Qwen3.8 Max (0902) vs Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20

API pricing, benchmark indices and specs — updated 19 October 2026.

qwen · A · API-only
Input / 1M
$2.00
Output / 1M
$6.00
AA index
45.4
proprietary · 1M context
qwen · B · API-only
Input / 1M
$0.30
Output / 1M
$1.80
AA index
—
proprietary · 1M context

Specification comparison

Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.

Specification Qwen3.8 Max (0902) Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20
Deployment API-only (closed weights) API-only (closed weights)
Parameters n/a — API-only n/a — API-only
Architecture n/a — API-only n/a — API-only
Context length 1,000,000 1,000,000
Licence Proprietary Proprietary
Commercial use Per API terms Per API terms
Languages n/a — API-only n/a — API-only
Downloads 30d n/a — API-only n/a — API-only
Downloads all time n/a — API-only n/a — API-only
Quantizations on the Hub n/a — API-only n/a — API-only
Gated n/a — API-only n/a — API-only
First seen on the Hub n/a — API-only n/a — API-only
API input price / 1M tokens $2.00 $0.30
API output price / 1M tokens $6.00 $1.80
Est. cost per 1M input + 1M output tokens $8.00 $2.10
Cached input / 1M tokens $0.25 —
AA Intelligence Index 45.4 —
AA Coding Index 76.2 —
AA Agentic Index 56 —
Max output tokens 131,072 65,536
API providers 1 1
Tool calling Yes Yes
Reasoning mode Yes Yes

API cost

Estimated cost of 1M input + 1M output tokens via OpenRouter

Qwen3.8 Max (0902) $8.00
Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20 $2.10

Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20 is 3.8× cheaper at list price.

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