Skip to content
Yardstick
  1. Models
  2. Alibaba
  3. Qwen3.8-Flash-Next

Qwen3.8-Flash-Next

Alibaba · Fast & cheap · Aug 26, 2026NewOpen weights

An open-weight preview of Alibaba's next architecture: very cheap, with scores close to models several times its price.

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index
39.8#16 of 29
API price per 1M tokens
$0.15 / $0.47input / output · $0.23 blended
Context window
262Ktokens
Output speed
56 t/s38s to first answer

Benchmark results

Each row shows this model (blue) against every other model in the catalogue (grey), worst on the left, best on the right.

Overall capability

  • Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index39.8#16 of 29
    11.357.6
  • LiveBench76.2%#13 of 23
    63.9%83.4%

Coding

  • Arena WebDev1,632#11 of 27

    Preliminary rating

    1,2631,814

Specs & pricing

Developer
Alibaba
Released
Aug 26, 2026
Availability
Generally available
Weights
Open · Qwen Community License 1.0
Parameters
125B (MoE)
Reasoning
Adjustable effort
Accepts
Text, Image, Video
Produces
Text
Context window
262,144 tokens
Input price
$0.15 / 1M tokens
Output price
$0.47 / 1M tokens
Cached input
$0.016 / 1M tokens

Closest alternatives

Models from other labs nearest to Qwen3.8-Flash-Next on Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index.

  • DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash

    DeepSeek

    Intelligence 39.5 · $0.30 / $1.20

    Compare side by side

  • Gemini 3.8 Flash

    Google

    Intelligence 40.9 · $0.75 / $3.75

    Compare side by side

  • Mistral Large 4

    Mistral AI

    Intelligence 38.4 · $1.36 / $4.18

    Compare side by side
Yardstick

A plain reading of how today’s SI models compare. Scores are taken from each benchmark’s own leaderboard wherever one exists; anything a lab reported about its own model is marked.

Data as of Oct 8, 2026.

Explore

  • Models
  • Compare
  • Benchmarks
  • Value
  • Labs
  • Methodology & sources

Sources

  • Artificial Analysis (opens in a new tab)
  • Arena (opens in a new tab)
  • Epoch AI Benchmarking Hub (opens in a new tab)
  • ARC Prize (opens in a new tab)
  • Terminal-Bench (opens in a new tab)
  • Scale AI Labs (opens in a new tab)

Yardstick is an independent reference and is not affiliated with, sponsored by or endorsed by any lab listed. Product names and logos are trademarks of their respective owners and are used only to identify them. Benchmarks are imperfect proxies: check a model on your own task before you commit to it.

  • Models
  • Compare
  • Benchmarks
  • Value
  • Labs
  • Models
  • Compare
  • Benchmarks
  • Value
  • Labs
  • Models
  • Compare
  • Benchmarks
  • Value
  • Labs