Qwen3.8-Flash-Next vs Qwen3.8 Max
Qwen3.8 Max shows notably better performance in the majority of benchmarks.
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026
Which is better?
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next outperforms in 4 benchmarks (DeepSWE 1.1, Job Bench, RealWorldQA, Toolathlon), while Qwen3.8 Max is better at 11 benchmarks (Agents' Last Exam, AndroidWorld, CoWorkBench, ERQA, GPQA, Humanity's Last Exam, IFBench, LVBench, NL2Repo, SWE-Bench Pro, Vision2Web). Qwen3.8 Max shows notably better performance in the majority of benchmarks.
Based on current benchmark, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.
Choose Qwen3.8-Flash-Next
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- you want the strongest raw capability — it leads on 11 of 15 shared benchmarks
At a glance
The differences that matter most.
Performance Benchmarks
Comparative analysis across standard metrics
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next outperforms in 4 benchmarks (DeepSWE 1.1, Job Bench, RealWorldQA, Toolathlon), while Qwen3.8 Max is better at 11 benchmarks (Agents' Last Exam, AndroidWorld, CoWorkBench, ERQA, GPQA, Humanity's Last Exam, IFBench, LVBench, NL2Repo, SWE-Bench Pro, Vision2Web).
Qwen3.8 Max shows notably better performance in the majority of benchmarks.
Arena Performance
Playground indexes and blind preference scores
Model Size
Parameter count comparison
Qwen3.8 Max has 2275.0B more parameters than Qwen3.8-Flash-Next, making it 1820.0% larger.
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 (131,072 tokens).
Input Capabilities
Supported data types and modalities
Both Qwen3.8-Flash-Next and Qwen3.8 Max support multimodal inputs.
They are both capable of processing various types of data, offering versatility in application.
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next
Qwen3.8 Max
License
Usage and distribution terms
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next is licensed under Qwen Community License 1.0, 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.
Qwen Community License 1.0
Open weights
Qwen3.8-Max License
Open weights
Release Timeline
When each model was launched
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next was released on 2026-08-26, while Qwen3.8 Max was released on 2026-08-02.
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next is 1 month newer than Qwen3.8 Max.
Aug 26, 2026
1 days ago
3w newerAug 2, 2026
3 weeks ago
Knowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.
Unable to compare the recency of their training data.
Outputs Comparison
Judge for yourself.
Run your own prompts against Qwen3.8-Flash-Next and Qwen3.8 Max side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.
FAQ
Common questions about Qwen3.8-Flash-Next vs Qwen3.8 Max.