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Qwen3 8B vs Qwen3 Max

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Qwen3 8B wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Faster response time

Qwen3 Max wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
Price Advantage
Qwen3 8B
Benchmark Advantage
Qwen3 Max
Context Window
Qwen3 Max
Speed
Qwen3 8B

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricQwen3 8BQwen3 MaxWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$0.05$1.20 Qwen3 8B
Output (per 1M tokens)$0.25$6.00 Qwen3 8B
Cache Read (per 1M)N/A$240000.00 Qwen3 Max
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Qwen3 8B is 96% cheaper overall.

Qwen3 8B Providers

Novita $0.04 (Cheapest)
Fireworks $0.20
OpenRouter $N/A

Qwen3 Max Providers

OpenRouter $1.20 (Cheapest)
Alibaba $1.20 (Cheapest)

Benchmark Comparison

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Qwen3 8B Wins
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Qwen3 Max Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkQwen3 8BQwen3 MaxWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
10.831.0
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
7.025.5
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
24.380.7
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
64.384.1
GPQA
Graduate-level science
45.276.4
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
20.276.7
AIME
Competition math
24.3--
Qwen3 Max significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

Qwen3 8B
32,000
tokens
Max output: 8,192 tokens
Qwen3 Max
256,000
tokens
Max output: 32,768 tokens
Qwen3 Max has a 88% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricQwen3 8BQwen3 MaxWinner
Tokens/second76.3 tok/s24.5 tok/s
Time to First Token0.96s1.90s
Qwen3 8B responds 212% faster on average.

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureQwen3 8BQwen3 Max
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyQwen3 8BQwen3 Max
LicenseOpen SourceOpen Source
AuthorQwenQwen
ReleasedApr 2025Sep 2025

Qwen3 8B Modalities

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Output
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Qwen3 Max Modalities

Input
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Frequently Asked Questions

Qwen3 8B has cheaper input pricing at $0.05/M tokens. Qwen3 8B has cheaper output pricing at $0.25/M tokens.
Qwen3 Max scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 25.5, compared to Qwen3 8B's score of 7.0.
Qwen3 8B has a 32,000 token context window, while Qwen3 Max has a 256,000 token context window.
Qwen3 8B does not support vision. Qwen3 Max does not support vision.