Models

Bai Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct vs Qwen3.8 Max Preview

Output tokens cost $1.10 per million on Bai Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct and $1.01 per million on Qwen3.8 Max Preview. Input tokens cost $0.27 per million on Bai Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct and $0.34 per million on Qwen3.8 Max Preview. Cached input tokens are billed at $0.27 per million on Bai Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct and $0.03 per million on Qwen3.8 Max Preview. Context lengths are 131,000 tokens on Bai Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct and 983,616 tokens on Qwen3.8 Max Preview. Time to first token (TTFT) measured on AIHubMix is 1.1s on Bai Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct and 2.4s on Qwen3.8 Max Preview. Measured output throughput is 41.7 tok/s on Bai Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct and 48.1 tok/s on Qwen3.8 Max Preview. On the LMArena coding leaderboard Bai Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct scores 1466 and Qwen3.8 Max Preview scores 1520.

QwenBai Qwen3 VL 235B A22B InstructQwenQwen3.8 Max Preview
Qwen logo
Bai Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
Qwen · → text

The Qwen3 series open-source models include hybrid models, thinking models, and non-thinking models, with both reasoning capabilities and general abilities reaching industry SOTA levels at the same scale.

Input$0.27 /M
Output$1.10 /M
Qwen logo
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.

Bai Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
Qwen3.8 Max Preview
Input /M
$0.27
$0.34
Output /M
$1.10
$1.01
Cache read /M
$0.27
$0.03
Context length
131,000
983,616
Max output
0
131,072
Time to First Token
1.1 s
2.4 s
Throughput
41.7 tok/s
48.1 tok/s
Modalities
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
bai-qwen3-vl-235b-a22b-instructqwen3.8-max-preview
13401400146015201580
Overall
14151481
Coding
14661520
Math
14111504
Hard prompts
14401506
Instruction following
14141478
Multi-turn
14261496
Creative writing
13621469
Longer query
14251497
Chinese
14551545
English
14271486
Vision
bai-qwen3-vl-235b-a22b-instructqwen3.8-max-preview
1180124013001360
Overall
12151302
OCR
12301317
Diagram
12391331
Homework
12601335

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.

Bai Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
$32.88 /mo
Qwen3.8 Max Preview
$35.49 /mo

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

FAQ

Which is cheaper: Bai Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct, Qwen3.8 Max Preview?

Qwen3.8 Max Preview: $1.01/M output tokens; Bai Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct: $1.10/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

How do their coding arena scores compare?

Qwen3.8 Max Preview: 1520; Bai Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct: 1466 (LMArena coding leaderboard).

Which responds faster?

Bai Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct: 1.1s time to first token measured on AIHubMix; see the live performance charts above for how each model behaves across the day.

How large is each context window?

Bai Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct accepts 131,000 and Qwen3.8 Max Preview accepts 983,616 input tokens.

Which one generates tokens faster?

Qwen3.8 Max Preview at 48.1 tok/s and Bai Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct at 41.7 tok/s, measured as output throughput on AIHubMix — a separate metric from time to first token.

Can I call Bai Qwen3 VL 235B A22B 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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