Models

GPT 5.6 Sol vs Qwen3.8 Max Preview

Compare GPT 5.6 Sol from OpenAI and Qwen3.8 Max Preview from Qwen on key metrics including benchmarks, price, context length, and other model features. Access both models and hundreds of others through the AIHubMix API.

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GPT 5.6 Sol
OpenAI · text, image → text

GPT‑5.6 Sol sets a new standard for both intelligence and efficiency, achieving state-of-the-art results across coding, knowledge work, cybersecurity, and science while outperforming previous and competing frontier models with fewer tokens and at lower estimated cost.

Input$4 /M
Output$20 /M
Qwen logo
Qwen3.8 Max Preview
Qwen · text, image → text

Qwen 3.8 Max Preview(Qwen3.8-Max-Preview) is the latest-generation foundation model in the Qwen family, packing 2.4T parameters and still evolving. Compared with the previous flagship Qwen 3.7 Max, it delivers major gains in core capabilities like Coding and Cowork (professional productivity), with world-leading performance on complex, long-horizon tasks such as full-stack development, data analysis, and Office workflows. Launch offer: Credits are consumed at just 20% of the standard rate, effectively 5× your usage. Limited time only.

Input$0.338 /M
Output$1.014 /M
Cache read$0.0338 /M

Pricing & Specifications

Prices are per million tokens. Time to First Token and throughput are rolling averages measured on AIHubMix.

GPT 5.6 Sol
Qwen3.8 Max Preview
Input /M
$4
$0.338
Output /M
$20
$1.014
Cache read /M
-
$0.0338
Context length
1,050,000
983,616
Max output
128,000
131,072
Time to First Token
6.3 s
2.4 s
Throughput
39.5 tok/s
48.1 tok/s
Modalities
textimage
textimage
Supported Parameters
toolsthinkingstructured outputs
toolsfunction callingstructured outputsweblong contextthinking
API Formats
chat_completions · responses
Released
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Promotional prices show the discounted rate; see each model page for promotion windows.

Activity Past 30 Days

Daily traffic served through AIHubMix — how demand for each model is trending.

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Tokens / day

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Requests / day

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Performance Past 3 Days

Measured on real AIHubMix traffic, hourly buckets. Gaps mean no traffic in that hour.

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Throughput (tok/s)

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TTFT (s)

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Uptime (%)

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LMArena Benchmarks

LMArena ratings by capability (Bradley-Terry, commonly called Elo). Higher is better.

Text
gpt-5.6-solqwen3.8-max-preview
1440148015201560
Overall
14801483
Coding
15201529
Math
14851497
Hard prompts
15021507
Instruction following
14771485
Multi-turn
14871493
Creative writing
14661477
Longer query
14921496
Chinese
15341536
English
14881489
Vision
gpt-5.6-solqwen3.8-max-preview
126013001340
Overall
12821300
OCR
12941315
Diagram
13111326
Homework
13231334
WebDev Arena
gpt-5.6-solqwen3.8-max-preview
1540160016601720
Overall
16171670
React
16241679
HTML
16171628
Gaming
16801735
Simulations
16371667
Data analytics
15701615

Source: LMArena (arena.ai) leaderboard, imported by AIHubMix. Models without published ratings are omitted per chart.

Cost calculator

Estimate your monthly bill for the same workload on each model.

Qwen3.8 Max Preview
$35.49 /mo
GPT 5.6 Sol
$540 /mo

Monthly = daily × 30. Discounted rates applied where a promotion is active.

FAQ

Which is cheaper: GPT 5.6 Sol, Qwen3.8 Max Preview?

Qwen3.8 Max Preview: $1.014/M output tokens; GPT 5.6 Sol: $20/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

How do their coding arena scores compare?

GPT 5.6 Sol: 1529; Qwen3.8 Max Preview: 1520 (LMArena coding leaderboard).

Which responds faster?

Qwen3.8 Max Preview: 2.4s time to first token measured on AIHubMix; see the live performance charts above for how each model behaves across the day.

How large is each context window?

GPT 5.6 Sol accepts 1,050,000 and Qwen3.8 Max Preview accepts 983,616 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 128,000 tokens on GPT 5.6 Sol and 131,072 tokens on Qwen3.8 Max Preview.

Which one generates tokens faster?

Qwen3.8 Max Preview at 48.1 tok/s and GPT 5.6 Sol at 39.5 tok/s, measured as output throughput on AIHubMix — a separate metric from time to first token.

What inputs and capabilities does each model support?

GPT 5.6 Sol accepts text and image input and supports tool calling, thinking and structured outputs; Qwen3.8 Max Preview accepts text and image input and supports tool calling, function calling, structured outputs, web search, long context and thinking.

Can I call GPT 5.6 Sol and Qwen3.8 Max Preview with the same API key?

Yes. AIHubMix serves every model on this page behind one OpenAI-compatible endpoint, so switching between them is a one-line change to the model field — no second account, key or SDK.

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