Models

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Search vs Qwen3.8 Max Preview

Output tokens cost $12.00 per million on Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Search and $1.01 per million on Qwen3.8 Max Preview. Input tokens cost $2.00 per million on Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Search and $0.34 per million on Qwen3.8 Max Preview. Cached input tokens are billed at $0.50 per million on Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Search and $0.03 per million on Qwen3.8 Max Preview. Time to first token (TTFT) measured on AIHubMix is 3.4s on Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Search and 2.4s on Qwen3.8 Max Preview. Measured output throughput is 97.8 tok/s on Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Search and 48.1 tok/s on Qwen3.8 Max Preview. On the LMArena coding leaderboard Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Search scores 1522 and Qwen3.8 Max Preview scores 1520.

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Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Search
Google · text, image, audio, video → text

Gemini-3.1-pro-preview-search integrates Google's official search functionality; the search feature incurs an additional separate fee log directly incorporated into the scoring, but the log details are not displayed; this will be fixed in the future to show the details; it only supports OpenAI-compatible format calls and does not support the Gemini SDK; for the Gemini native SDK, please directly set the official search parameters.

Input$2.00 /M
Output$12.00 /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.

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Search
Qwen3.8 Max Preview
Input /M
$2.00
$0.34
Output /M
$12.00
$1.01
Cache read /M
$0.50
$0.03
Context length
0
983,616
Max output
0
131,072
Time to First Token
3.4 s
2.4 s
Throughput
97.8 tok/s
48.1 tok/s
Modalities
textimageaudiovideo
textimage
Supported Parameters
thinkingwebdeepsearchtoolsfunction callingstructured outputslong context
toolsfunction callingstructured outputsweblong contextthinking
API Formats
chat_completions
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
gemini-3.1-pro-preview-searchqwen3.8-max-preview
1440148015201560
Overall
14811486
Coding
15201522
Math
14911504
Hard prompts
15061507
Instruction following
14781481
Multi-turn
14941496
Creative writing
14691479
Longer query
14971498
Chinese
15271545
English
14861487
Vision
gemini-3.1-pro-preview-searchqwen3.8-max-preview
126013001340
Overall
12821302
OCR
12981317
Diagram
13111331
Homework
13131335
WebDev Arena
gemini-3.1-pro-preview-searchqwen3.8-max-preview
1400150016001700
Overall
14451669
React
14341678
HTML
14861628
Gaming
17331733
Simulations
16651665
Data analytics
16141614

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.

Qwen3.8 Max Preview
$35.49 /mo
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Search
$300 /mo

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

FAQ

Which is cheaper: Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Search, Qwen3.8 Max Preview?

Qwen3.8 Max Preview: $1.01/M output tokens; Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Search: $12.00/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

How do their coding arena scores compare?

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Search: 1522; Qwen3.8 Max Preview: 1520 (LMArena coding leaderboard).

Which responds faster?

Qwen3.8 Max Preview: 2.4s time to first token measured on AIHubMix; see the live performance charts above for how each model behaves across the day.

Which one generates tokens faster?

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Search at 97.8 tok/s and Qwen3.8 Max Preview at 48.1 tok/s, measured as output throughput on AIHubMix — a separate metric from time to first token.

What inputs and capabilities does each model support?

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Search accepts text, image, audio and video input and supports thinking, web search, deep search, tool calling, function calling, structured outputs and long context; 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 Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Search 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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