Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B vs Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max
Compare Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B and Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max, both from Qwen, context windows of 262K vs 1.0M, tested across 21 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max
Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17BRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max has the edge — newer, bigger context window.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B
Input
$0.60
3.3× cheaper
Output
$3.60
1.7× cheaper
Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max
Input
$2.00
Output
$6.00
Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B is cheaper on both — 3.3× input, 1.7× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
43%
Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B uses 22.8x more emoji
Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B
Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max
54%Vocabulary48%
14wSentence Length17w
0.39Hedging0.95
6.9Bold4.3
4.2Lists8.2
0.23Emoji0.00
0.93Headings1.92
0.17Transitions0.02
Based on 23 + 13 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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