Models

GPT 4o Mini vs Qwen3.8 Max Preview

Output tokens cost $0.60 per million on GPT 4o Mini and $1.01 per million on Qwen3.8 Max Preview. Input tokens cost $0.15 per million on GPT 4o Mini and $0.34 per million on Qwen3.8 Max Preview. Cached input tokens are billed at $0.08 per million on GPT 4o Mini and $0.03 per million on Qwen3.8 Max Preview. Context lengths are 128,000 tokens on GPT 4o Mini and 983,616 tokens on Qwen3.8 Max Preview. Time to first token (TTFT) measured on AIHubMix is 0.6s on GPT 4o Mini and 2.4s on Qwen3.8 Max Preview. Measured output throughput is 50.8 tok/s on GPT 4o Mini and 48.1 tok/s on Qwen3.8 Max Preview. On the LMArena coding leaderboard GPT 4o Mini scores 1349 and Qwen3.8 Max Preview scores 1520.

OpenAIGPT 4o MiniQwenQwen3.8 Max Preview
OpenAI logo
GPT 4o Mini
OpenAI · text, image → text

The lightweight version of GPT-4o, which is affordable and fast, suitable for handling simple tasks; our site supports the official automatic caching for this model, and charges for cache hits will be automatically halved.

Input$0.15 /M
Output$0.60 /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.

GPT 4o Mini
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
0.6 s
2.4 s
Throughput
50.8 tok/s
48.1 tok/s
Modalities
textimage
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
gpt-4o-miniqwen3.8-max-preview
12601340142015001580
Overall
13181481
Coding
13491520
Math
12761504
Hard prompts
13111506
Instruction following
12941478
Multi-turn
13111496
Creative writing
12941469
Longer query
13261497
Chinese
13151545
English
13291486
Vision
gpt-4o-miniqwen3.8-max-preview
1080116012401320
Overall
10981302
OCR
13171317
Diagram
13311331
Homework
13351335

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.

GPT 4o Mini
$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, Qwen3.8 Max Preview?

GPT 4o Mini: $0.60/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; GPT 4o Mini: 1349 (LMArena coding leaderboard).

Which responds faster?

GPT 4o Mini: 0.6s 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 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 and 131,072 tokens on Qwen3.8 Max Preview.

Which one generates tokens faster?

GPT 4o Mini at 50.8 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?

GPT 4o Mini accepts text and image 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 GPT 4o Mini 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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