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QwenReleased on Aug 26, 2026

Qwen3.8 Flash: API Pricing, Context Window & Benchmarks

Qwen3.8 Flash is a language model from Qwen, released in August 2026, with multimodal input, a 1M-token context window, and pricing from $0.150/M input, $0.016/M cached input, $0.470/M output.

Qwen3.8 Flash is the production QwenCloud / OpenRouter API model (id qwen3.8-flash), not the open-weight Qwen3.8-Flash-Next checkpoint. Hugging Face states Flash is the official managed version based on Flash-Next with production features

Input
TextImageVideo
Output
Text

Qwen3.8 Flash benchmarks

Capability tiers

Standing within each category, adjusted for leaderboard depth.

Real tasks performance

High-confidence performance for Qwen3.8 Flash across real-world prompt categories. Only 95% intervals at most 4 points wide are shown.

Performance by conversation depth

How Qwen3.8 Flash holds up as conversations get longer.

Quality Tracker

Qwen3.8 Flash Performance Across Datasets

Scores sourced from the model's scorecard, paper, or official blog posts

LLM Stats Logollm-stats.com - Mon Aug 31 2026
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Qwen3.8 Flash pricing

Providers

Qwen3.8 Flash starts at $0.150 per million input tokens and $0.470 per million output tokens via Novita. Reused prompt prefixes cost $0.0160 per million cached input tokens.

ProviderInput $/MCached input $/MOutput $/MContext in / outTTFT p95 sOutput p5 c/sModalities in / out
Novita logoNovita
$0.150$0.0160$0.4701.0M/131.1K
/

Cached input is the discounted price for prompt tokens served from a provider cache. TTFT is time to first token. Output is characters per second; p5 is the sustained floor exceeded by 95% of observed requests.

Qwen3.8 Flash context window

Input and output token limits for Qwen3.8 Flash, plus how it ranks on long-context understanding.

InputOutput
1Mtokens
131Ktokens
1.5k pages of text
1M
8K128K1M

Qwen3.8 Flash API

POST/v1/chat/completions

Run a request to see the response

Use it in your code

Billed at $0.15 input / $0.02 cached input / $0.47 output per 1M tokens through the LLM Stats gateway.

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key="YOUR_API_KEY",
    base_url="https://gateway.llm-stats.com/v1"
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="qwen3.8-flash",
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "What is machine learning?"}
    ]
)

print(response.choices[0].message.content)

Need an API key? Create one above in the playground, or read the API documentation.

Qwen3.8 Flash latency

Qwen3.8 Flash time to first token, sustained output throughput, and failed-request rate from live API traffic over the trailing 7 days.

Qwen3.8 Flash examples

Recent arena outputs from Qwen3.8 Flash, picked from the highest-ranked matchups.

Qwen3.8 Flash license

Qwen3.8 Flash is a proprietary model available under its provider's product and API terms, has 125.0B parameters.

License
Proprietary
Hosted access
Parameters
125.0B

Proprietary license - usage restrictions apply

Qwen3.8 Flash resources

Official sources for Qwen3.8 Flash: api documentation, official playground, official launch post, model weights.

Qwen3.8 Flash vs other models

The most-compared alternatives to Qwen3.8 Flash are Claude Opus 4.6, Gemini 3 Pro, GPT-5.2. Open any pair side-by-side for benchmarks, pricing, context, and latency.

Models like Qwen3.8 Flash

Models ranked just above and below Qwen3.8 Flash by LLM Stats score.

 

Claude Opus 4.6

Score pending
 

Gemini 3 Pro

Score pending
 

GPT-5.2

Score pending
 

Qwen3.7 Max

Score pending
 

Kimi K2.6

Score pending
 

Qwen3.7-Plus

Score pending

FAQ

Common questions about Qwen3.8 Flash.

When was Qwen3.8 Flash released?

Qwen3.8 Flash was released on August 26, 2026 by Qwen. This is the official Qwen3.8 Flash release date tracked on LLM Stats.

How much does Qwen3.8 Flash cost?

Qwen3.8 Flash costs $0.15 per million input tokens, $0.02 per million cached input tokens, $0.47 per million output tokens through the LLM Stats API, which works with any OpenAI-compatible SDK. Across tracked providers, the lowest price is $0.15 per million input tokens via Novita. That provider charges $0.02 per million cached input tokens.

Is Qwen3.8 Flash available via API?

Yes. Qwen3.8 Flash is available through the LLM Stats API and works with any OpenAI-compatible SDK — point your client at the gateway base URL and pass the model name. It is served by 1 provider tracked on LLM Stats.

How big is Qwen3.8 Flash?

Qwen3.8 Flash has 125 billion parameters.

Who created Qwen3.8 Flash?

Qwen3.8 Flash was created by Qwen.

What is the license for Qwen3.8 Flash?

Qwen3.8 Flash is released under the Proprietary license.

Is Qwen3.8 Flash multimodal?

Yes, Qwen3.8 Flash is multimodal and can accept both text and images as input.

Where can I use Qwen3.8 Flash?

Qwen3.8 Flash is available through 1 provider including Novita.

Where is the Qwen3.8 Flash paper or technical report?

Qwen3.8 Flash has a paper or technical report available at https://www.alibabacloud.com/blog/alibaba-releases-qwen3-8-flash-with-innovative-model-architecture-delivering-optimal-price-performance_603503. Use that source for architecture, training, release and evaluation details.

What models should I compare Qwen3.8 Flash against?

Common Qwen3.8 Flash comparisons include Qwen3.8 Flash vs Claude Opus 4.6, Qwen3.8 Flash vs Gemini 3 Pro, Qwen3.8 Flash vs GPT-5.2. Compare them side by side for benchmark scores, pricing, context window, latency and API availability.