Qwen3.8 Max (0902)
retiredAlibaba · Multimodal · Released Sep 2026
Qwen3.8 Max 0902 is an updated snapshot of Alibaba's flagship multimodal model, a 2.4-trillion-parameter mixture-of-experts architecture that processes text, image, and video inputs.
- Strengths
- Handles complex multimodal reasoning across long contexts with its 1 million token window and large sparse parameter pool.
- Best for
- Large-scale multimodal tasks—document analysis with images or video, extended context reasoning, and workflows requiring video understanding alongside text.
- Limitations
- As Alibaba's flagship tier, this model is resource-intensive; for lightweight multimodal work, Qwen3.8 Flash is available, and for text-only tasks, smaller dense models like Qwen3.8 27B may be more efficient.
Input / 1M
$2.00
Output / 1M
$6.00
Cached input / 1M
$0.25
Context window
1M
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Snapshots
| Effective | Input | Output | Cached in | Note | Source |
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| 10 Oct 2026 | $2.00 | $6.00 | $0.25 | Imported from OpenRouter | openrouter.ai |
| 5 Sep 2026 | $2.00 | $6.00 | $0.25 | Imported from OpenRouter | openrouter.ai |