Model Comparison

Qwen3.7 Max vs Qwen3.8 MaxWhich is better in 2026?

Qwen3.8 Max significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Verdict: Qwen3.7 Max vs Qwen3.8 Max — which is better?

Qwen3.7 Max (by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team) and Qwen3.8 Max (by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team) are two of the AI models people compare most. Here is how they stack up on benchmarks, price and capabilities, and which one to pick in 2026.

Qwen3.7 Max outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Qwen3.8 Max is better at 7 benchmarks (CoWorkBench, GPQA, Humanity's Last Exam, IFBench, NL2Repo, SkillsBench, SWE-Bench Pro). Qwen3.8 Max significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Choose Qwen3.7 Max if…

  • you want predictable pricing at $1.25/M input and $3.75/M output

Choose Qwen3.8 Max if…

  • you want the strongest raw capability — it leads on 7 of 7 shared benchmarks
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Aug 2026

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

7 benchmarks

Qwen3.7 Max outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Qwen3.8 Max is better at 7 benchmarks (CoWorkBench, GPQA, Humanity's Last Exam, IFBench, NL2Repo, SkillsBench, SWE-Bench Pro).

Qwen3.8 Max significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Qwen3.7 Max specifies input context (1,000,000 tokens). Only Qwen3.7 Max specifies output context (65,536 tokens).

Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3.7 Max
Input1,000,000 tokens
Output65,536 tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3.8 Max
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Qwen3.8 Max supports multimodal inputs, whereas Qwen3.7 Max does not.

Qwen3.8 Max can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Qwen3.7 Max

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Qwen3.8 Max

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Both models are licensed under proprietary licenses.

Both models have usage restrictions defined by their respective organizations.

Qwen3.7 Max

Proprietary

Closed source

Qwen3.8 Max

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Qwen3.7 Max was released on 2026-05-19, while Qwen3.8 Max was released on 2026-08-02.

Qwen3.8 Max is 3 months newer than Qwen3.7 Max.

Qwen3.7 Max

May 19, 2026

2 months ago

Qwen3.8 Max

Aug 2, 2026

1 days ago

2mo 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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Key Takeaways

Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Qwen3.7 Max

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Larger context window (1,000,000 tokens)
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Qwen3.8 Max

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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Supports multimodal inputs
Higher CoWorkBench score (74.8% vs 67.2%)
Higher GPQA score (92.6% vs 92.4%)
Higher Humanity's Last Exam score (43.6% vs 41.4%)
Higher IFBench score (82.8% vs 79.1%)
Higher NL2Repo score (55.9% vs 47.2%)
Higher SkillsBench score (70.2% vs 59.2%)
Higher SWE-Bench Pro score (67.7% vs 60.6%)

Detailed Comparison

Interactive Arena

Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Qwen3.7 Max and Qwen3.8 Max side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Qwen3.7 Max
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FAQ

Common questions about Qwen3.7 Max vs Qwen3.8 Max.

Which is better, Qwen3.7 Max or Qwen3.8 Max?

Qwen3.8 Max significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Qwen3.7 Max 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 benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.

How does Qwen3.7 Max compare to Qwen3.8 Max in benchmarks?

Qwen3.7 Max scores HMMT Feb 26: 97.1%, Kernel Bench L3: 96.0%, MMLU-Redux: 95.0%, IFEval: 94.3%, GPQA: 92.4%. Qwen3.8 Max scores PaperBench: 93.0%, GPQA: 92.6%, VideoMME w sub.: 90.4%, RealWorldQA: 88.0%, Terminal-Bench 2.1: 86.6%.

What are the context window sizes for Qwen3.7 Max and Qwen3.8 Max?

Qwen3.7 Max supports 1.0M tokens and Qwen3.8 Max supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Qwen3.7 Max and Qwen3.8 Max?

Key differences include multimodal support (no vs yes). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

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