Qwen: Qwen3.5 Flash vs Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max
Compare Qwen: Qwen3.5 Flash 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: Qwen3.5 FlashRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max has the edge — bigger model tier, newer.
Qwen: Qwen3.5 Flash is 15x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Qwen: Qwen3.5 Flash
Input
$0.10
20× cheaper
Output
$0.40
15× cheaper
Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max
Input
$2.00
Output
$6.00
Qwen: Qwen3.5 Flash is cheaper on both — 20× input, 15× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
53%
Qwen: Qwen3.5 Flash uses 2.5x more emoji
Qwen: Qwen3.5 Flash
Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max
50%Vocabulary48%
14wSentence Length17w
0.35Hedging0.95
6.9Bold4.3
4.2Lists8.2
0.03Emoji0.00
1.00Headings1.92
0.15Transitions0.02
Based on 23 + 13 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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