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GPT 5 vs Qwen3.8 Max Preview

Compare GPT 5 from OpenAI 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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GPT 5
OpenAI · text, image → text

GPT-5 is OpenAI’s most advanced general-purpose model, delivering major improvements in reasoning, code quality, and overall user experience. It is optimized for complex tasks that require step-by-step reasoning, precise instruction following, and high accuracy in high-stakes scenarios. The model supports test-time routing and advanced prompt understanding, including user-specified intent such as “think hard about this,” while significantly reducing hallucination and sycophancy and improving performance in coding, writing, and health-related tasks.

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
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Pricing & Specifications

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

GPT 5
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
400,000
983,616
Max output
128,000
131,072
Time to First Token
7.8 s
2.4 s
Throughput
71.4 tok/s
48.1 tok/s
Modalities
textimage
textimage
Supported Parameters
thinkingtoolsfunction callingstructured outputs
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-5qwen3.8-max-preview
1360142014801540
Overall
14271481
Coding
14631520
Math
14131504
Hard prompts
14491506
Instruction following
14171478
Multi-turn
14491496
Creative writing
13921469
Longer query
14361497
Chinese
14491545
English
14321486
Vision
gpt-5qwen3.8-max-preview
12001240128013201360
Overall
12251302
OCR
12451317
Diagram
12611331
Homework
12761335

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 5
$225 /mo

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

FAQ

Which is cheaper: GPT 5, Qwen3.8 Max Preview?

Qwen3.8 Max Preview: $1.01/M output tokens; GPT 5: $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; GPT 5: 1463 (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?

GPT 5 accepts 400,000 and Qwen3.8 Max Preview accepts 983,616 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 128,000 tokens on GPT 5 and 131,072 tokens on Qwen3.8 Max Preview.

Which one generates tokens faster?

GPT 5 at 71.4 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?

GPT 5 accepts text and image input and supports thinking, tool calling, function calling and structured outputs; 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 5 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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