Models

Qwen3 VL Flash 2026 01-22 vs Qwen3.8 Max Preview

Output tokens cost $0.21 per million on Qwen3 VL Flash 2026 01-22 and $1.01 per million on Qwen3.8 Max Preview. Input tokens cost $0.02 per million on Qwen3 VL Flash 2026 01-22 and $0.34 per million on Qwen3.8 Max Preview. Cached input tokens are billed at $0.02 per million on Qwen3 VL Flash 2026 01-22 and $0.03 per million on Qwen3.8 Max Preview. Context lengths are 254,000 tokens on Qwen3 VL Flash 2026 01-22 and 983,616 tokens on Qwen3.8 Max Preview. On the LMArena coding leaderboard Qwen3 VL Flash 2026 01-22 scores 1466 and Qwen3.8 Max Preview scores 1520.

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Qwen3 VL Flash 2026 01-22
Qwen · text, image, video → text

The Qwen3 series of compact visual-understanding models achieves an effective fusion of thinking mode and non-thinking mode, outperforming the open-source Qwen3-VL-30B-A3B with faster response speeds. It comprehensively upgrades image and video understanding, supporting ultra-long contexts such as long videos and long documents, spatial awareness, and universal object recognition; it also possesses visual 2D/3D localization capabilities and is capable of handling complex real-world tasks.

Input$0.02 /M
Output$0.21 /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.

Qwen3 VL Flash 2026 01-22
Qwen3.8 Max Preview
Input /M
$0.02
$0.34
Output /M
$0.21
$1.01
Cache read /M
$0.02
$0.03
Context length
254,000
983,616
Max output
32,000
131,072
Time to First Token
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2.4 s
Throughput
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48.1 tok/s
Modalities
textimagevideo
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-vl-flash-2026-01-22qwen3.8-max-preview
13401400146015201580
Overall
14151481
Coding
14661520
Math
14111504
Hard prompts
14401506
Instruction following
14141478
Multi-turn
14261496
Creative writing
13621469
Longer query
14251497
Chinese
14551545
English
14271486
Vision
qwen3-vl-flash-2026-01-22qwen3.8-max-preview
1180124013001360
Overall
12151302
OCR
12301317
Diagram
12411331
Homework
12601335

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 VL Flash 2026 01-22
$4.33 /mo
Qwen3.8 Max Preview
$35.49 /mo

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

FAQ

Which is cheaper: Qwen3 VL Flash 2026 01-22, Qwen3.8 Max Preview?

Qwen3 VL Flash 2026 01-22: $0.21/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 VL Flash 2026 01-22: 1466 (LMArena coding leaderboard).

How large is each context window?

Qwen3 VL Flash 2026 01-22 accepts 254,000 and Qwen3.8 Max Preview accepts 983,616 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 32,000 tokens on Qwen3 VL Flash 2026 01-22 and 131,072 tokens on Qwen3.8 Max Preview.

What inputs and capabilities does each model support?

Qwen3 VL Flash 2026 01-22 accepts text, image and video 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 VL Flash 2026 01-22 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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