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Qwen3.7 Plus vs Qwen3.8 Max (0902)

Qwen3.7 Plus (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, Qwen3.7 Plus holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#29 vs #32); and Qwen3.7 Plus is 4.7× cheaper per output token ($1.28/1M vs $6.00/1M).

Which should you choose?

Choose Qwen3.7 Plus if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #29 against #32 (68.3 vs 66.6 points).
  • API cost matters — $1.28/1M output tokens against $6.00/1M, about 4.7× cheaper.
  • your workload is prompt-heavy — input tokens cost $0.32/1M against $2.00/1M.

Choose Qwen3.8 Max (0902) if…

  • you want the more recently listed model — Qwen3.8 Max (0902) was listed 3 September 2026, Qwen3.7 Plus 3 June 2026.

Qwen3.7 Plus vs Qwen3.8 Max (0902): specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Qwen3.7 Plus and Qwen3.8 Max (0902)
FieldQwen3.7 PlusQwenQwen3.8 Max (0902)Qwen
ModelCap Index position#29#32
Index score68.366.6
EvidenceMeasuredEstimated
Input price / 1M tokens$0.32$2.00
Output price / 1M tokens$1.28$6.00
Context window1M tokens1M tokens
Max output tokens131K131K
API providers listed11
Weight accessAPI onlyAPI only
Input modalitiesText, ImageText, Image, Video
First listed3 June 20263 September 2026
PublisherQwenQwen

Evidence: 4 public benchmark observations across 4 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: Qwen3.7 Plus vs Qwen3.8 Max (0902)

Public benchmark boards where Qwen3.7 Plus or Qwen3.8 Max (0902) has a published result
BoardQwen3.7 PlusQwen3.8 Max (0902)Leads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)15001494–1507—Only one result
LMArena AgentLMArena-5.2%-6.5%–-3.9%—Only one result
AA Intelligence IndexArtificial Analysis25.8intelligence-index:v4.3:reasoning-unspecified—Only one result
AA Terminal-Bench 2.1Artificial Analysis61.0%terminal-bench:2.1:terminus-2:e2b:pass-at-1:3-repeats:source-model="Qwen3.7 Plus":reasoning=true—Only one result
AA τ²-Bench TelecomArtificial Analysis93.0%tau2:telecom:dual-control:pass-at-1:3-repeats:source-model="Qwen3.7 Plus":reasoning=true—Only one result
AA Humanity's Last ExamArtificial Analysis35.6%hle:may-2025:text-only-2158:no-tools:pass-at-1:source-model="Qwen3.7 Plus":reasoning=true—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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Qwen3.7 Plus vs Qwen3.8 Max (0902): common questions

Is Qwen3.7 Plus better than Qwen3.8 Max (0902)?

Qwen3.7 Plus ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 9 September 2026: #29 against #32. 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 Qwen3.7 Plus cheaper than Qwen3.8 Max (0902)?

Qwen3.7 Plus is cheaper on output tokens: $1.28/1M against $6.00/1M. Input tokens are $0.32/1M for Qwen3.7 Plus 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 $1.28 for Qwen3.7 Plus versus $7.00 for Qwen3.8 Max (0902). Qwen3.7 Plus costs 81.7% 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, Qwen3.7 Plus or Qwen3.8 Max (0902)?

Both publish a 1M-token context window.

Which is better for coding, Qwen3.7 Plus 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 Qwen3.7 Plus and Qwen3.8 Max (0902) open-weight models?

Qwen3.7 Plus: API only. 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 Qwen3.7 Plus and Qwen3.8 Max (0902)?

ModelCap currently lists 1 API provider for Qwen3.7 Plus 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 Qwen3.7 Plus 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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