qwen3.8-flash · Alibaba Qwen
Alibaba's multimodal 125B MoE preview with 51B N-gram embeddings, 6B active parameters, and a Qwen4-architecture preview.
Last checked Aug 27, 2026. Calculations use the listed base rates; provider-specific tiers, cache writes, batch pricing, and long-context rules may differ. Note: Qwen announced $0.16 input and $0.47 output per 1M tokens for the production Qwen3.8-Flash on QwenCloud, with API availability coming soon. QwenCloud lists 1M context and 131,072 max output; the open-weight Flash-Next preview natively supports 262K context and can extend to 1M with YaRN. This is announced pricing, not yet a generally available API rate. Confirm the current rate at the official provider source.
Quick answer
At the published base rate, Qwen3.8-Flash (QwenCloud preview) costs $0.16 per 1M input tokens and $0.47 per 1M output tokens. It supports a 1M context window and is currently marked preview.
Method & trust
This rate card uses the provider's listed base input, output, and cached-input prices. Workload tables below apply those rates to explicit token counts, cache assumptions, and request volumes; verify provider-specific tiers before committing budget.
Input
$0.16
per 1M tokens
Output
$0.47
per 1M tokens
Cached input
—
not published
Context window
1M
max output 131.1K
Qwen3.8-Flash (QwenCloud preview) cost calculator
What Qwen3.8-Flash (QwenCloud preview) costs per task
| Use case | Input tokens | Output tokens | Cost / request | Monthly @ 1K req/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Customer support chatbot | 3,500 | 350 | $0.000724 | $21.735 |
| RAG / search-augmented answers | 8,000 | 500 | $0.001515 | $45.45 |
| AI coding assistant | 12,000 | 2,000 | $0.00286 | $85.80 |
| Document summarization | 25,000 | 600 | $0.004282 | $128.46 |
| Agentic workflow | 40,000 | 1,500 | $0.007105 | $213.15 |
| Content generation | 800 | 1,200 | $0.000692 | $20.76 |
| Data extraction & tagging | 2,000 | 250 | $0.000438 | $13.125 |
| Translation | 5,000 | 5,500 | $0.003385 | $101.55 |
Assumes each use case's typical cacheable share of input. See full cost scenarios.
Benchmark scores
Vendor-reported task scores, not third-party composite indices.
Vendor-reported task scores
Compare with alternatives
| Model | Input /M | Output /M | Context | Chat request* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen3.8-Flash (QwenCloud preview) | $0.16 | $0.47 | 1M | $0.001016 |
| GPT-5.6 Solcompare | $5.00 | $30.00 | 1.1M | $0.035 |
| GPT-5.6 Terracompare | $2.00 | $12.00 | 1.1M | $0.014 |
| GPT-5.6 Lunacompare | $0.20 | $1.20 | 1.1M | $0.0014 |
| GPT-5.6 Cybercompare | $12.50 | $75.00 | 1.1M | $0.0875 |
| GPT-5.5 Standardcompare | $5.00 | $30.00 | 512K | $0.035 |
| GPT-5.5 Procompare | $30.00 | $180.00 | 512K | $0.21 |
| GPT-5.4 Workhorsecompare | $2.50 | $15.00 | 256K | $0.0175 |
| GPT-5.4 minicompare | $0.75 | $4.50 | 256K | $0.00525 |
*4,000 in + 800 out tokens, 50% cached input where available.
Related calculations
FAQ
Qwen3.8-Flash (QwenCloud preview) costs $0.16 per 1M input tokens and $0.47 per 1M output tokens. Verified Aug 27, 2026 against https://qwen.ai/blog?id=qwen3.8-flash-next.
Qwen3.8-Flash (QwenCloud preview) supports a 1,000,000-token context window with up to 131,072 output tokens per request, tokenized with qwen_bpe.
At $0.16/M input and $0.47/M output, Qwen3.8-Flash (QwenCloud preview) sits below GPT-5.6 Sol ($5.00/M in, $30.00/M out) — see the comparison table for full-workload differences.