Qwen3.8 Max API

alibaba/qwen3.8-max
Qwen3.8-Max is Alibaba's flagship reasoning and agentic LLM, positioned as its highest-capability tier for complex multi-step reasoning, coding and autonomous workflows. Natively multimodal with a 1M-token context window and hybrid thinking mode.
Context
1M tokens
Input
$2.6 / 1M tokens
Output
$7.8 / 1M tokens
Released
Aug 3, 2026

How to use Qwen3.8 Max API

Install any OpenAI-compatible SDK, point it at api.aimlapi.com/v1, and set the model to alibaba/qwen3.8-max.
import requests

r = requests.post(
    "https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/chat/completions",
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer " + AIMLAPI_KEY},
    json={
      "model": "alibaba/qwen3.8-max",
      "messages": [
        {
          "role": "user",
          "content": "Hello!"
        }
      ]
    },
)
print(r.json())
const r = await fetch("https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/chat/completions", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.AIMLAPI_KEY}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "model": "alibaba/qwen3.8-max",
    "messages": [
      {
        "role": "user",
        "content": "Hello!"
      }
    ]
  }),
});
console.log(await r.json());
curl -X POST https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AIMLAPI_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model":"alibaba/qwen3.8-max","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hello!"}]}'

OpenAI-compatible — swap the base URL and it works with your existing SDK.

Qwen3.8 Max API Pricing

TypePrice
Input
$2.6 / 1M tokens
Output
$7.8 / 1M tokens
Cached input
$0.325 / 1M tokens

Function/tool calls are billed separately at $0.013 per call.

Qwen3.8 Max Benchmarks

BenchmarkScoreWhat it measuresSourceRetrieved
Intelligence
40.3
Composite score across standardised reasoning, knowledge and problem-solving evaluations, measured independently by Artificial AnalysisSourceSeptember 12, 2026
Coding
71.8
Composite score across standardised coding evaluations, measured independently by Artificial AnalysisSourceSeptember 12, 2026

Qwen3.8 Max vs other models

ModelInputOutputContextBest for
Qwen3.8 Max
This page
$2.6 / 1M tokens
$7.8 / 1M tokens
1M tokens
Complex reasoning, coding and agentic workflows
$5.2 / 1M tokens
$26 / 1M tokens
1M tokens
Frontier reasoning + agents
$1.95 / 1M tokens
$9.75 / 1M tokens
1.05M tokens
Reasoning + agents
$6.5 / 1M tokens
$32.5 / 1M tokens
1M tokens
Complex agentic coding and enterprise workflows
$3.9 / 1M tokens
$19.5 / 1M tokens
1M tokens
Long-context, multimodal & agentic workflows

Frequently asked questions

Qwen3.8 Max has a 1,000,000 tokens context window and can return up to 131,072 tokens.

Qwen3.8 Max takes image, text as input and returns text.

Use alibaba/qwen3.8-max as the model id. Requests go to https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/chat/completions.

Qwen3.8 Max became available on August 3, 2026.

Qwen3.8 Max is priced at input $2.6 / 1M tokens, output $7.8 / 1M tokens, cached input $0.325 / 1M tokens.

Yes, Qwen3.8 Max can stream responses as they are generated.

Yes, Qwen3.8 Max accepts image input alongside text.

Qwen3.8 Max was built by Alibaba Cloud.

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