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QvQ-72B-Preview vs Qwen3.8 Max

Qwen3.8 Max leads the LLM Stats Score 51.9 to 7.9.

Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Qwen3.8 Max leads the overall LLM Stats Score 51.9 to 7.9, ranking #11 overall.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose QvQ-72B-Preview

  • you are already invested in the Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team ecosystem

Choose Qwen3.8 Max

  • overall performance matters — it scores 51.9 and ranks #11 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Aug 2026

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

QvQ-72B-Preview
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3.8 Max
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
7.9
#281
51.9
#11
Reasoning
8.2
#274
50.6
#11
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
—
—
Input price
— / M
$1.65 / M
Output price
— / M
$4.95 / M
Context window
—
256,000

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

3 shared
Index
QvQ-72B-Preview
Qwen3.8 Max
Math
9.6#253
33.8#52
Vision
6.3#147
37.7#5
Multimodal
9.6#118
39.4#1
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

4 reported for QvQ-72B-Preview · 42 for Qwen3.8 Max

No common benchmarks found

QvQ-72B-Preview and Qwen3.8 Maxdon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

2326.6B diff

Qwen3.8 Max has 2326.6B more parameters than QvQ-72B-Preview, making it 3169.8% larger.

Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
QvQ-72B-Preview
73.4Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3.8 Max
2.4Tparameters
73.4B
QvQ-72B-Preview
2400.0B
Qwen3.8 Max

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Qwen3.8 Max specifies input context (256,000 tokens). Only Qwen3.8 Max specifies output context (256,000 tokens).

Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
QvQ-72B-Preview
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3.8 Max
Input256,000 tokens
Output256,000 tokens
Sun Sep 13 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Both QvQ-72B-Preview and Qwen3.8 Max support multimodal inputs.

They are both capable of processing various types of data, offering versatility in application.

QvQ-72B-Preview

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Qwen3.8 Max

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

QvQ-72B-Preview is licensed under Qwen, while Qwen3.8 Max uses Qwen3.8-Max License.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

QvQ-72B-Preview

Qwen

Open weights

Qwen3.8 Max

Qwen3.8-Max License

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

QvQ-72B-Preview was released on 2024-12-25, while Qwen3.8 Max was released on 2026-08-02.

Qwen3.8 Max is 20 months newer than QvQ-72B-Preview.

QvQ-72B-Preview

Dec 25, 2024

1.7 years ago

Qwen3.8 Max

Aug 2, 2026

1 months ago

1.6yr newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against QvQ-72B-Preview and Qwen3.8 Max side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

QvQ-72B-Preview
✓ Preferred
Qwen3.8 Max
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FAQ

Common questions about QvQ-72B-Preview vs Qwen3.8 Max.

Which is better, QvQ-72B-Preview or Qwen3.8 Max?

Qwen3.8 Max leads the LLM Stats Score 51.9 to 7.9. QvQ-72B-Preview is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team and Qwen3.8 Max is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does QvQ-72B-Preview compare to Qwen3.8 Max in benchmarks?

QvQ-72B-Preview scores MathVista: 71.4%, MMMU: 70.3%, MathVision: 35.9%, OlympiadBench: 20.4%. Qwen3.8 Max scores PaperBench: 93.0%, MRCR v2 (8-needle): 92.9%, GPQA: 92.6%, VideoMME w sub.: 90.4%, RealWorldQA: 88.0%.

What are the context window sizes for QvQ-72B-Preview and Qwen3.8 Max?

QvQ-72B-Preview supports an unknown number of tokens and Qwen3.8 Max supports 256K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between QvQ-72B-Preview and Qwen3.8 Max?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (7.9 vs 51.9), licensing (Qwen vs Qwen3.8-Max License). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

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