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Updated Aug 2026

Qwen3.7 MaxvsQwen3.8 Flash

Qwen3.8 Flash is cheaper than Qwen3.7 Max at $0.15/M vs $2.5/M input tokens.

Qwen3.7 Max and Qwen3.8 Flash compared across 8 shared prompts
SpecQwen3.7 MaxQwen3.8 Flash
Input price$2.5/M tokens$0.15/M tokens
Output price$7.5/M tokens$0.47/M tokens
Context window1.0M tokens1.0M tokens
WeightsClosedClosed
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedMay 2026Aug 2026
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Opening lines from 3 of the 8 prompts both answered. Formatting stripped, words untouched.

Simple 7-Ingredient Recipe

Create a simple recipe for a delicious dish (sweet or savory) using only 7 common pantry ingredients. Include a creative name for the dish…

Qwen3.7 Max403 words
Crimson Silk Skillet Pasta This rich, comforting, and incredibly velvety pasta dish relies on the magic of emulsifying starchy pasta water with a simple tomato-butter sauce. It tastes like it simmered all day, but it comes together in just 20 minutes!
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Qwen3.8 Flash147 words
Moon Halo Cookies A soft, golden sugar cookie with crisp edges and a tender center—made with just 7 pantry staples. Prep time: 10 minutes Cook time: 10 minutes Total time: 20 minutes Makes: About 16 cookies Ingredients 1/2 cup butter, softened 3/4 cup sugar 1 egg 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour…
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Beginner's Longevity Plan

Outline a simple, actionable 1-month plan for someone starting their journey towards better health and longevity. Focus on 3 key areas…

Qwen3.7 Max702 words
Here is a simple, actionable 1-month plan designed to build a foundation for long-term health and longevity. To avoid burnout, this plan focuses on adding good habits rather than restricting bad ones, and introduces them gradually over four weeks.
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Qwen3.8 Flash368 words
1-Month Beginner Health & Longevity Plan Focus areas: Nutrition, Movement, Sleep Week 1: Build the basics Nutrition Add 1 serving of vegetables to 2 meals per day. Drink water with each meal. Choose protein at most meals: eggs, beans, tofu, chicken, fish, yogurt. Movement Walk 10–15 minutes daily.
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Explain Like I'm a Specific Expert

Explain how a large language model (like GPT or Claude) learns and generates text to each of these three audiences: 1. **An experienced…

Qwen3.7 Max761 words
The Experienced Software Engineer To understand how an LLM learns, discard the idea of a traditional database or rules engine; instead, think of training as building a massively distributed, lossy compression algorithm.
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Qwen3.8 Flash983 words
For an experienced software engineer Training a large language model is not “just” making it guess the next word in isolation. It is fitting an enormous parameterized function to predict the next token conditioned on all previous tokens in a sequence.
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Our Verdict
Qwen3.7 Max
Qwen3.7 Max
Qwen3.8 Flash
Qwen3.8 Flash

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, nothing separates them.

Qwen3.8 Flash costs 16x less per token.

Too close to call
API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

Qwen3.7 Max
Input
$2.50
Output
$7.50
Qwen3.8 Flash
Input
$0.15
17× cheaper
Output
$0.47
16× cheaper

Qwen3.8 Flash is cheaper on both: 17× input, 16× output.

Where to run it

2 hosts

Qwen3.7 Max1 host
HostInOutContextUptime
Alibaba Cloud$1.48 in·$4.42 out·1M·100% up
Qwen3.8 Flash1 host
HostInOutContextUptime
Alibaba Cloud$0.15 in·$0.47 out·1M·100% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 22 Sep 2026.

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Common questions

Both are developed by Qwen but target different use cases. Qwen3.7 Max has a 1.0M token context window vs Qwen3.8 Flash's 1.0M. You can compare their actual outputs across 8 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.

It depends on your use case. Qwen3.7 Max and Qwen3.8 Flash each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 8 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.

Qwen3.7 Max costs $2.5/M input tokens and Qwen3.8 Flash costs $0.15/M input tokens. Qwen3.8 Flash is $2.35/M cheaper per input. Check their side-by-side outputs on Rival to see if the price difference is justified by quality.

This page shows a side-by-side comparison of Qwen3.7 Max and Qwen3.8 Flash 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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