Qwen3.8-Flash-Next
AI model by Alibaba. Real-time pricing and benchmark data.
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Editorial Analysis
Profile. Qwen3.8-Flash-Next is a budget-tier option from Alibaba at $0.47/M output tokens. Despite the low price, it scores competitively on Coding Index (73.1) and Intelligence Index (55.8) — making it a candidate for high-volume production workloads where unit cost dominates.
Latency. On latency, Qwen3.8-Flash-Next reports 85 tok/s output speed and 2780ms time-to-first-token. Output speed is on the slower end; for real-time chat consider pairing with a streaming front-end or routing latency-sensitive requests to a faster model.
Cost model. For a workload of 1M input tokens + 100K output tokens, Qwen3.8-Flash-Next costs $0.20 per million input-equivalent requests. Multiply by your monthly request volume to project the bill, and compare against the speed/correctness profile above to decide if the trade-off is worth it for your workload.
Editorial summary generated from public pricing and benchmark data (Artificial Analysis API). All numbers are sourced — see the Artificial Analysis methodology for benchmark definitions. Last refreshed 2026-09-06.
Compare with similar models
| Model | Input | Output | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|
Qwen3.8-Flash-NextCurrent | $0.15 | $0.47 | 85 tok/s |
| GLM-5.3-Flash | $0.15 | $0.50 | 47 tok/s |
| Grok 4 Fast (Non-reasoning) | $0.20 | $0.50 | — |
| Grok 4 Fast (Reasoning) | $0.20 | $0.50 | — |
| Phi-4 | $0.13 | $0.50 | 37 tok/s |
| Grok 3 mini Reasoning (high) | $0.30 | $0.50 | 78 tok/s |