Qwen3.8 Max 0902

AlibabaMCP Tool CallReasoning
alibaba/qwen3.8-max-0902Closed API

2026-09-02 upgraded snapshot of Qwen3.8 Max with stronger coding, collaborative agents, and multimodal document understanding

Benchmark Pricing$2.00 / 1M in$6.00 / 1M out$0.25 cache read
Context: 1,000,000 tokens•Max Output: 131,072 tokens•Released: 2026-09-02

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Context Window1,000,0001M tokens
Max Output131,072131.1K tokens
LicenseProprietaryCloud API only
Input Modalities
TextVisionPDFVideo
Function / Tool CallingSupported (MCP Ready)
Structured OutputsGuaranteed Schema

MODEL CONTEXT PROTOCOL (MCP) READINESS

✓ Qwen3.8 Max 0902 natively supports OpenAI / Anthropic format tool calling and is fully compatible with MCP servers and agent loops.

MCP Context Window Recommendations

With a context capacity of 1,000,000 tokens, this model can handle extremely large MCP resource manifests, complete database schemas, and multiple active server tool definitions simultaneously without degradation.

API CALL INVOCATION EXAMPLE

// Example: Calling Qwen3.8 Max 0902 via OpenAI SDK
import OpenAI from "openai";

const client = new OpenAI({
  apiKey: process.env.ALIBABA_API_KEY,
});

const response = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "alibaba/qwen3.8-max-0902",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello! Can you inspect MCP tools?" }],
});

console.log(response.choices[0].message.content);

PRICING BY PROVIDER

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NanoGPTqwen/qwen3.8-max-0902
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Eden AIqwen/qwen3.8-max-0902
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Kilo Gatewayqwen/qwen3.8-max-0902
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Standard Computeqwen/qwen3.8-max-0902
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CommandCodeQwen/Qwen3.8-Max-0902
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EmpirioLabs AIqwen3-8-max-0902
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OpenRouterqwen/qwen3.8-max-0902
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Rates in USD per 1M tokens. Rates synchronized from models.dev public catalog.

Prompt Caching Active

This model supports prompt caching at $0.25 / 1M tokens, saving up to 88% on repetitive MCP tool definitions and system instructions.

MODEL RESOURCES