Alibaba / Qwen API model

Alibaba: qwen3.8-max

Alibaba Qwen3.8-Max — native vision-language flagship with a 2.4T parameter Mixture-of-Experts architecture, 1M context, advanced reasoning, tool use, coding, and visual understanding.

Specs

Pricing and API details.

Transparent USD pricing. No mainland-China account or phone required. Token-model rates are synchronized from the gateway and may follow providers' official China list prices where configured. Live pricing is authoritative.

Context window

1M

Modalities

Text, image input

Input $/1M

$1.99

Output $/1M

$5.97

Endpoint

OpenAI-compatible /v1/chat/completions

About qwen3.8-max

Alibaba Qwen3.8-Max — native vision-language flagship with a 2.4T parameter Mixture-of-Experts architecture, 1M context, advanced reasoning, tool use, coding, and visual understanding.

Pricing

Transparent USD pricing.

qwen3.8-max

$1.99/M input, $5.97/M output tokens. Paid in USD. Token-model rates are synchronized from the gateway and may follow providers' official China list prices where configured. Live pricing is authoritative. View live pricing

Quickstart

Copy-paste API request.

curl -X POST https://api.chinaapi.ai/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CHINAAPI_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "qwen3.8-max",
    "messages": [
      {"role": "user", "content": "Summarize the main tradeoffs for this API workload."}
    ]
  }'

import os
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key=os.environ["CHINAAPI_API_KEY"],
    base_url="https://api.chinaapi.ai/v1",
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="qwen3.8-max",
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "Summarize the main tradeoffs for this API workload."}
    ],
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

Internal links

Related model pages and guides.

How do I use qwen3.8-max?

Use qwen3.8-max through ChinaAPI with an API key and the OpenAI-compatible endpoint shown above.

How much does qwen3.8-max cost?

qwen3.8-max is $1.99/M input, $5.97/M output tokens, paid in USD. The live pricing page is authoritative. Token-model rates are synchronized from the gateway and may follow providers' official China list prices where configured. Live pricing is authoritative.

Does qwen3.8-max need a Chinese account?

No. ChinaAPI provides access without a mainland-China account or phone number and includes a $2 free trial. Check live pricing for the displayed USD rate.