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Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 vs Qwen3.8 Max (0902)

Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 (Qwen) and Qwen3.8 Max (0902) (Qwen) compared on the ModelCap Index, API price, context window, provider availability, weight access and every public benchmark board they share. Figures are the same ones shown on the live rankings; nothing here is a hidden score.

Snapshot as of 9 September 2026

As of 9 September 2026, Qwen3.8 Max (0902) holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#32 vs #52); Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 is 6.8× cheaper per output token ($0.88/1M vs $6.00/1M); Qwen3.8 Max (0902) offers the longer context window (1M vs 262K tokens); and Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 ships open weights.

Which should you choose?

Choose Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 if…

  • API cost matters — $0.88/1M output tokens against $6.00/1M, about 6.8× cheaper.
  • your workload is prompt-heavy — input tokens cost $0.22/1M against $2.00/1M.
  • you want to self-host: Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 ships open weights while Qwen3.8 Max (0902) is api only.
  • you want provider choice — 10 listed API providers against 1.

Choose Qwen3.8 Max (0902) if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #32 against #52 (66.6 vs 58.0 points).
  • you need the longer context window — 1M tokens against 262K.
  • you want the more recently listed model — Qwen3.8 Max (0902) was listed 3 September 2026, Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 21 July 2025.

Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 vs Qwen3.8 Max (0902): specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 and Qwen3.8 Max (0902)
FieldQwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507QwenQwen3.8 Max (0902)Qwen
ModelCap Index position#52#32
Index score58.066.6
EvidenceMeasuredEstimated
Input price / 1M tokens$0.22$2.00
Output price / 1M tokens$0.88$6.00
Context window262K tokens1M tokens
Max output tokens16K131K
API providers listed101
Weight accessOpen weightsAPI only
Input modalitiesTextText, Image, Video
First listed21 July 20253 September 2026
PublisherQwenQwen

Evidence: 2 public benchmark observations across 2 boards · publisher-corpus-prior over 182 held-out anchors (23%); opens from measured predecessor qwen/qwen3.7-max (78%); shrunk 4.9 toward the measured corpus. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 vs Qwen3.8 Max (0902)

Public benchmark boards where Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 or Qwen3.8 Max (0902) has a published result
BoardQwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507Qwen3.8 Max (0902)Leads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)14721468–1477—Only one result
BFCL V4UC Berkeley (Gorilla)52.2Prompt—Only one result
AA τ²-Bench TelecomArtificial Analysis33.3%tau2:telecom:dual-control:pass-at-1:3-repeats:source-model="Qwen3 235B 2507 (Non-reasoning)":reasoning=false—Only one result
AA Humanity's Last ExamArtificial Analysis11.1%hle:may-2025:text-only-2158:no-tools:pass-at-1:source-model="Qwen3 235B 2507 (Non-reasoning)":reasoning=false—Only one result

Scores are the sources' own published figures for each model's best evaluated configuration; ModelCap never re-runs a benchmark.

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Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 vs Qwen3.8 Max (0902): common questions

Is Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 better than Qwen3.8 Max (0902)?

Qwen3.8 Max (0902) ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 9 September 2026: #32 against #52. That is a capability ranking built from public benchmark evidence with published uncertainty; whether it is "better" for you also depends on price, context and where you can run it. Their published uncertainty intervals overlap, so the rank difference alone does not establish a reliable capability advantage for your workload.

Is Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 cheaper than Qwen3.8 Max (0902)?

Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 is cheaper on output tokens: $0.88/1M against $6.00/1M. Input tokens are $0.22/1M for Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 and $2.00/1M for Qwen3.8 Max (0902). Prices are the lowest listed API offer ModelCap observed, in USD per million tokens. For 1,000 requests with 2,000 input and 500 output tokens each (2M input + 0.5M output), the listed-rate estimate is $0.88 for Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 versus $7.00 for Qwen3.8 Max (0902). Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 costs 87.4% less in this scenario. This excludes caching, batch discounts, prompt-length tiers, tool charges and retries; verify the selected endpoint before budgeting.

Which has the bigger context window, Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 or Qwen3.8 Max (0902)?

Qwen3.8 Max (0902) has the larger context window: 1M tokens against 262K.

Which is better for coding, Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 or Qwen3.8 Max (0902)?

The two models do not share a coding benchmark board on ModelCap yet, so no head-to-head coding score is published; the ModelCap Index position is the closest overall signal.

Are Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 and Qwen3.8 Max (0902) open-weight models?

Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507: Open weights. Qwen3.8 Max (0902): API only. Open weights mean the checkpoint can be downloaded and self-hosted under its licence; API-only models are available solely through hosted endpoints.

Where can I run Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 and Qwen3.8 Max (0902)?

ModelCap currently lists 10 API providers for Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 and 1 for Qwen3.8 Max (0902), from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 vs Qwen3.8 Max (0902) comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 9 September 2026; the page re-renders within a minute of each data refresh, and the ModelCap Index positions are the same ones shown on the live rankings.

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