Models

GPT 4o Mini Search Preview vs Qwen3.8 Max Preview

Output tokens cost $0.60 per million on GPT 4o Mini Search Preview and $1.01 per million on Qwen3.8 Max Preview. Input tokens cost $0.15 per million on GPT 4o Mini Search Preview and $0.34 per million on Qwen3.8 Max Preview. Cached input tokens are billed at $0.08 per million on GPT 4o Mini Search Preview and $0.03 per million on Qwen3.8 Max Preview. Context lengths are 128,000 tokens on GPT 4o Mini Search Preview and 983,616 tokens on Qwen3.8 Max Preview. Time to first token (TTFT) measured on AIHubMix is 1.6s on GPT 4o Mini Search Preview and 2.4s on Qwen3.8 Max Preview. Measured output throughput is 189.0 tok/s on GPT 4o Mini Search Preview and 48.1 tok/s on Qwen3.8 Max Preview.

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GPT 4o Mini Search Preview
OpenAI · text, image → text

Using the Chat Completions API, you can directly access the fine-tuned models and tool used by Search in ChatGPT. When using Chat Completions, the model always retrieves information from the web before responding to your query. To use web_search_preview as a tool that models like gpt-4o and gpt-4o-mini invoke only when necessary, switch to using the Responses API. Currently, you need to use one of these models to use web search in Chat Completions: gpt-4o-search-preview gpt-4o-mini-search-preview Web search parameter example import OpenAI from "openai"; const client = new OpenAI(); const completion = await client.chat.completions.create({ model: "gpt-4o-search-preview", web_search_options: {}, messages: [{ "role": "user", "content": "What was a positive news story from today?" }], }); console.log(completion.choices[0].message.content); Output and citations The API response item in the choices array will include: message.content with the text result from the model, inclusive of any inline citations annotations with a list of cited URLs By default, the model's response will include inline citations for URLs found in the web search results. In addition to this, the url_citation annotation object will contain the URL and title of the cited source, as well as the start and end index characters in the model's response where those sources were used.

Input$0.15 /M
Output$0.60 /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.

GPT 4o Mini Search Preview
Qwen3.8 Max Preview
Input /M
$0.15
$0.34
Output /M
$0.60
$1.01
Cache read /M
$0.08
$0.03
Context length
128,000
983,616
Max output
16,384
131,072
Time to First Token
1.6 s
2.4 s
Throughput
189.0 tok/s
48.1 tok/s
Modalities
textimage
textimage
Supported Parameters
webfunction callingstructured outputs
toolsfunction callingstructured outputsweblong contextthinking
API Formats
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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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Cost calculator

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

GPT 4o Mini Search Preview
$18.00 /mo
Qwen3.8 Max Preview
$35.49 /mo

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

FAQ

Which is cheaper: GPT 4o Mini Search Preview, Qwen3.8 Max Preview?

GPT 4o Mini Search Preview: $0.60/M output tokens; Qwen3.8 Max Preview: $1.01/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

Which responds faster?

GPT 4o Mini Search Preview: 1.6s 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?

GPT 4o Mini Search Preview accepts 128,000 and Qwen3.8 Max Preview accepts 983,616 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 16,384 tokens on GPT 4o Mini Search Preview and 131,072 tokens on Qwen3.8 Max Preview.

Which one generates tokens faster?

GPT 4o Mini Search Preview at 189.0 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?

GPT 4o Mini Search Preview accepts text and image input and supports web search, function calling and structured outputs; 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 GPT 4o Mini Search Preview 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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