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Qwen3.8 Max (0902) vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking

Side by side · benchmarks, pricing, and signals you can act on.

Winner summary

Qwen3.8 Max (0902) wins 1 of 1 shared benchmarks. Leads in arena.

Category leads
arena·Qwen3.8 Max (0902)
Hype vs Reality
Qwen3.8 Max (0902)
#102 by perf·#2 by attention
DESERVED
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
#40 by perf·#2 by attention
DESERVED
Best value
6.9x better value than Qwen3.8 Max (0902)
Qwen3.8 Max (0902)
13.2 pts/$
$4.00/M
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
91.3 pts/$
$0.67/M
Vendor risk
Alibaba Qwen logo
Alibaba (Qwen)
$293.0B·Tier 1
Low risk
Alibaba Qwen logo
Alibaba (Qwen)
$293.0B·Tier 1
Low risk
Head to head
Qwen3.8 Max (0902)Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall
Qwen3.8 Max (0902) leads by +112.3
Qwen3.8 Max (0902)
1481.6
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
1369.3
Full benchmark table
BenchmarkQwen3.8 Max (0902)Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall
1481.61369.3
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
ModelInputOutputContextProjected $/mo
Alibaba Qwen logoQwen3.8 Max (0902)$2.00$6.001.0M tokens (~500 books)$30.00
Alibaba Qwen logoQwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking$0.15$1.20262K tokens (~131 books)$4.13