Model comparison
Qwen3.8 Max vs Qwen3 Coder Plus
Qwen3.8 Max has enough public results to be ranked (#21); Qwen3 Coder Plus does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- Qwen3 Coder Plus is cheaper at $1 / $5 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $6 for Qwen3.8 Max.
- Qwen3 Coder Plus accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 1M.
- Qwen3 Coder Plus has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Qwen3.8 Max | Qwen3 Coder Plus | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 56.0 | — |
| Released | 2026-08-02 | 2025-07-23 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1M | 1.05M |
| Max output | 131K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2 | $1 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $6 | $5 |
| Results tracked | 38 | 1 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Qwen3.8 Max: 52.3 (#30), Qwen3 Coder Plus: —
| Benchmark | Qwen3.8 Max | Qwen3 Coder Plus |
|---|---|---|
| DeepSWE | 57.5% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1671 | — |
| FrontierSWE | 15.8% | — |
| SciCode | 52.9% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1499 | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 456.5 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Qwen3.8 Max: 42.6 (#17), Qwen3 Coder Plus: —
| Benchmark | Qwen3.8 Max | Qwen3 Coder Plus |
|---|---|---|
| τ²-bench Banking | 55.1% | — |
| GDP.pdf | 23.2% | — |
Reasoning Not comparable
Qwen3.8 Max: 53.4 (#26), Qwen3 Coder Plus: —
| Benchmark | Qwen3.8 Max | Qwen3 Coder Plus |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | 88.3% | — |
| CritPt | 20% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 40% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1493 | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 38% | — |
| DTBench | 92% | — |
| LMCA | 46.2% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 156.69 | — |
Math Not comparable
Qwen3.8 Max: 73.1 (#15), Qwen3 Coder Plus: —
| Benchmark | Qwen3.8 Max | Qwen3 Coder Plus |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 74.7% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 46.3% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 100% | — |
| ProofBench | 58% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1498 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Qwen3.8 Max: 61.7 (#25), Qwen3 Coder Plus: —
| Benchmark | Qwen3.8 Max | Qwen3 Coder Plus |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 92.7% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 47.3% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1504 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Qwen3.8 Max: 36.9 (#70), Qwen3 Coder Plus: —
| Benchmark | Qwen3.8 Max | Qwen3 Coder Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1314 | — |
| Furniture Assembly | 20% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Qwen3.8 Max: 56.6 (#18), Qwen3 Coder Plus: —
| Benchmark | Qwen3.8 Max | Qwen3 Coder Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1468 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1537 | — |
| LMArena French | 1502 | — |
| LMArena German | 1489 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1466 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1467 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1478 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1495 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Qwen3.8 Max: 77.7 (#19), Qwen3 Coder Plus: —
| Benchmark | Qwen3.8 Max | Qwen3 Coder Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1478 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Qwen3.8 Max: 45.5 (#30), Qwen3 Coder Plus: —
| Benchmark | Qwen3.8 Max | Qwen3 Coder Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1486 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Qwen3.8 Max: 67.0 (#31), Qwen3 Coder Plus: —
| Benchmark | Qwen3.8 Max | Qwen3 Coder Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1480 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1478 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1487 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Qwen3.8 Max better than Qwen3 Coder Plus?
Qwen3.8 Max has enough public results to be ranked (#21); Qwen3 Coder Plus does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Which is cheaper, Qwen3.8 Max or Qwen3 Coder Plus?
Qwen3 Coder Plus is cheaper. It lists at $1 per million input tokens and $5 per million output tokens; Qwen3.8 Max lists at $2 and $6.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen3 Coder Plus does, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.
How many benchmarks do Qwen3.8 Max and Qwen3 Coder Plus share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen3.8 Max has 38 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Coder Plus has 1.