Qwen Plus 0728 vs Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max
Compare Qwen Plus 0728 and Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max, both from Qwen, context windows of 1.0M vs 1.0M, tested across 21 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max
Qwen Plus 0728Runner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max has the edge — bigger model tier, newer.
Qwen Plus 0728 is 5.0x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Qwen Plus 0728
Input
$0.40
5.0× cheaper
Output
$1.20
5.0× cheaper
Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max
Input
$2.00
Output
$6.00
Qwen Plus 0728 is cheaper on both — 5.0× input, 5.0× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
60%
Qwen Plus 0728 uses 67.5x more emoji
Qwen Plus 0728
Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max
55%Vocabulary48%
20wSentence Length17w
0.43Hedging0.95
5.9Bold4.3
4.1Lists8.2
0.68Emoji0.00
0.84Headings1.92
0.16Transitions0.02
Based on 22 + 13 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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