Output tokens cost $3.10 per million on Longcat 2.0 and $1.01 per million on Qwen3.8 Max Preview. Input tokens cost $0.77 per million on Longcat 2.0 and $0.34 per million on Qwen3.8 Max Preview. Cached input tokens are billed at $0.02 per million on Longcat 2.0 and $0.03 per million on Qwen3.8 Max Preview. Time to first token (TTFT) measured on AIHubMix is 6.1s on Longcat 2.0 and 2.4s on Qwen3.8 Max Preview. Measured output throughput is 38.5 tok/s on Longcat 2.0 and 48.1 tok/s on Qwen3.8 Max Preview.
Longcat 2.0
Qwen3.8 Max PreviewDesigned for agent development scenarios, it natively supports tool invocation, multi-step reasoning, and long-context tasks; it excels at code generation, automated workflows, and executing complex instructions; and it is deeply adapted to productivity tools such as Claude Code, OpenClaw, OpenCode, and Kilo Code.
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.
Prices are per million tokens. Time to First Token and throughput are rolling averages measured on AIHubMix.
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Qwen3.8 Max Preview: $1.01/M output tokens; Longcat 2.0: $3.10/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.
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.
Qwen3.8 Max Preview at 48.1 tok/s and Longcat 2.0 at 38.5 tok/s, measured as output throughput on AIHubMix — a separate metric from time to first token.
Longcat 2.0 accepts text input and supports thinking and tool calling; Qwen3.8 Max Preview accepts text and image input and supports tool calling, function calling, structured outputs, web search, long context and thinking.
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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