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Comparison · 2 models · Updated Oct 4, 2026

Qwen3.8 Max 0902 vs Qwen3.7 Max

Qwen3.8 Max 0902 comes out ahead, 67 to 58 on our weighted score, and it is the cheaper option too.

  1. Our pick

    Alibaba (Qwen)

    Qwen3.8 Max 0902

    Released Sep 2, 2026

    67/100
    • ECI155.2
    • Price$2.00 / $6.00
    • Context1M
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  2. Alibaba (Qwen)

    Qwen3.7 Max

    Released May 21, 2026

    58/100
    • ECI153.7
    • Price$2.50 / $7.50
    • Context1M
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01 — Verdict

Qwen3.8 Max 0902 is our pick

Qwen3.8 Max 0902 is the better all-round choice, scoring 67/100 against Qwen3.7 Max (58). It leads on capability, price and inputs & features. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.

  • CapabilityQwen3.8 Max 0902Capabilities Index (ECI): Qwen3.8 Max 0902 155.2 · Qwen3.7 Max 153.7
  • Lowest priceQwen3.8 Max 0902Qwen3.8 Max 0902 $3.00 · Qwen3.7 Max $3.75 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
  • Longest contextAbout the sameQwen3.8 Max 0902 1,000,000 · Qwen3.7 Max 1,000,000 tokens
  • Widest inputsQwen3.8 Max 0902Qwen3.8 Max 0902: Text, Images, PDFs, Video · Qwen3.7 Max: Text
  • Self-hostingNo open weightsBoth are available only through APIs
How the score is built
MeasureWeightQwen3.8 Max 0902Qwen3.7 Max
CapabilityCapabilities Index (ECI)50%8583
Price25%2723
Inputs & features15%8035
Context window10%6060
Overall100%67/10058/100
02 — Side by side

Every spec in one table

Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.

Qwen3.8 Max 0902 vs Qwen3.7 Max specifications side by side
SpecificationQwen3.8 Max 0902Alibaba (Qwen)Qwen3.7 MaxAlibaba (Qwen)
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)155.2 (best)153.7
ECI rank#28 of 148 (best)#37 of 148
GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions92.3% (best)90.9%
FrontierMath Tiers 1–3Research-level mathematics65.6% (best)64.6%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics100% (best)95.6%
SWE-bench VerifiedFixing real GitHub issues—77.3%
SimpleQA VerifiedShort factual questions47.3%55.8% (best)
Price per million tokens
Input$2.00 (best)$2.50
Output$6.00 (best)$7.50
Cached input—$0.50
Blended (3:1)$3.00 (best)$3.75
Long-context rateSame rateSame rate
Price sourceMedian of 6 providersOfficial Alibaba API
Limits
Context window1,000,000 tokens1,000,000 tokens
Max output131,072 tokens (best)65,536 tokens
Inputs and features
TextYesYes
ImagesYesNo
PDFsYesNo
AudioNoNo
VideoYesNo
ReasoningYesYes
Tool callingYesYes
Structured outputNoNo
Availability
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
API model ID—qwen3.7-max
API providers626 (best)
ReleasedSep 2, 2026May 21, 2026
Knowledge cutoff——
03 — Cost

What would a month cost?

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  • Qwen3.8 Max 0902$32.00
  • Qwen3.7 Max$40.00
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: Qwen3.8 Max 0902 or Qwen3.7 Max?

Qwen3.8 Max 0902 is the better all-round choice, scoring 67/100 against Qwen3.7 Max (58). It leads on capability, price and inputs & features. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.

Which is cheaper, Qwen3.8 Max 0902 or Qwen3.7 Max?

Qwen3.8 Max 0902 is cheaper at $2.00 input / $6.00 output per million tokens (median across 6 API providers). Qwen3.7 Max costs $2.50 input / $7.50 output per million tokens (official Alibaba API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $3.00 per million tokens for Qwen3.8 Max 0902 versus $3.75 for Qwen3.7 Max (1.3× as much).

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

Qwen3.8 Max 0902 scores higher on the Capabilities Index (ECI): Qwen3.8 Max 0902 155.2 (#28 of 148) and Qwen3.7 Max 153.7 (#37 of 148). The confidence ranges of the top two overlap (153.2–157.3 vs 151.9–156.0), so treat the gap as small. On individual benchmarks: GPQA Diamond — Qwen3.8 Max 0902 92.3%, Qwen3.7 Max 90.9%; FrontierMath Tiers 1–3 — Qwen3.8 Max 0902 65.6%, Qwen3.7 Max 64.6%; OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 — Qwen3.8 Max 0902 100%, Qwen3.7 Max 95.6%; SimpleQA Verified — Qwen3.7 Max 55.8%, Qwen3.8 Max 0902 47.3%.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Qwen3.8 Max 0902 yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, Qwen3.8 Max 0902 leads, which tends to carry over to coding, but test on your own codebase. Both support tool calling for agent workflows.

Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen3.8 Max 0902 and Qwen3.7 Max share the same 1,000,000-token context window. Maximum output per response: Qwen3.8 Max 0902 up to 131,072, Qwen3.7 Max up to 65,536 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

Qwen3.8 Max 0902 accepts text, images, PDFs and video; Qwen3.7 Max accepts text. Qwen3.8 Max 0902 handles the widest range of inputs.

Are any of these open source?

No. Qwen3.8 Max 0902 and Qwen3.7 Max are proprietary and only available through APIs and apps.

Which is newer?

Qwen3.8 Max 0902 is the newest, released Sep 2, 2026. Qwen3.7 Max came out May 21, 2026.

How do you decide the winner?

Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Oct 4, 2026.

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