Models

GPT 5.6 Sol vs Qwen3.8 Max Preview

Compare GPT 5.6 Sol from OpenAI 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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GPT 5.6 Sol
OpenAI · text, image → text

GPT‑5.6 Sol sets a new standard for both intelligence and efficiency, achieving state-of-the-art results across coding, knowledge work, cybersecurity, and science while outperforming previous and competing frontier models with fewer tokens and at lower estimated cost.

Input$4.00 /M
Output$20.00 /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.

GPT 5.6 Sol
Qwen3.8 Max Preview
Input /M
$4.00
$0.34
Output /M
$20.00
$1.01
Cache read /M
$4.00
$0.03
Context length
1,050,000
983,616
Max output
128,000
131,072
Time to First Token
6.0 s
2.4 s
Throughput
40.8 tok/s
48.1 tok/s
Modalities
textimage
textimage
Supported Parameters
toolsthinkingstructured outputs
toolsfunction callingstructured outputsweblong contextthinking
API Formats
chat_completions · responses
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-5.6-solqwen3.8-max-preview
1440148015201560
Overall
14811482
Coding
15201530
Math
14861504
Hard prompts
15061506
Instruction following
14781484
Multi-turn
14911496
Creative writing
14691477
Longer query
14941497
Chinese
15451547
English
14861487
Vision
gpt-5.6-solqwen3.8-max-preview
126013001340
Overall
12811302
OCR
12921317
Diagram
13091331
Homework
13251335
WebDev Arena
gpt-5.6-solqwen3.8-max-preview
1540160016601720
Overall
16191669
React
16251678
HTML
16181628
Gaming
16811733
Simulations
16341665
Data analytics
15681614

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
GPT 5.6 Sol
$540 /mo

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

FAQ

Which is cheaper: GPT 5.6 Sol, Qwen3.8 Max Preview?

Qwen3.8 Max Preview: $1.01/M output tokens; GPT 5.6 Sol: $20.00/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

How do their coding arena scores compare?

GPT 5.6 Sol: 1530; 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.

How large is each context window?

GPT 5.6 Sol accepts 1,050,000 and Qwen3.8 Max Preview accepts 983,616 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 128,000 tokens on GPT 5.6 Sol and 131,072 tokens on Qwen3.8 Max Preview.

Which one generates tokens faster?

Qwen3.8 Max Preview at 48.1 tok/s and GPT 5.6 Sol at 40.8 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 5.6 Sol accepts text and image input and supports tool calling, thinking 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 5.6 Sol 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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