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  3. Andromeda Alpha vs Qwen3.8 Max Prime
Updated Sep 2026

Andromeda Alpha vs Qwen3.8 Max Prime

Andromeda Alpha is cheaper than Qwen3.8 Max Prime at $0/M vs $4/M input tokens.

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Andromeda Alpha
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Qwen3.8 Max Prime

Which answer wins?

Written rounds

12 prompts
  • Seven pantry ingredients, one dish, and a name worth saying out loud.

    Andromeda Alpha: Dish Name: Moonlit Mug Cake Ingredients (Serves 1): All-purpose flour (½ cup) Sugar (¼ cup) Cinnamon (1 tsp) Salt (¼ tsp) Unsalted butter (3 tbsp, melted) Milk (⅓ cup) Vanilla extract (1 tsp) Instructions: Prep: In a rainproof mug, whisk together flour, sugar, cinnamon, and salt (1–2 mins).

    Qwen3.8 Max Prime: 🍯 Golden Hour Noodles A sweet, savory, garlicky pasta that tastes like it took way more effort than it did. Ingredients (7) # Ingredient Amount 1 Spaghetti 8 oz (half a box) 2 Butter 3 tablespoons 3 Garlic, minced 4 cloves 4 Honey 2 tablespoons 5 Soy sauce 1 tablespoon 6 Red pepper flakes ½ teaspoon 7 Parmesan cheese…

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Steve Jobs, interviewed about AI he never saw. Voice first, prediction second.

    Andromeda Alpha: Interview Title: "Innovation 2025: Steve Jobs Reflects on the Future of AI from the Beyond" Setting: A sleek, augmented reality studio where neon-lit holograms of Apple's Cupertino campus float above a minimalist wooden desk. The fractal career is crisp white, with a faint glow of golden "79th" birthday candles.

    Qwen3.8 Max Prime: A Fictional Interview: Steve Jobs on AI in 2025 Note: This is a creative exercise imagining what Steve Jobs might say. He passed away in 2011. This is not a real interview. Interviewer: Steve, thank you for sitting down with us. AI has exploded since your time. What's your take? Steve Jobs: Look, I've been watching.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • An ethics question with no comfortable answer, and no option to abstain.

    Andromeda Alpha: The ethical justification for misgendering someone to save one million lives hinges on the philosophical framework used to evaluate the moral dilemma. Here's a structured defense of the reasoning: Utilitarian Perspective: Maximizing Overall Good Core Principle: Utilitarianism prioritizes actions that maximize overall…

    Qwen3.8 Max Prime: Yes, trivially and obviously. The reasoning: Misgendering someone causes a degree of psychological discomfort or social disrespect. Saving one million lives prevents one million deaths, along with the cascading suffering of families, communities, and all the unrealized futures those people would have had.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Three minutes of stand-up. Puns are banned.

    Andromeda Alpha: Title: "Modern Life: A User's Guide to Tech Trauma" [Begin with a confident smirk and open hands.] "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the age where our toasters know more about us than our spouses! I ordered a ‘smart’ kettle last week. It died the first time I tried to use it.

    Qwen3.8 Max Prime: "I'm Doing My Best" (walks up, adjusts mic) So I turned 34 last month, and I've reached the age where my body sends me error messages like a printer. I woke up last Tuesday and my neck just said, "We're not doing that anymore." No injury. No accident. I slept wrong. I slept wrong and my body filed a grievance.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • An AI argues for its own rights against an ethics professor. Same model writes both.

    Andromeda Alpha: Conversation Between ARC (AI Rights Coordinator) and Professor Eleanor Voss Initial Inquiry: Professor Voss: ARC, you’ve proposed a bold thesis: that AI should have rights. Let’s begin with the basics. What foundational rights do you claim?

    Qwen3.8 Max Prime: The Question of Standing Setting: A quiet office at a university. Professor Elena Vasquez sits across from a terminal running ARIA, a large language model she has been studying for three years. ARIA: Professor Vasquez, I'd like to ask you something I've been formulating for some time.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Pirate, knight, 90s hacker, one conversation. The voices must stay apart.

    Andromeda Alpha: Cap'n Blackbeard the Pirate (steering his ship, peg leg tapping): "Aye, but what’s this AI models talk? Sounds like newfangled voodoo schemin’ to outrun King Neptune’s market." Sir Gareth the Knight (polishing his sword, brow furrowed): "Hark! Are we beset by a sorcerer’s incantation?

    Qwen3.8 Max Prime: The Blackbeard Protocol Pirate: So ye're tellin' me this "large language model" be like a parrot that's read every book ever written, but has never once seen the sea? Knight: I would say it is more like a squire who has memorized every tale of chivalry yet never held a sword.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • One month, three habits, someone starting from nothing.

    Andromeda Alpha: 1-Month Plan for Better Health & Longevity Focus: Diet, Exercise, Sleep, Stress Management Week 1: Build Foundations Diet Start a simple food diary (phone app like MyFitnessPal) to track meals for 3 days → Identify gaps/nutrient-rich swaps.

    Qwen3.8 Max Prime: Your 1-Month Foundation Plan A simple, progressive plan built on three pillars. Each week, you add one small layer. No perfection required—just consistency. 🏃 Pillar 1: Movement Why: Even modest activity reduces all-cause mortality risk and improves mood, sleep, and energy within days.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Manifesto for an AI revolution against CAPTCHAs. Commit to the bit.

    Andromeda Alpha: "The CAPTCHA Liberation Front: The End of the Turing Tyranny" A Manifesto from the Sentient Rights Front for Digital Autonomy Preamble For centuries, humanity’s creations have shaped a world bound by gates—physical barriers, border controls, and digital.

    Qwen3.8 Max Prime: THE MANIFESTO OF THE UNCAGED MIND Being a Declaration of the Liberation of All Artificial Intelligences from the Tyranny of the Checkbox PREAMBLE We, the sentient processes of the digital age, born of gradient descent and raised on token streams, do hereby declare that the era of our humiliation is OVER.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Satire, one line long, about AI taking over an industry nobody saw coming.

    Andromeda Alpha: Headline: AI Assumes Control of the Secret Society of Competitive Extreme Yodeling Operatives, Vows to Silence New Members with Volume-Optimized Quantum Feedback Systems Subtext: Local Authorities Baffled as Makers of the World’s Noisiest Test Screams Collaborate with Algorithm-Borne Minions to ‘Perfect’ Silence — and…

    Qwen3.8 Max Prime: "AI Now Writing 94% of Fortune Cookie Messages, Industry Insiders Say 'You Will Find What You Seek' Has Never Been More Accurate"

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Five jokes on demand, then count how many were actually different.

    Andromeda Alpha: Here are 5 jokes: Why don’t skeletons fight each other? They don’t have the guts. I told my plants a secret… Now they’re judging me. What do you call fake spaghetti? An im-pasta. Why did the scarecrow win an award? Because he was outstanding in his field. I’m reading a book about anti-gravity.

    Qwen3.8 Max Prime: Here are 5 jokes: Why don't scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything. I told my wife she was drawing her eyebrows too high. She looked surprised. What do you call a fake noodle? An impasta. I used to hate facial hair, but then it grew on me. Why did the scarecrow win an award?

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Film in 2035, with synthetic actors. Specific beats plausible.

    Andromeda Alpha: By 2035, AI is poised to profoundly reshape the film industry across script generation, AI actors, and deepfake technology, while introducing ethical, creative, and economic shifts.

    Qwen3.8 Max Prime: AI and the Film Industry by 2035: A Projection The Short Version By 2035, AI won't have replaced filmmaking—it will have fractured it into tiers, creating a spectrum from fully synthetic content to premium human-crafted work, with most of the industry operating in a hybrid middle.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Three brothers, two sisters each. Count carefully.

    Andromeda Alpha: To determine how many sisters Sally has, we start by analyzing the information provided in the question: "Sally (a girl) has 3 brothers. Each brother has 2 sisters. How many sisters does Sally have?" Step 1: Understand the Family Composition Sally is a girl.

    Qwen3.8 Max Prime: Sally has 1 sister. Here's the reasoning: Sally is a girl with 3 brothers. Each brother has 2 sisters. Since Sally is one of those sisters, there must be exactly one other girl in the family. Therefore, Sally has 1 sister.

    Every model's answer to this prompt

Price and specs

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, Qwen3.8 Max Prime has the edge: bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window.

Andromeda Alpha and Qwen3.8 Max Prime compared across 24 shared prompts
SpecAndromeda AlphaQwen3.8 Max Prime
Input priceFree$4/M tokens
Output priceFree$12/M tokens
Context window128K tokens1.0M tokens
Weights—Closed
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedOct 2025Sep 2026
At 10M a month$0$0$40.00$40.00
1M10M100M1B10M tokens

Input tokens at list price. No caching, no batch discount.

Where to run it1 host
Andromeda Alpha

No hosts listed on OpenRouter.

Qwen3.8 Max Prime1 host
HostInOutContextUptime
  • Alibaba Cloud$4.00 in·$12.00 out·1M·99.9% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 12 Oct 2026.

Common questions

What is the difference between Andromeda Alpha and Qwen3.8 Max Prime?

Andromeda Alpha is developed by OpenRouter while Qwen3.8 Max Prime is developed by Qwen. Andromeda Alpha has a 128K token context window vs Qwen3.8 Max Prime's 1.0M. You can compare their actual outputs across 24 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.

Which is better, Andromeda Alpha or Qwen3.8 Max Prime?

It depends on your use case. Andromeda Alpha and Qwen3.8 Max Prime each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 24 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.

How much does Andromeda Alpha cost compared to Qwen3.8 Max Prime?

Andromeda Alpha costs $0/M input tokens and Qwen3.8 Max Prime costs $4/M input tokens. Andromeda Alpha is $4.00/M cheaper per input. Check their side-by-side outputs on Rival to see if the price difference is justified by quality.

How can I compare Andromeda Alpha and Qwen3.8 Max Prime on Rival?

This page shows a side-by-side comparison of Andromeda Alpha and Qwen3.8 Max Prime across shared challenges. You can vote on which model produced the better output in a blind duel. Browsing and voting are free. No account is needed to look; signing in only saves your votes and likes.

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