Dots3-Note Preview is an open-weight mixture-of-experts model developed by Dots Studio, featuring 16B active parameters out of 280B total. As the lightest model in the Dots 3 family, it is designed for efficient performance while supporting an expansive context length of 512,000 tokens. This preview version provides an accessible way to experience the capabilities of the Dots 3 architecture.
dots-3-note-preview-free vs qwen3.8-max-preview
Context lengths are 512,000 tokens on dots-3-note-preview-free and 983,616 tokens on qwen3.8-max-preview.
dots-3-note-preview-freeQwen 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.
Pricing & Specifications
Prices are per million tokens. Time to First Token and throughput are rolling averages measured on AIHubMix.
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.
Tokens / day
Requests / day
Performance Past 3 Days
Measured on real AIHubMix traffic, hourly buckets. Gaps mean no traffic in that hour.
Throughput (tok/s)
TTFT (s)
Uptime (%)
Cost calculator
Estimate your monthly bill for the same workload on each model.
Monthly = daily × 30. Discounted rates applied where a promotion is active.
FAQ
How large is each context window?
dots-3-note-preview-free accepts 512,000 and qwen3.8-max-preview accepts 983,616 input tokens.
What inputs and capabilities does each model support?
dots-3-note-preview-free accepts text and image input and supports reasoning, tool calling and long context; 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 dots-3-note-preview-free 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.
Popular comparisons
Related model match-ups readers also look at.
