Qwen3.5 9B vs Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max
Compare Qwen3.5 9B and Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max, both from Qwen, context windows of 262K vs 1.0M, tested across 20 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max
Qwen3.5 9BRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max has the edge — bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window.
Qwen3.5 9B is 40x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Slight edge
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Qwen3.5 9B
Input
$0.10
20× cheaper
Output
$0.15
40× cheaper
Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max
Input
$2.00
Output
$6.00
Qwen3.5 9B is cheaper on both — 20× input, 40× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
62%
Qwen3.5 9B uses 5.8x more transitions
Qwen3.5 9B
Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max
47%Vocabulary48%
15wSentence Length17w
0.41Hedging0.95
6.9Bold4.3
4.8Lists8.2
0.00Emoji0.00
0.91Headings1.92
0.12Transitions0.02
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