Which is cheaper, Qwen3.7 Max or Qwen3.8 Max?
As of August 20, 2026, Qwen3.7 Max is 38% cheaper on blended LLM API pricing. Qwen3.7 Max costs $1.25 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens ($5.00 blended 1M-in + 1M-out). Qwen3.8 Max costs $2.00 / $6.00 per million tokens ($8.00 blended). Sources: https://bailian.console.aliyun.com/ and https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/model-studio/pricing. The cheapest LLM for your app still depends on how many output tokens you generate.
How much does Qwen3.7 Max vs Qwen3.8 Max cost per million tokens?
Qwen3.7 Max Qwen API pricing is $1.25 input and $3.75 output per million tokens via Qwen. Qwen3.8 Max Qwen API pricing is $2.00 input and $6.00 output per million tokens via Qwen. Use those four numbers, not ChatGPT Plus or Claude Pro subscription prices, when you are comparing APIs.
Which is better for coding, Qwen3.7 Max or Qwen3.8 Max?
Qwen3.8 Max leads on SWE-bench Verified: Qwen3.7 Max at 80.4% vs Qwen3.8 Max at 85.6%. SWE-bench measures real GitHub fixes; LiveCodeBench measures contest programming.
What is the context window for Qwen3.7 Max vs Qwen3.8 Max?
Qwen3.7 Max supports a 1M token context window, while Qwen3.8 Max supports 1M tokens. Both models have the same context window size. Filling a larger window bills more input tokens, so the cheaper-per-million model can still cost more on long documents.
Which model performs better on benchmarks, Qwen3.7 Max or Qwen3.8 Max?
Qwen3.8 Max leads on 24 of 26 shared benchmarks versus Qwen3.7 Max's 2 wins. Check the comparison table for GPQA Diamond, SWE-bench, MMLU, HLE, and the other evals we track. Token price and benchmark score together are the usual LLM comparison, not either number alone.
Is Qwen3.7 Max or Qwen3.8 Max better for production use?
Both Qwen3.7 Max and Qwen3.8 Max are production API models. For cost-sensitive production traffic, Qwen3.7 Max has better economics on the blended 1M-in + 1M-out scale. For maximum capability, weight the benchmark table for your domain. Many production stacks route cheap models for drafts and a frontier model for the hard turn, which is usually cheaper than sending everything to the expensive API.
Can I switch between Qwen3.7 Max and Qwen3.8 Max in my app?
Yes. Call Qwen3.7 Max through Qwen and Qwen3.8 Max through Qwen with separate API keys, or through a gateway that already wraps both. Keep prompts in tokens, not characters, when you estimate the invoice. AnotherWrapper templates can swap providers without rewriting auth and billing.
How accurate is this Qwen3.7 Max vs Qwen3.8 Max pricing data?
List rates are the latest published Qwen API pricing and Qwen API pricing, quoted per million tokens. Official rate sheets: https://bailian.console.aliyun.com/ and https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/model-studio/pricing. Prompt caching, batch APIs, and committed-use discounts can change the invoice. Benchmark scores are from official publications and independent evals, updated as new numbers land.
What is the output token limit for Qwen3.7 Max and Qwen3.8 Max?
Qwen3.7 Max supports up to 66K output tokens per request, while Qwen3.8 Max supports up to an unspecified number of output tokens. Output tokens are usually the expensive half of API pricing, so a higher max output cap is a capability, not a discount.
Which model has better throughput, Qwen3.7 Max or Qwen3.8 Max?
Qwen3.7 Max has a measured throughput of approximately 5.6706834476446195 tokens/second. Throughput data for Qwen3.8 Max is not yet available. Throughput (tokens per second) and time-to-first-token are why two models with the same per-million-token price can still feel different in chat and agents.
How do I switch the models in this Qwen3.7 Max vs Qwen3.8 Max comparison?
Use the model pickers at the top of this LLM comparison. Search any model in the index and the URL updates. Open Qwen3.7 Max or Qwen3.8 Max from the sidebar for the single-model API pricing page, or go back to the LLM pricing table to sort by cheapest blended cost.
