multimodal LLM
Qwen3.8 Max
Proprietary API version of Qwen3.8 built on the open Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95B checkpoint, adding vision input, non-thinking support and 1M context. No open weights.
Levelmodel
Classmultimodal LLM
Parametersnot in the notes
Context1,000,000
Released3 Aug 2026
Opennessproprietary
Runs onnot in the notes
Statusactive
Benchmark Results
vendor-reportedindependent
Arena Text leaderboardhuman preference arena
independent
1,483 ±5
1,2001,4001,600
Score in Elo; the axis starts at 1,200, as Elo has no zero. Higher is better.
rank 22, Arena Text overall
Arena Vision leaderboardhuman preference arena
independent
1,301 ±7
1,2701,2901,310
Score in Elo; the axis starts at 1,270, as Elo has no zero. Higher is better.
rank 2 of 165, Arena Vision overall, style control default, 165 models
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.3.2composite index
0902independent
45
03060
Score in index. Higher is better.
rank 27 of 205, AA leaderboard, 205 current models
Qwen3.8 Max (0902)independent
45
03060
Score in index. Higher is better.
Artificial Analysis model page
OSWorld-Verifiedagents and tool use
The genealogy notes label the holder open weights; not supported by its sourcesvendor-reported
86.1
050100
Score in %. Higher is better.
rank 1, BenchLM aggregator, top score
Where this comes from
Every score names who ran it: vendor-reported, maintainer-run or independent. A rank is shown with the population it was ranked in (gap rule 3).
Lineage
successorproduct of
Qwen3.7 Max Preview is the parent (successor)medium confidencenotesQwen3.8-2.4T-A95B is the parent (product of)high confidencemodel cardWhere this comes from
Parent and child relations from model cards, Hugging Face base_model fields and the genealogy tables of the research notes. The tree shows two generations each way, 4 models. Confidence and evidence are the notes' own.
R&D Topics
Identity
- Developer
- Alibaba (Qwen)
- Family
- Qwen3.8
- Released
- 3 Aug 2026 sourcessecondary report
- Weights published
- –
- Record checked
- 10 Oct 2026
Where this comes from
Developer and dates from the research notes. Release date is the vendor's public announcement; weights date is when open weights were published.
Architecture and Size
- Architecture
- not in the notes
- Total parameters
- – sources
- Active parameters
- –
- Checkpoint parameters
- –
- Note
- AA lists 984k context (980k in FAQ); model card and Qwen Cloud give 1M by default
- Context length
- 1,000,000 tokens
- Input
- text, image
- Output
- text
Where this comes from
Parameter counts as the developer states them. Where the checkpoint holds a different total, both are shown (register A16).
Openness and Access
- Openness
- proprietary
- Licence
- Proprietary sources
- Access routes
- API
Where this comes from
The licence file governs over registry tags and aggregator labels.
Deployment
- Runs on
- not in the notes
- Footprint
- not in the notes
- Runtimes
- not in the notes
Where this comes from
Deployment tiers and runtimes as named in the notes. Footprint is the notes' figure, not a measurement by AURION.
Indonesia
- Indonesian support
- not stated
- Regional languages
- not in the notes
- Jakarta hosting
- unknown
- Languages
- not in the notes
Where this comes from
Indonesia fields are carried on every model; unknown is an allowed value.
Industry Use Cases
No industry use case links this model.
Links
DeveloperAlibaba (Qwen)big tech, China
Alibaba (Qwen)big tech, ChinaModelQwen3.8 MaxAlibaba (Qwen), multimodal LLM
Qwen3.8 MaxAlibaba (Qwen), multimodal LLMR&D TopicsFrontier Pretraining Scaling
Use CasesIndustrial Copilots and Maintenance AssistantsIndustrialClinical LLM (Frontier Proprietary)HealthcarePharma Documents, Regulatory and Life-Science R&DHealthcareAmbient Clinical ScribingHealthcare+2 moreUse cases of models in the same R&D topic; none is recorded for this model itself.
Who Runs It
PT Pertamina Geothermal EnergyIn production, 14 Jul 2026
Banner HealthIn production, 11 Jan 2026CommureIn production, 11 Jan 2026FlatironIn production, 11 Jan 2026+39 moreDeployments of these use cases; none names this model.
PT Pertamina Geothermal EnergyIn production, 14 Jul 2026Banner HealthIn production, 11 Jan 2026CommureIn production, 11 Jan 2026FlatironIn production, 11 Jan 2026+39 moreDeployments of these use cases; none names this model.Models 3
Organisations 1
Sources
- Qwen3.8 Max (0902) - Intelligence, Performance & Price Analysis | Artificial Analysis artificialanalysis.ai https://artificialanalysis.ai/models/qwen3-8-max
- Qwen3.8-Max - QwenCloud qwencloud.com https://www.qwencloud.com/models/qwen3.8-max
- huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95B/raw/main/README.md https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95B/raw/main/README.md
- Text Arena: LLM Rankings & AI Model Benchmarks arena.ai https://arena.ai/leaderboard/chat/text
- Vision Arena: VLM Leaderboard & Best Vision Models arena.ai https://arena.ai/leaderboard/chat/vision
- OSWorld-Verified Leaderboard & Scores , October 2026 benchlm.ai https://www.benchlm.ai/benchmarks/osworld-verified
- datanorth.ai/news/alibaba-releases-qwen3-8-max https://datanorth.ai/news/alibaba-releases-qwen3-8-max
To cite this page: Project AURION, AI Use-Cases Research & Innovation, "Qwen3.8 Max", https://aurion.semai.id/models/alibaba-qwen3-8-max/, records of October 2026.