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Qwen3.8 Max Prime vs Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking

Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking costs 12.0x less per output token than Qwen3.8 Max Prime ($1.00 vs $12.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; no benchmark has tested both models yet.

Qwen3.8 Max PrimeQwen
Coding
No data
Overall
No data
Output $/M
$12.00
Qwen3 VL 30B A3B ThinkingQwen
Coding
No data
Overall
No data
Output $/M
$1.00
vs $12.00 vs $1.00 per 1M output tokens. Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking is 12.0x cheaper.

Qwen3.8 Max Prime or Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking: which to pick

Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.

Pick Qwen3.8 Max Prime for a larger context window (1M against 262K tokens).

No benchmark has tested both yet. Qwen3.8 Max Prime has none yet; Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking on AA Intelligence Index. Compare them on price and context instead.

Which one for your work

Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.

At a glance

Coding index
Qwen3.8 Max Prime not benchmarked, Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking not benchmarked.
Widest category
None yet: no category has been tested on both models.
Widest single gap
None yet: no benchmark has tested both models.
Output price
Qwen3.8 Max Prime $12.00 against Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking $1.00 per million output tokens, 12.0x apart.
Context window
Qwen3.8 Max Prime takes 1M tokens, Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking 262K.

Benchmark by benchmark

Every board either model has a result on, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale. Only one model is measured on each, so no row names a leader.

IntelligenceDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index1 board measured
Intelligence benchmarks for Qwen3.8 Max Prime and Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking
BenchmarkQwen3.8 Max PrimeQwen3 VL 30B A3B ThinkingLeader
AA Intelligence IndexNot measured9.5Only Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking measured
Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here

What each workload costs

Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.

Chat turn

1K input + 500 output tokens

Qwen3.8 Max Prime$0.010Fits in one request
Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking$0.0008Fits in one request

Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Qwen3.8 Max Prime$0.236Fits in one request
Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking$0.018Fits in one request

Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Qwen3.8 Max Prime$0.920Fits in one request
Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking$0.068Fits in one request

Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking costs less

Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.

Specification differences

The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.

Specifications of Qwen3.8 Max Prime and Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking
SpecificationQwen3.8 Max PrimeQwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking
MakerQwenQwen
WeightsNo public weights listedOpen weights
ReleasedSeptember 23, 2026October 6, 2025
Context window1M262K
Input $/Mtok$4.00$0.29
Output $/Mtok$12.00$1.00
Coding indexNot benchmarkedNot benchmarked
Independent measurements behind it00
Cost per solved taskNot computableNot computable
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Qwen3.8 Max Prime better than Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking for coding?

Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Qwen3.8 Max Prime for a larger context window (1M against 262K tokens).

Which is cheaper, Qwen3.8 Max Prime or Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking?

Qwen3.8 Max Prime costs $4.00 per million input tokens and $12.00 per million output tokens; Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking costs $0.29 and $1.00. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.

Which has the bigger context window, Qwen3.8 Max Prime or Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking?

Qwen3.8 Max Prime, with 1M tokens against 262K.

Has any benchmark tested both Qwen3.8 Max Prime and Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking?

No benchmark has tested both yet. Qwen3.8 Max Prime has none yet; Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking on AA Intelligence Index. Compare them on price and context instead. Data as of October 22, 2026.

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