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Qwen3.8 Flash vs Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking

Qwen3.8 Flash (Qwen) and Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking (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 3 September 2026

As of 3 September 2026, Qwen3.8 Flash holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#17 vs #108); Qwen3.8 Flash is 5.1× cheaper per output token ($0.47/1M vs $2.40/1M); Qwen3.8 Flash offers the longer context window (1M vs 262K tokens); and Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking ships open weights.

Which should you choose?

Choose Qwen3.8 Flash if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #17 against #108 (72.1 vs 24.4 points).
  • API cost matters — $0.47/1M output tokens against $2.40/1M, about 5.1× cheaper.
  • your workload is prompt-heavy — input tokens cost $0.15/1M against $0.20/1M.
  • you need the longer context window — 1M tokens against 262K.
  • you want the more recently listed model — Qwen3.8 Flash was listed 26 August 2026, Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking 6 October 2025.

Choose Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking if…

  • you want to self-host: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking ships open weights while Qwen3.8 Flash is restricted license.
  • you want provider choice — 2 listed API providers against 1.

Qwen3.8 Flash vs Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Qwen3.8 Flash and Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking
FieldQwen3.8 FlashQwenQwen3 VL 30B A3B ThinkingQwen
ModelCap Index position#17#108
Index score72.124.4
EvidenceMeasuredEstimated
Input price / 1M tokens$0.15$0.20
Output price / 1M tokens$0.47$2.40
Context window1M tokens262K tokens
Max output tokens131K33K
API providers listed12
Weight accessRestricted licenseOpen weights
Input modalitiesText, Image, VideoText, Image
First listed26 August 20266 October 2025
PublisherQwenQwen

Evidence: 1 public benchmark observation across 1 board · publisher corpus prior · leave-one-anchor-out calibrated. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: Qwen3.8 Flash vs Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking

Public benchmark boards where Qwen3.8 Flash or Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking has a published result
BoardQwen3.8 FlashQwen3 VL 30B A3B ThinkingLeads
AA Intelligence IndexArtificial Analysis55.8intelligence-index—Only one result
AA Terminal-Bench 2.1Artificial Analysis86.1%terminal-bench-2.1—Only one result
AA Humanity's Last ExamArtificial Analysis38.0%humanitys-last-exam—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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Qwen3.8 Flash vs Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking: common questions

Is Qwen3.8 Flash better than Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking?

Qwen3.8 Flash ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 3 September 2026: #17 against #108. 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.

Is Qwen3.8 Flash cheaper than Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking?

Qwen3.8 Flash is cheaper on output tokens: $0.47/1M against $2.40/1M. Input tokens are $0.15/1M for Qwen3.8 Flash and $0.20/1M for Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking. Prices are the lowest listed API offer ModelCap observed, in USD per million tokens.

Which has the bigger context window, Qwen3.8 Flash or Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking?

Qwen3.8 Flash has the larger context window: 1M tokens against 262K.

Which is better for coding, Qwen3.8 Flash or Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking?

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 Qwen3.8 Flash and Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking open-weight models?

Qwen3.8 Flash: Restricted license. Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking: Open weights. 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 Qwen3.8 Flash and Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking?

ModelCap currently lists 1 API provider for Qwen3.8 Flash and 2 for Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this Qwen3.8 Flash vs Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 3 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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