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GPT 4.1 Nano vs Qwen3.8 Max

Compare GPT 4.1 Nano from OpenAI and Qwen3.8 Max 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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GPT 4.1 Nano
OpenAI · text, image, pdf → text

Ultra-lightweight model with million-token context, optimized for speed and low latency, costing only $0.10 per million input tokens. It is suitable for edge computing and real-time interaction. The automatic caching mechanism offers a 75% cost reduction on cache hits.

Input$0.1 /M
Output$0.4 /M
Cache read$0.025 /M
Qwen logo
Qwen3.8 Max
Qwen · text, image, video → text

Qwen3.8-Max is Alibaba Cloud Tongyi Qianwen's next-generation flagship large language model, featuring a mixture-of-experts (MoE) architecture with 2.4 trillion parameters. It achieves another breakthrough in encoding depth, enabling it to handle more complex engineering-grade projects and long-term autonomous development; collaborative agent capabilities are significantly enhanced, performing more confidently in multi-tool orchestration and end-to-end delivery; visual understanding is comprehensively improved, with more sensitive and accurate chart reasoning, document parsing, and multimodal perception. Continuing the 1-million-context window, reasoning modes, and a complete tool ecosystem, it continues to evolve at a higher level of intelligence.

Input$1.69 /M
Output$5.07 /M
Cache read$0.169 /M

Pricing & Specifications

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

GPT 4.1 Nano
Qwen3.8 Max
Input /M
$0.1
$1.69
Output /M
$0.4
$5.07
Cache read /M
$0.025
$0.169
Context length
1,047,576
1,000,000
Max output
32,768
131,072
Time to First Token
0.7 s
12.5 s
Throughput
72.7 tok/s
28.4 tok/s
Modalities
textimagepdf
textimagevideo
Supported Parameters
toolsfunction callingstructured outputslong context
toolsfunction callingstructured outputsweblong contextthinking
API Formats
Released
April 14, 2025
August 3, 2026

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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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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LMArena Benchmarks

LMArena ratings by capability (Bradley-Terry, commonly called Elo). Higher is better.

Text
gpt-4.1-nanoqwen3.8-max
1300136014201480
Overall
13221482
Vision
gpt-4.1-nanoqwen3.8-max
1060114012201300
Overall
10891301

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.

GPT 4.1 Nano
$12.00 /mo
Qwen3.8 Max
$177 /mo

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

FAQ

Which is cheaper: GPT 4.1 Nano, Qwen3.8 Max?

GPT 4.1 Nano: $0.4/M output tokens; Qwen3.8 Max: $5.07/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

Which responds faster?

GPT 4.1 Nano: 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?

GPT 4.1 Nano accepts 1,047,576 and Qwen3.8 Max accepts 1,000,000 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 32,768 tokens on GPT 4.1 Nano and 131,072 tokens on Qwen3.8 Max.

Which one generates tokens faster?

GPT 4.1 Nano at 72.7 tok/s and Qwen3.8 Max at 28.4 tok/s, measured as output throughput on AIHubMix — a separate metric from time to first token.

What inputs and capabilities does each model support?

GPT 4.1 Nano accepts text, image and PDF input and supports tool calling, function calling, structured outputs and long context; Qwen3.8 Max accepts text, image and video input and supports tool calling, function calling, structured outputs, web search, long context and thinking.

Can I call GPT 4.1 Nano and Qwen3.8 Max 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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