Models

Qwen3 VL Flash vs Qwen3.8 Max Preview

Compare Qwen3 VL Flash from Qwen 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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Qwen3 VL Flash
Qwen · text, image, video → text

The Qwen3 series of compact visual-understanding models achieves an effective fusion of thinking mode and non-thinking mode, outperforming the open-source Qwen3-VL-30B-A3B with faster response speeds. It comprehensively upgrades image and video understanding, supporting ultra-long contexts such as long videos and long documents, spatial awareness, and universal object recognition; it also possesses visual 2D/3D localization capabilities and is capable of handling complex real-world tasks.

Input$0.0206 /M
Output$0.206 /M
Cache read$0.0041 /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.

Qwen3 VL Flash
Qwen3.8 Max Preview
Input /M
$0.0206
$0.338
Output /M
$0.206
$1.014
Cache read /M
$0.0041
$0.0338
Context length
254,000
983,616
Max output
32,000
131,072
Time to First Token
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2.4 s
Throughput
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48.1 tok/s
Modalities
textimagevideo
textimage
Supported Parameters
toolsfunction callingstructured outputs
toolsfunction callingstructured outputsweblong contextthinking
API Formats
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
qwen3-vl-flashqwen3.8-max-preview
1340140014601520
Overall
14151480
Coding
14661520
Math
14111497
Hard prompts
14401502
Instruction following
14141477
Multi-turn
14261493
Creative writing
13621466
Longer query
14251492
Chinese
14551536
English
14271488
Vision
qwen3-vl-flashqwen3.8-max-preview
1180124013001360
Overall
12151300
OCR
12301315
Diagram
12411326
Homework
12601334

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 VL Flash
$4.33 /mo
Qwen3.8 Max Preview
$35.49 /mo

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

FAQ

Which is cheaper: Qwen3 VL Flash, Qwen3.8 Max Preview?

Qwen3 VL Flash: $0.206/M output tokens; Qwen3.8 Max Preview: $1.014/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

How do their coding arena scores compare?

Qwen3.8 Max Preview: 1520; Qwen3 VL Flash: 1466 (LMArena coding leaderboard).

How large is each context window?

Qwen3 VL Flash accepts 254,000 and Qwen3.8 Max Preview accepts 983,616 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 32,000 tokens on Qwen3 VL Flash and 131,072 tokens on Qwen3.8 Max Preview.

What inputs and capabilities does each model support?

Qwen3 VL Flash accepts text, image and video input and supports tool calling, function calling 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 Qwen3 VL Flash 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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