model features. Access both models and hundreds of others through the AIHubMix API.

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Aihub Phi 4 Mini Instruct
Microsoft · text → text

Microsoft's latest model

Input$0.12 /M
Output$0.48 /M
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Qwen3.8 Max Preview
Qwen · text, image → text

Qwen 3.8 Max Preview(Qwen3.8-Max-Preview) is the latest-generation foundation model in the Qwen family, packing 2.4T parameters and still evolving. Compared with the previous flagship Qwen 3.7 Max, it delivers major gains in core capabilities like Coding and Cowork (professional productivity), with world-leading performance on complex, long-horizon tasks such as full-stack development, data analysis, and Office workflows. Launch offer: Credits are consumed at just 20% of the standard rate, effectively 5× your usage. Limited time only.

Input$0.34 /M
Output$1.01 /M

Pricing & Specifications

Prices are per million tokens. Time to First Token and throughput are rolling averages measured on AIHubMix.

Aihub Phi 4 Mini Instruct
Qwen3.8 Max Preview
Input /M
$0.12
$0.34
Output /M
$0.48
$1.01
Cache read /M
$0.12
$0.03
Context length
128,000
983,616
Max output
4,000
131,072
Time to First Token
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2.4 s
Throughput
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48.1 tok/s
Modalities
text
textimage
Supported Parameters
toolsfunction callingstructured outputsweblong contextthinking
API Formats
Released
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Promotional prices show the discounted rate; see each model page for promotion windows.

Activity Past 30 Days

Daily traffic served through AIHubMix — how demand for each model is trending.

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Tokens / day

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Requests / day

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Performance Past 3 Days

Measured on real AIHubMix traffic, hourly buckets. Gaps mean no traffic in that hour.

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Throughput (tok/s)

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TTFT (s)

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Uptime (%)

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LMArena Benchmarks

LMArena ratings by capability (Bradley-Terry, commonly called Elo). Higher is better.

Text
aihub-Phi-4-mini-instructqwen3.8-max-preview
11801280138014801580
Overall
12561481
Coding
13061520
Math
12651504
Hard prompts
12781506
Instruction following
12451478
Multi-turn
12411496
Creative writing
12101469
Longer query
12661497
Chinese
12671545
English
12721486

Source: LMArena (arena.ai) leaderboard, imported by AIHubMix. Models without published ratings are omitted per chart.

Cost calculator

Estimate your monthly bill for the same workload on each model.

Aihub Phi 4 Mini Instruct
$14.40 /mo
Qwen3.8 Max Preview
$35.49 /mo

Monthly = daily × 30. Discounted rates applied where a promotion is active.

FAQ

Which is cheaper: Aihub Phi 4 Mini Instruct, Qwen3.8 Max Preview?

Aihub Phi 4 Mini Instruct: $0.48/M output tokens; Qwen3.8 Max Preview: $1.01/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

How do their coding arena scores compare?

Qwen3.8 Max Preview: 1520; Aihub Phi 4 Mini Instruct: 1306 (LMArena coding leaderboard).

How large is each context window?

Aihub Phi 4 Mini Instruct accepts 128,000 and Qwen3.8 Max Preview accepts 983,616 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 4,000 tokens on Aihub Phi 4 Mini Instruct and 131,072 tokens on Qwen3.8 Max Preview.

What inputs and capabilities does each model support?

Aihub Phi 4 Mini Instruct accepts text input; Qwen3.8 Max Preview accepts text and image input and supports tool calling, function calling, structured outputs, web search, long context and thinking.

Can I call Aihub Phi 4 Mini Instruct and Qwen3.8 Max Preview with the same API key?

Yes. AIHubMix serves every model on this page behind one OpenAI-compatible endpoint, so switching between them is a one-line change to the model field — no second account, key or SDK.

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