Qwen 3.8-Max was released by Alibaba on July 19, 2026, as a flagship model in the Qwen Max line.
Alibaba's largest Qwen model so far, with 2.4 trillion parameters (about 95 billion active per token) and a 1M-token context window, priced 20% below Qwen 3.7-Max.
Compared with Qwen 3.7-Max · the model it replaces
Solves almost 9 in 10 hands-on coding tasks in a terminal
Terminal-Bench 2.1 — doing real work in a command-line terminal
86.6%
▲ up from 74.5% for Qwen 3.7-Max · +12.1 points
Scores 11 points higher on the all-round intelligence index
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.3.2 — one score averaging 10 hard tests
40
▲ up from 29 · +11 points
Costs 20% less to run than the model it replaces
Price per 1M tokens — what developers pay, input / output, international pricing
$2 / $6
▲ down from $2.50 / $7.50 · 20% cheaper
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Qwen3.8-Max-0902 is the current model in this line. The card shows how long it has been since the last release against the line's usual gap and its recent ones — the rhythm, not a date.
Latest: Qwen3.8-Max-0902 · Sep 2, 2026
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