Models

GPT 4.1 vs Qwen3.8 Max Preview

Output tokens cost $8.00 per million on GPT 4.1 and $1.01 per million on Qwen3.8 Max Preview. Input tokens cost $2.00 per million on GPT 4.1 and $0.34 per million on Qwen3.8 Max Preview. Cached input tokens are billed at $0.50 per million on GPT 4.1 and $0.03 per million on Qwen3.8 Max Preview. Context lengths are 1,047,576 tokens on GPT 4.1 and 983,616 tokens on Qwen3.8 Max Preview. Time to first token (TTFT) measured on AIHubMix is 1.1s on GPT 4.1 and 2.4s on Qwen3.8 Max Preview. Measured output throughput is 81.0 tok/s on GPT 4.1 and 48.1 tok/s on Qwen3.8 Max Preview. On the LMArena coding leaderboard GPT 4.1 scores 1457 and Qwen3.8 Max Preview scores 1520.

OpenAIGPT 4.1QwenQwen3.8 Max Preview
OpenAI logo
GPT 4.1
OpenAI · text, image → text

The latest flagship multimodal model supports million-token context, with encoding capability (SWE-bench 54.6%) and instruction-following (Scale AI 38.3%) performance significantly surpassing GPT-4o, while reducing costs by 26%, making it suitable for complex tasks. Its automatic caching mechanism offers a 75% cost reduction on cache hits.

Input$2.00 /M
Output$8.00 /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.

GPT 4.1
Qwen3.8 Max Preview
Input /M
$2.00
$0.34
Output /M
$8.00
$1.01
Cache read /M
$0.50
$0.03
Context length
1,047,576
983,616
Max output
32,768
131,072
Time to First Token
1.1 s
2.4 s
Throughput
81.0 tok/s
48.1 tok/s
Modalities
textimage
textimage
Supported Parameters
toolsfunction 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
gpt-4.1qwen3.8-max-preview
13401400146015201580
Overall
14141481
Coding
14571520
Math
13741504
Hard prompts
14311506
Instruction following
14031478
Multi-turn
14291496
Creative writing
14021469
Longer query
14251497
Chinese
14151545
English
14221486
Vision
gpt-4.1qwen3.8-max-preview
1180124013001360
Overall
12141302
OCR
12261317
Diagram
12321331
Homework
12481335

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
GPT 4.1
$240 /mo

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

FAQ

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

Qwen3.8 Max Preview: $1.01/M output tokens; GPT 4.1: $8.00/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

How do their coding arena scores compare?

Qwen3.8 Max Preview: 1520; GPT 4.1: 1457 (LMArena coding leaderboard).

Which responds faster?

GPT 4.1: 1.1s 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 accepts 1,047,576 and Qwen3.8 Max Preview accepts 983,616 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 32,768 tokens on GPT 4.1 and 131,072 tokens on Qwen3.8 Max Preview.

Which one generates tokens faster?

GPT 4.1 at 81.0 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?

GPT 4.1 accepts text and image input and supports 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 GPT 4.1 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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