Alibaba's newest Flash tier — ultra cost-efficient multimodal MoE. 1M context, vision, cheaper per token than the Max line.
Modalities
Text+Image → Text
Below release
Not established
Weights
Published
Qwen/Qwen3.8-Flash-Next
Where it sits in the catalogue Kyma measures
Every number against every text model Kyma prices per token — a stated rule, not a chosen line-up.
$0.203
output $0.635
median $0.977 · best $0.0494
$0.635
per 1M tokens generated
median $3.4515 · best $0.2164
Not measured yet
median 98.2% · best 100.0%
Not measured
probe median, one fixed prompt
median 39.4 tok/s · best 316.4 tok/s
Not measured
probe median, to a complete answer
median 2.40 s · best 0.83 s
1M
max output 131,072
published by Alibaba, not measured here
Tick above each rail is this model, below it the other 61. Dashed rule is the field median, solid is its best. Better is left; the axis stops at the 90th percentile, so a few models sit past its right edge.
Usage
How much this model is actually called here.
Rank
#107
of 107 active models
Tokens served
0
all-time
Platform share
0.0%
of all tokens
Pricing
Pay per token. Cached input bills at this model’s own cached rate, listed below.
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Estimated monthly cost
$21.71
$0.7235 / day on Qwen 3.8 Flash
Same workload on:
Estimates use list pricing. Actual bills depend on real token counts, and every response includes its exact cost.
How it compares
Against the peers people actually weigh it against.
| Spec | Qwen 3.8 Flash | Qwen 3.7 Flash | Qwen 3.8 Max |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input /1M | $0.203 | $0.0498 | $2.2275 |
| Output /1M | $0.635 | $0.2164 | $6.684 |
| Context | 1M | 1M | 1M |
| Tools | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Reasoning | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Throughput | Not measured | 108.9 tok/s | 28.3 tok/s |
Quick start
Up and running in under two minutes.
- 1
Create an API key
Sign up and grab a key from the dashboard — $0.50 free credit, no card required.
Get API key → - 2
Make your first request
Drop in your key and send a chat completion — fully OpenAI-compatible.
curl https://kymaapi.com/v1/chat/completions \ -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "model": "qwen3.8-flash", "messages": [ {"role": "user", "content": "Explain prompt caching in one paragraph."} ] }' - 3
Stream responses
Add
"stream": trueto receive tokens as they arrive.curl https://kymaapi.com/v1/chat/completions \ -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "model": "qwen3.8-flash", "stream": true, "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}] }'
FAQ
Common questions about this model.
What is the context window of Qwen 3.8 Flash?
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|---|---|---|---|
Qwen 3.8 Max | 1M | $2.2275 | $6.684 |
Qwen 3.7 Flash | 1M | $0.0498 | $0.2164 |
Qwen 3.7 Plus | 1M | $0.4431 | $1.773 |
Qwen 3.7 Max | 1M | $1.688 | $5.063 |
Qwen 3.6 Plus | 131K | $0.655 | $3.93 |
Qwen 3 Coder | 131K | $0.334 | $1.519 |
Qwen3 Reranker 8B | 41K | $0.135 | $0.00 |
Qwen3 Embedding 4B | 33K | $0.027 | $0.00 |
