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Qwen3.8 Flash Next

AlibabaReleased Aug 26, 2026Current

Score basis

Qwen3.8 Flash Next is at the frontier in instruction following; capable in long context, coding, multimodal tasks, agentic tasks, and reasoning; and behind the leaders in factuality and math. Too few results yet to rate safety or multilingual tasks.

Capability profile

Bars show the model's median result as a share of the leading model's, per capability. Select a row to see its results.

Frontier1 capability
  1. Instruction Following−7.1%2 of 3
Capable5 capabilities
  1. Long Context−12.0%1 of 3
  2. Coding−14.2%9 of 10
  3. Multimodal−16.3%2 of 6
  4. Agentic−17.5%5 of 7
  5. Reasoning−19.9%4 of 6
Limited2 capabilities
  1. Factuality−25.8%2 of 4
  2. Math−41.4%1 of 5
Not rated2 capabilities

Too few results yet to rate Safety or Multilingual.

Price

$0.15input$0.47outputper million tokens

From Alibaba's own price page · 4 providers tracked · All prices

Cheaper than 78% of 329 priced models · 3:1 input-to-output blend, log scale

Evidence

79results on68benchmarks

  • 8 independently verified
  • 16 aggregator
  • 22 vendor-reported
  • 33 cross-referenced

From 6 sources · latest Oct 17, 2026 · How verification works

API features

Tool callingStructured outputsReasoning

As listed by OpenRouter

Research

6 papers reference Qwen3.8 Flash Next

Qwen3.8 Flash Next benchmark results

79 results on 68 benchmarks, grouped by capability. Each bar is the result as a share of the capability leader's; every result links to its source.

Instruction Following

FrontierFull instruction following ranking

7.1% behind the leader2 of 3 ranked benchmarks measured

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Long Context

CapableFull long context ranking

12.0% behind the leader1 of 3 ranked benchmarks measured

Coding

CapableFull coding ranking

14.2% behind the leader9 of 10 ranked benchmarks measured

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Multimodal

CapableFull multimodal ranking

16.3% behind the leader2 of 6 ranked benchmarks measured

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Agentic

CapableFull agentic ranking

17.5% behind the leader5 of 7 ranked benchmarks measured

Reasoning

CapableFull reasoning ranking

19.9% behind the leader4 of 6 ranked benchmarks measured

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Factuality

LimitedFull factuality ranking

25.8% behind the leader2 of 4 ranked benchmarks measured

Math

LimitedFull math ranking

41.4% behind the leader1 of 5 ranked benchmarks measured

More results

Benchmarks outside the capability baskets. They are not ranked against a leader.

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Qwen3.8 Flash Next: common questions

Who makes Qwen3.8 Flash Next?

Qwen3.8 Flash Next is made by Alibaba.

When was Qwen3.8 Flash Next released?

Qwen3.8 Flash Next was released on Aug 26, 2026, according to Artificial Analysis.

What is Qwen3.8 Flash Next good at?

Qwen3.8 Flash Next is at the frontier in instruction following; capable in long context, coding, multimodal tasks, agentic tasks, and reasoning; and behind the leaders in factuality and math. Too few results yet to rate safety or multilingual tasks.

How much does Qwen3.8 Flash Next cost?

Qwen3.8 Flash Next costs $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.47 per million output tokens, according to Alibaba's own price page. We track its price at 4 providers. At a mix of three input tokens to one output token, it is cheaper than 78% of the 329 priced models we track.

How many benchmarks has Qwen3.8 Flash Next been tested on?

We track 79 results for Qwen3.8 Flash Next on 68 benchmarks from 6 sources, 8 of them independently verified. The latest was recorded on Oct 17, 2026.

Which API features does Qwen3.8 Flash Next support?

OpenRouter lists tool calling, structured outputs, and reasoning for Qwen3.8 Flash Next.

About this record

Where Qwen3.8 Flash Next's numbers come from, and every name it appears under.

Tracked since
Aug 26, 2026
Newest source mention
Oct 8, 2026

Where the results come from

Verification: 79 scores · 8 independently verified · 16 aggregator-attributed · 33 vendor cross-reference · 22 vendor-reported. How these tiers are assigned

From 6 sources on 5 sites. Hugging Face supplies 36 of them; the 8 independently verified results come from 2 sites. Bars are coloured by trust tier.

  • huggingface.co36
  • api.llm-stats.com19
  • artificialanalysis.ai16
  • livebench.ai7
  • datasets-server.huggingface.co1

Also known as

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