Qwen3.8 Max Prime: API price, context window and how to connect
Qwen3.8 Max Prime by Qwen (Alibaba): $4 per million input tokens, $12 per million output tokens, a 1M-token window. What it is good for, what to compare it with and how to connect it in SKILLOK.
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In short#
A faster variant of Qwen3.8 Max from the Qwen team (Alibaba): the same model with higher output speed at a higher price. It accepts text, images and video.
Specifications#
| Provider | Qwen (Alibaba) |
| Released | 2026-09-23 |
| Context window | 1M tokens |
| Accepts | text, images, video |
| Answers with | text |
| Reasoning mode | yes |
| Tool calling | yes |
| Open weights | no |
| Identifier | qwen/qwen3.8-max-prime |
Price#
| Per 1M tokens | In dollars |
|---|---|
| Input (question, context) | $4 |
| Output (answer) | $12 |
For reference: a conversation of 20 questions of ~500 tokens and answers of ~800 tokens costs about $0.232. Models in reasoning mode spend more tokens on an answer than the text shows: the reasoning is paid for too.
What it is good for#
- Flagship Qwen quality with fast answers
- Analyzing images and video
- Hard tasks under load
Similar models#
Catalog models with the same kind of output, closest in the price of a typical request.
| Model | Input | Output | Window | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPT-6.1 Sol | $2 | $10 | 1.05M | 1.4× cheaper |
| GPT-6.1 Sol Pro | $2 | $10 | 1.05M | 1.4× cheaper |
| Claude Sonnet 5.5 | $2 | $10 | 1M | 1.4× cheaper |
| Gemini 4 Argon | $2 | $10 | 1.05M | 1.4× cheaper |
| GLM 5.3 Prime | $2.8 | $8.8 | 1M | 1.4× cheaper |
Other Qwen (Alibaba) models#
How to connect in SKILLOK#
Qwen3.8 Max Prime works through OpenRouter: add an OpenRouter key in Settings → AI and pick the qwen/qwen3.8-max-prime model. It then becomes available in Space AI, in tasks and to the repository agent. In detail — Connecting a model in SKILLOK.
Where the data comes from#
Prices, the context window and capabilities come from the public OpenRouter catalog as of 2026-10-19. A provider may change the price — the exact figure is always on the model's OpenRouter page.
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