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Qwen3.6 Max Preview vs Qwen3.8 Max Preview

Compare Qwen3.6 Max Preview 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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Qwen3.6 Max Preview
Qwen · text → text

The Max model Preview version, the largest and most capable model in the Qwen3.6 series, currently offers its pure-text model capabilities for trial. Compared with the previously released Qwen3-Max and Qwen3.6-Plus, this model further enhances vibe coding capabilities, executes coding agents more efficiently, significantly improves front-end programming and development capabilities, and further upgrades long-tail knowledge handling.

Input$1.27 /M
Output$7.61 /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
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Pricing & Specifications

Prices are per million tokens. Time to First Token and throughput are rolling averages measured on AIHubMix.

Qwen3.6 Max Preview
Qwen3.8 Max Preview
Input /M
$1.27
$0.34
Output /M
$7.61
$1.01
Cache read /M
$0.13
$0.03
Context length
240,000
983,616
Max output
64,000
131,072
Time to First Token
0.7 s
2.4 s
Throughput
185.4 tok/s
48.1 tok/s
Modalities
text
textimage
Supported Parameters
toolsfunction callingstructured outputsweblong contextthinking
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
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14201460150015401580
Overall
14601481
Coding
15091520
Math
14751504
Hard prompts
14821506
Instruction following
14501478
Multi-turn
14691496
Creative writing
14381469
Longer query
14741497
Chinese
15001545
English
14671486
WebDev Arena
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14401520160016801760
Overall
14791669
React
14701678
HTML
14971628
Gaming
15061733
Simulations
15251665
Data analytics
14741614

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
Qwen3.6 Max Preview
$190 /mo

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

FAQ

Which is cheaper: Qwen3.6 Max Preview, Qwen3.8 Max Preview?

Qwen3.8 Max Preview: $1.01/M output tokens; Qwen3.6 Max Preview: $7.61/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

How do their coding arena scores compare?

Qwen3.8 Max Preview: 1520; Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 1509 (LMArena coding leaderboard).

Which responds faster?

Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 0.7s 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?

Qwen3.6 Max Preview accepts 240,000 and Qwen3.8 Max Preview accepts 983,616 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 64,000 tokens on Qwen3.6 Max Preview and 131,072 tokens on Qwen3.8 Max Preview.

Which one generates tokens faster?

Qwen3.6 Max Preview at 185.4 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?

Qwen3.6 Max Preview accepts text input and supports tool calling, function calling, structured outputs, web search, long context and thinking; 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 Qwen3.6 Max 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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