Qwen3.8-Max-0902

Alibaba · Qwen Max & Plus line · flagship

Released September 2, 2026Latest in the line

Qwen3.8-Max-0902 was released by Alibaba on September 2, 2026, as a flagship model in the Qwen Max & Plus line.

Release 8 of 8 in the Qwen Max & Plus line.
Came 30 days after Qwen 3.8-Max, released Aug 3, 2026.
Still the newest model in the line.
These days the line ships a new model about every 30 days.

What changed

An upgraded snapshot of Qwen 3.8-Max, further trained for coding and office-style agent work, with the same 2.4 trillion parameters, 1M-token context window and $2 / $6 price.

Compared with Qwen 3.8-Max · the model it replaces

Solves about 7 in 10 long software-engineering tasks

DeepSWE 1.1 — long, multi-step software engineering tasks

69.3%

▲ up from 56.6% for Qwen 3.8-Max · +12.7 points

Scores 5 points higher on the all-round intelligence index

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.3.2 — one score averaging 10 hard tests

▲ up from 40 · +5 points

Costs the same to run as before

Price per 1M tokens — what developers pay, input / output, international pricing

$2 / $6

same price as Qwen 3.8-Max

Sources: Qwen on X · QwenCloud (model page and pricing) · Artificial Analysis

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Where the Qwen Max & Plus line stands

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.