Models

Gemini 2.5 Pro Search vs Qwen3.8 Max Preview

Output tokens cost $10.00 per million on Gemini 2.5 Pro Search and $1.01 per million on Qwen3.8 Max Preview. Input tokens cost $1.25 per million on Gemini 2.5 Pro Search and $0.34 per million on Qwen3.8 Max Preview. Cached input tokens are billed at $0.13 per million on Gemini 2.5 Pro Search and $0.03 per million on Qwen3.8 Max Preview. Context lengths are 1,048,576 tokens on Gemini 2.5 Pro Search and 983,616 tokens on Qwen3.8 Max Preview. Time to first token (TTFT) measured on AIHubMix is 3.2s on Gemini 2.5 Pro Search and 2.4s on Qwen3.8 Max Preview. Measured output throughput is 101.3 tok/s on Gemini 2.5 Pro Search and 48.1 tok/s on Qwen3.8 Max Preview. On the LMArena coding leaderboard Gemini 2.5 Pro Search scores 1465 and Qwen3.8 Max Preview scores 1520.

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Gemini 2.5 Pro Search
Google · text, image, audio, video, pdf → text

gemini-2.5-pro-search integrates Google's official search functionality; the search feature will have an additional separate fee log directly incorporated into the scoring, with detailed logs not displayed; this will be fixed and displayed later; only supports OpenAI-compatible formats for invocation, does not support Gemini SDK; for Gemini's native SDK, please set parameters directly using the official search parameters.

Input$1.25 /M
Output$10.00 /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.

Gemini 2.5 Pro Search
Qwen3.8 Max Preview
Input /M
$1.25
$0.34
Output /M
$10.00
$1.01
Cache read /M
$0.13
$0.03
Context length
1,048,576
983,616
Max output
65,536
131,072
Time to First Token
3.2 s
2.4 s
Throughput
101.3 tok/s
48.1 tok/s
Modalities
textimageaudiovideopdf
textimage
Supported Parameters
thinkingwebtoolsfunction callingstructured outputslong context
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
gemini-2.5-pro-searchqwen3.8-max-preview
14201460150015401580
Overall
14461481
Coding
14651520
Math
14421504
Hard prompts
14581506
Instruction following
14391478
Multi-turn
14481496
Creative writing
14441469
Longer query
14571497
Chinese
14901545
English
14481486
Vision
gemini-2.5-pro-searchqwen3.8-max-preview
1220126013001340
Overall
12461302
OCR
12571317
Diagram
12651331
Homework
12721335
WebDev Arena
gemini-2.5-pro-searchqwen3.8-max-preview
1180134015001660
Overall
12041669
React
16781678
HTML
12121628
Gaming
17331733
Simulations
16651665
Data analytics
16141614

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
Gemini 2.5 Pro Search
$225 /mo

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

FAQ

Which is cheaper: Gemini 2.5 Pro Search, Qwen3.8 Max Preview?

Qwen3.8 Max Preview: $1.01/M output tokens; Gemini 2.5 Pro Search: $10.00/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

How do their coding arena scores compare?

Qwen3.8 Max Preview: 1520; Gemini 2.5 Pro Search: 1465 (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?

Gemini 2.5 Pro Search accepts 1,048,576 and Qwen3.8 Max Preview accepts 983,616 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 65,536 tokens on Gemini 2.5 Pro Search and 131,072 tokens on Qwen3.8 Max Preview.

Which one generates tokens faster?

Gemini 2.5 Pro Search at 101.3 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?

Gemini 2.5 Pro Search accepts text, image, audio, video and PDF input and supports thinking, web search, tool calling, function calling, structured outputs 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 Gemini 2.5 Pro Search 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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