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Qwen3.8 Max vs Qwen3 Coder Flash

Qwen3.8 Max (Qwen) and Qwen3 Coder Flash (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 17 August 2026

As of 17 August 2026, Qwen3.8 Max holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#5 vs #99); and Qwen3 Coder Flash is 6.2× cheaper per output token ($0.975/1M vs $6.00/1M).

Which should you choose?

Choose Qwen3.8 Max if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #5 against #99 (80.5 vs 23.7 points).
  • you want the more recently listed model — Qwen3.8 Max was listed 3 August 2026, Qwen3 Coder Flash 17 September 2025.

Choose Qwen3 Coder Flash if…

  • API cost matters — $0.975/1M output tokens against $6.00/1M, about 6.2× cheaper.
  • your workload is prompt-heavy — input tokens cost $0.195/1M against $2.00/1M.

Qwen3.8 Max vs Qwen3 Coder Flash: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Qwen3.8 Max and Qwen3 Coder Flash
FieldQwen3.8 MaxQwenQwen3 Coder FlashQwen
ModelCap Index position#5#99
Index score80.523.7
EvidenceMeasuredEstimated
Input price / 1M tokens$2.00$0.195
Output price / 1M tokens$6.00$0.975
Context window1M tokens1M tokens
Max output tokens131K66K
API providers listed11
Weight accessAPI onlyAPI only
Input modalitiesText, Image, VideoText
First listed3 August 202617 September 2025
PublisherQwenQwen

Evidence: 4 public benchmark observations across 4 boards · 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 Max vs Qwen3 Coder Flash

Public benchmark boards where Qwen3.8 Max or Qwen3 Coder Flash has a published result
BoardQwen3.8 MaxQwen3 Coder FlashLeads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)15291516–1542—Only one result
LMArena AgentLMArena7.6%6.0%–9.2%—Only one result
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexArtificial Analysis58.1intelligence-index—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 Max vs Qwen3 Coder Flash: common questions

Is Qwen3.8 Max better than Qwen3 Coder Flash?

Qwen3.8 Max ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 17 August 2026: #5 against #99. 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 Max cheaper than Qwen3 Coder Flash?

Qwen3 Coder Flash is cheaper on output tokens: $0.975/1M against $6.00/1M. Input tokens are $2.00/1M for Qwen3.8 Max and $0.195/1M for Qwen3 Coder Flash. Prices are the lowest listed API offer ModelCap observed, in USD per million tokens.

Which has the bigger context window, Qwen3.8 Max or Qwen3 Coder Flash?

Both publish a 1M-token context window.

Which is better for coding, Qwen3.8 Max or Qwen3 Coder Flash?

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 Max and Qwen3 Coder Flash open-weight models?

Qwen3.8 Max: API only. Qwen3 Coder Flash: 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 Qwen3.8 Max and Qwen3 Coder Flash?

ModelCap currently lists 1 API provider for Qwen3.8 Max and 1 for Qwen3 Coder Flash, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this Qwen3.8 Max vs Qwen3 Coder Flash comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 17 August 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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