Qwen3.8 Max (0902) pricing
Qwen3.8 Max 0902 is an updated snapshot of Qwen3.8 Max from Alibaba's Qwen team. It is a 2.4-trillion-parameter mixture-of-experts model that accepts text, image, and video input and returns… Qwen3.8 Max (0902) from Alibaba (Qwen) costs $2.00 per 1M input tokens and $6.00 per 1M output tokens. Cached input is $0.250 per 1M. Context window 1,000,000 tokens.
API id qwen3.8-max-0902 · Alibaba (Qwen) · source · updated 2026-09-25 · general-purpose
$2.00
Input / 1M tokens
$6.00
Output / 1M tokens
$0.250
Cached input / 1M
1M
Context window
Qwen3.8 Max (0902) specifications
- Provider
- Alibaba (Qwen)
- API id
qwen3.8-max-0902- Model type
- general-purpose
- Context window
- 1M tokens
- Max output
- 131K tokens
- Currency
- USD
- Price source
- Provider API
- Last checked
- 2026-09-25
Tags
- flagship
- vision
Qwen3.8 Max (0902) across providers
The same model, priced by every seller we track. Ranked by the cost of 1M input + 1M output tokens, standard tier; savings measured against buying from the vendor directly.
| Provider | Input /1M | Cached /1M | Output /1M | 1M in + 1M out | vs vendor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $2.00 | $0.250 | $6.00 | $8.00 | — | |
OpenRouterHost | $2.00 | $0.250 | $6.00 | $8.00 | — |
What Qwen3.8 Max (0902) costs in practice
| Workload | Input tokens | Output tokens | Estimated cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Short chat turn | 1,000 | 500 | $0.0050 |
| Document summary | 50,000 | 2,000 | $0.11 |
| 1M tokens in, 200K out | 1,000,000 | 200,000 | $3.20 |
Estimates use the standard tier and ignore caching discounts, so real bills with repeated prompt prefixes are typically lower.
Common questions
- How much does Qwen3.8 Max (0902) cost per 1M tokens?
- Qwen3.8 Max (0902) costs $2.00 per 1M input tokens and $6.00 per 1M output tokens on the standard tier. Cached input is $0.250 per 1M.
- What is Qwen3.8 Max (0902)'s context window?
- Qwen3.8 Max (0902) accepts up to 1,000,000 tokens in a single request, and can return up to 131,072 output tokens.
- Is there a cheaper Qwen model than Qwen3.8 Max (0902)?
- Yes. Qwen2.5 72B Instruct is $0.360 per 1M input tokens versus $2.00 for Qwen3.8 Max (0902), with a 32,768 token context window.
- Where does this Qwen3.8 Max (0902) price come from?
- From the OpenRouter catalogue, because Alibaba (Qwen) does not publish machine-readable pricing. OpenRouter is a reseller, so its rate can differ from Alibaba (Qwen)'s own — verify before committing spend.
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