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Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct vs Qwen3.8 Max Preview

Compare Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct from Qwen 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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Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct
Qwen · text → text

The code generation model based on Qwen3 has powerful Coding Agent capabilities, achieving state-of-the-art performance compared to open-source models.The model adopts tiered pricing.

Input$0.20 /M
Output$0.80 /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.

Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct
Qwen3.8 Max Preview
Input /M
$0.20
$0.34
Output /M
$0.80
$1.01
Cache read /M
$0.20
$0.03
Context length
2,000,000
983,616
Max output
262,000
131,072
Time to First Token
0.9 s
2.4 s
Throughput
115.0 tok/s
48.1 tok/s
Modalities
text
textimage
Supported Parameters
toolsfunction callingstructured outputs
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
qwen3-coder-30b-a3b-instructqwen3.8-max-preview
13401400146015201580
Overall
13881481
Coding
14571520
Math
13771504
Hard prompts
14141506
Instruction following
13851478
Multi-turn
13991496
Creative writing
13651469
Longer query
14091497
Chinese
14061545
English
14001486
WebDev Arena
qwen3-coder-30b-a3b-instructqwen3.8-max-preview
1240138015201660
Overall
12821669
React
12661678
HTML
12911628
Gaming
12651733
Simulations
12661665
Data analytics
12821614

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 Coder 30B A3B Instruct
$24.00 /mo
Qwen3.8 Max Preview
$35.49 /mo

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

FAQ

Which is cheaper: Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct, Qwen3.8 Max Preview?

Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct: $0.80/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; Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct: 1457 (LMArena coding leaderboard).

Which responds faster?

Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct: 0.9s 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?

Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct accepts 2,000,000 and Qwen3.8 Max Preview accepts 983,616 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 262,000 tokens on Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct and 131,072 tokens on Qwen3.8 Max Preview.

Which one generates tokens faster?

Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct at 115.0 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?

Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct accepts text input and supports tool calling, 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 Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B 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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