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Updated Sep 2026

Qwen3.8 MaxvsQwen3.8 Omni Flash

Qwen3.8 Omni Flash is cheaper than Qwen3.8 Max at $0.15/M vs $2/M input tokens.

Qwen3.8 Max and Qwen3.8 Omni Flash compared across 9 shared prompts
SpecQwen3.8 MaxQwen3.8 Omni Flash
Input price$2/M tokens$0.15/M tokens
Output price$6/M tokens$0.47/M tokens
Context window1.0M tokens1.0M tokens
WeightsClosedClosed
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedAug 2026Sep 2026
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Opening lines from 4 of the 9 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…

Qwen3.8 Max132 words
Dish Name: Golden Hour Peanut Butter Oat Clusters Ingredients (7): 1 cup rolled oats ½ cup peanut butter ⅓ cup honey ½ cup chocolate chips 1 teaspoon vanilla extract ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon ¼ teaspoon salt Instructions: Optional but recommended: Toast the oats in a dry skillet over medium heat for 3–4 minutes…
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Qwen3.8 Omni Flash175 words
Buttery Cloud Pancakes A soft, golden pancake stack made with just 7 pantry staples—no special mix-ins, no fancy tools, just simple comfort. Ingredients All-purpose flour Granulated sugar Baking powder Fine salt Milk Egg Butter Prep Time 10 minutes Cook Time 12 minutes Serves 2–3 Instructions In a bowl, whisk together…
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Startup Pitch Teardown

Here's a pitch deck summary for a startup called "MindMeld AI": **Slide 1 - Vision:** "We're building the future of human-AI collaboration.…

Qwen3.8 Max1,957 words
The 3 weakest claims are the pre-thought prediction claim, the 94% accuracy / any language / any device claim, and the $180B TAM claim. These are the ones most likely to undermine credibility with investors, technical reviewers, or enterprise buyers because they are either logically inconsistent, under-specified, or…
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Qwen3.8 Omni Flash2,971 words
The three weakest claims—ranked by how likely they are to fail investor diligence—are: “94% accuracy… works with any language, any device.” “TAM: $180B” based on 3.5B smartphone users. “FDA clearance” consuming 40% of the Series A raise.
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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…

Qwen3.8 Max853 words
Here’s a simple, beginner-friendly 1-month health and longevity plan focused on three key areas: diet, movement, and sleep/stress. The goal is not perfection, but building small, sustainable habits.
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Qwen3.8 Omni Flash712 words
A Simple 1-Month Health & Longevity Starter Plan Goal: Build sustainable habits—not perfection—around diet, exercise, and recovery/sleep. Time commitment: Small daily actions plus 2–3 short workouts per week. The 3 Key Areas Diet: Add more good foods before restricting Beginner rule: Focus on adding, not removing.
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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…

Qwen3.8 Max1,107 words
Experienced software engineer, no ML background, skeptical of “next-word prediction” Think of a large language model as a very large, learned function: given a sequence of tokens, it outputs a probability distribution over the next token.
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Qwen3.8 Omni Flash913 words
For the experienced software engineer A large language model is best thought of as a gigantic, parameterized probabilistic function that maps a sequence of tokens to a probability distribution over the next token.
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Our Verdict
Qwen3.8 Max
Qwen3.8 Max
Qwen3.8 Omni Flash
Qwen3.8 Omni Flash

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

Qwen3.8 Omni Flash costs 13x less per token.

Too close to call
API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

Qwen3.8 Max
Input
$2.00
Output
$6.00
Qwen3.8 Omni Flash
Input
$0.15
13× cheaper
Output
$0.47
13× cheaper

Qwen3.8 Omni Flash is cheaper on both: 13× input, 13× output.

Where to run it

2 hosts

Qwen3.8 Max1 host
HostInOutContextUptime
Alibaba Cloud$2.00 in·$6.00 out·1M·99.9% up
Qwen3.8 Omni Flash1 host
HostInOutContextUptime
Alibaba Clouddegraded$0.15 in·$0.47 out·1M·99% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 25 Sep 2026.

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Both are developed by Qwen but target different use cases. Qwen3.8 Max has a 1.0M token context window vs Qwen3.8 Omni Flash's 1.0M. You can compare their actual outputs across 9 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.

It depends on your use case. Qwen3.8 Max and Qwen3.8 Omni Flash each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 9 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.

Qwen3.8 Max costs $2/M input tokens and Qwen3.8 Omni Flash costs $0.15/M input tokens. Qwen3.8 Omni Flash is $1.85/M cheaper per input. Check their side-by-side outputs on Rival to see if the price difference is justified by quality.

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