Qwen: Qwen3.8 Flash

Qwen: Qwen3.8 Flash

qwen · Released Aug 26, 2026 NEW
Intelligence #259 / 743
35.9 our score
Speed
Not reported
Input Price #291 / 748
$0.150 per 1M tokens
Output Price #299 / 748
$0.470 per 1M tokens
Context #118 / 748
1M tokens

Analysis Summary

Qwen3.8 Flash is a multimodal Qwen model with text, image, and video input, plus tool use and function calling. Its 1M token context window is suited to long documents, creative asset review, codebase context, and agents that need to combine visual and textual information.

The low listed pricing of $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.47 per million output tokens makes it suitable for high-volume content operations, classification, enrichment, and assisted production. This specific version has no benchmark data in the supplied record, so reasoning depth, coding quality, and editorial reliability remain uncertain. It is appropriate for monitored pilots and routine tasks, not yet a proven lead model for high-stakes client output.

Assessed September 1, 2026

Editorial notes

Qwen3.8 Flash supports vision, video input, tool use, function calling, and a 1M token context window at low pricing. It has no version-specific benchmark data here, so reliability remains unverified.

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DFO Verdict

Qwen3.8 Flash supports vision, video input, tool use, function calling, and a 1M token context window at low pricing. It has no version-specific benchmark data here, so reliability remains unverified.

#259 of 743 overall

How Qwen: Qwen3.8 Flash compares

Its 1M-token context window is larger than 84% of the models we list. At $0.15 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 61% of comparable models.

Position in the field
Intelligence: smarter than 65% of models #259
Price: cheaper than 61% of models #291
Context: larger than 84% of models #118
worst in fieldmedianbest in field
Price vs frontier peers · $ per 1M tokens
Qwen: Qwen3.8 Flash $0.15 in $0.47 out
Claude Opus 5 $5.00 in $25.00 out
OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol $2.00 in $10.00 out
SpaceXAI: Grok 4.6 $2.00 in $6.00 out

Dark bar = input · light bar = output, scaled to the priciest peer.

Context window vs peers · tokens
Qwen: Qwen3.8 Flash 1M

1M tokens ≈ 8 full-length novels or ~2,500 pages of business documents in a single request.

Intelligence0Technical0Value8.3Content6.2
Performance profile

Strongest on value. The pulled-in technical corner is the trade-off, and if the shape matters more than the price, this is your model.

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Pricing

Token Type Cost per 1M tokens Cost per 1K tokens
Input $0.15 $0.000150
Output $0.47 $0.000470

What would Qwen: Qwen3.8 Flash cost your business?

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A website chatbot handling around 100 customer conversations a day, a few short messages each.

3,000
One request is one message, email, draft or automation call.
1,200 tokens

$0/mo Qwen: Qwen3.8 Flash

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DFO AI AUTOMATION

These numbers get smaller with the right architecture.

We route routine calls to cheap models and save Qwen: Qwen3.8 Flash for the hard ones. Most clients cut their estimate by 60-80%.

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About Qwen: Qwen3.8 Flash

Qwen3.8 Flash is a multimodal reasoning model from Alibaba. It is suited for coding assistance, agentic workflows, visual understanding, document and codebase analysis, desktop interaction, chart analysis, and long-video analysis.

Frequently asked questions about Qwen: Qwen3.8 Flash

How much does Qwen: Qwen3.8 Flash cost?

Qwen: Qwen3.8 Flash costs $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.47 per million output tokens.

What is the context window of Qwen: Qwen3.8 Flash?

Qwen: Qwen3.8 Flash has a context window of 1,000,000 tokens (1M).

What can Qwen: Qwen3.8 Flash do?

Qwen: Qwen3.8 Flash supports image/vision input, tool use, and function calling.

Who created Qwen: Qwen3.8 Flash?

Qwen: Qwen3.8 Flash is developed by Qwen and was released on August 26, 2026.

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