Multimodal
Like-for-like- Command A+
- 59.3
- Qwen3.8 Max
- 86.3
- Weighted basis
- 2 vs 2 rows
- Reading
- Qwen3.8 Max leads
Model comparison
Command A+ vs Qwen3.8 Max
Updated August 3, 2026. Public scores include evidence status and uncertainty. They are not guarantees for a specific workload.
Qwen3.8 Max has the higher public score estimate, 65.4 versus 46.58, but the 90% score intervals overlap. Treat that as a lead, not a settled winner.
2 results are shared. Category rows based on different benchmark sets are marked directional and do not name a winner.
Which one for your work
Recommendations appear only when a shared evidence basis or an explicit operating constraint supports the call. Secondary and unsupported use cases stay disclosed below the initial list.
Long documents
Prompts that approach the documented context limit
Qwen3.8 Max
Qwen3.8 Max has the larger documented context window.
Confidence: documented
Show secondary and unsupported calls
Coding work
Code generation, repair, and software-engineering tasks
Not enough matched evidence
No shared weighted benchmark basis supports a winner.
Confidence: limited
Agentic work
Tool use, computer use, and multi-step task completion
Not enough matched evidence
No shared weighted benchmark basis supports a winner.
Confidence: limited
Chat turn cost
1K fresh input + 500 output tokens
Not enough matched evidence
A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.
Confidence: listed-rates
Cache-heavy agent loop cost
200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens
Not enough matched evidence
The page does not recommend a cost winner because at least one model cannot fit the stated workload in one request. Command A+ does not fit this workload in one request. Command A+ has no published cached-input rate, so cached tokens use its listed input rate. Qwen3.8 Max has no comparable published API token rate.
Confidence: rate-fallback
Repository review cost
50K fresh input + 3K output tokens
Not enough matched evidence
A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.
Confidence: listed-rates
What is actually comparable
Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results present for only one model describe coverage, not superiority.
2 Command A+ only
2 Shared
50 Qwen3.8 Max only
- Shared results
- 2
- Command A+ only
- 2
- Qwen3.8 Max only
- 50
- Like-for-like categories
- 1 / 8
Category results, on a stated basis
Each row states whether both averages use the same weighted benchmark set. Directional and not-comparable rows remain visible, but they never receive a winner in this template.
Agentic
Not comparable- Command A+
- Not measured
- Qwen3.8 Max
- 86.1
- Weighted basis
- 0 vs 1 rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Coding
Not comparable- Command A+
- Not measured
- Qwen3.8 Max
- 67.7
- Weighted basis
- 0 vs 1 rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Reasoning
Not comparable- Command A+
- Not measured
- Qwen3.8 Max
- 78.3
- Weighted basis
- 0 vs 2 rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Knowledge
Not comparable- Command A+
- Not measured
- Qwen3.8 Max
- 50.2
- Weighted basis
- 0 vs 2 rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Math
Not comparable- Command A+
- Not measured
- Qwen3.8 Max
- Not measured
- Weighted basis
- 0 vs 0 rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Multilingual
Not comparable- Command A+
- Not measured
- Qwen3.8 Max
- Not measured
- Weighted basis
- 0 vs 0 rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Instruction following
Not comparable- Command A+
- Not measured
- Qwen3.8 Max
- 82.8
- Weighted basis
- 0 vs 1 rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
| Category | Command A+ | Qwen3.8 Max | Weighted basis | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Multimodal | 59.3 | 86.3 | Like-for-like2 vs 2 rows | Qwen3.8 Max leads |
| Agentic | Not measured | 86.1 | Not comparable0 vs 1 rows | Not comparable |
| Coding | Not measured | 67.7 | Not comparable0 vs 1 rows | Not comparable |
| Reasoning | Not measured | 78.3 | Not comparable0 vs 2 rows | Not comparable |
| Knowledge | Not measured | 50.2 | Not comparable0 vs 2 rows | Not comparable |
| Math | Not measured | Not measured | Not comparable0 vs 0 rows | Not comparable |
| Multilingual | Not measured | Not measured | Not comparable0 vs 0 rows | Not comparable |
| Instruction following | Not measured | 82.8 | Not comparable0 vs 1 rows | Not comparable |
Shape of the matched evidence
Only shared public evidence is shown. Sparse evidence stays a ruled list rather than being closed into a radar shape.
Too few matched category axes support a radar. The ruled list below shows only shared benchmark results; positions use each benchmark’s normalized display scale when available.
CharXiv
Multimodal
MMMU-Pro
Multimodal
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes turn per-token rates into comparable decisions. Each scenario states context fit and whether cached input had to fall back to the published list-input rate.
Chat turn
1K fresh input + 500 output tokens
- Command A+
- $0.0075
- Fits in one request
- Qwen3.8 Max
- API rate not published
- Fits in one request
Qwen3.8 Max has no comparable published API token rate.
Repository review
50K fresh input + 3K output tokens
- Command A+
- $0.155
- Fits in one request
- Qwen3.8 Max
- API rate not published
- Fits in one request
Qwen3.8 Max has no comparable published API token rate.
Cache-heavy agent loop
200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens
- Command A+
- $0.65
- Does not fit in one request
- Cached input priced at the published list-input rate
- Qwen3.8 Max
- API rate not published
- Fits in one request
- Cached-input rate unavailable
Command A+ does not fit this workload in one request. Command A+ has no published cached-input rate, so cached tokens use its listed input rate. Qwen3.8 Max has no comparable published API token rate.
Specification differences
Sourced differences are shown directly. Missing facts stay explicit instead of being inferred from a model name or family.
SpecificationCommand A+Qwen3.8 Max
Context window
Maximum documented context; output-token limits may be lower.
Command A+
128K
Qwen3.8 Max
API model ID
Command A+
Not sourced
Qwen3.8 Max
qwen3.8-max
Alibaba Cloud Model Studio pricingCached-input rate
A missing cached-input rate falls back to the listed input rate only in the stated workload estimate.
Command A+
Not published
Qwen3.8 Max
No comparable hosted API rate
Alibaba Cloud Model Studio pricingDocumented inputs
Command A+
Not sourced
Qwen3.8 Max
Not sourced
Documented outputs
Command A+
Not sourced
Qwen3.8 Max
Not sourced
Provider availability
Command A+
Not sourced
Qwen3.8 Max
Not sourced
Reasoning profile
Command A+
Reasoning
Qwen3.8 Max
Reasoning
Weight access
Command A+
Open Weight
Qwen3.8 Max
Proprietary
License
Command A+
Open Weight
Qwen3.8 Max
Proprietary
Release date
Command A+
2026-05-20
Qwen3.8 Max
2026-08-03
If you already use one of these models
- Deployment change
- The models list different providers, so authentication, endpoint behavior, limits, and feature support may change.
- Quality signal
- Qwen3.8 Max has the higher public score estimate, 65.4 versus 46.58, but the 90% score intervals overlap.
- Workload cost
- A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.
- Context tradeoff
- Qwen3.8 Max has the larger documented window (1M).
Run the same representative tasks against both endpoints before changing production traffic.
Benchmark evidence
The full public result ledger is available for audit without forcing a wide desktop table onto a phone.
Browse raw public benchmark evidence54 rows
Agentic
τ²-bench results
Command A+85%SourceQwen3.8 Max—Not directly comparable
Terminal-Bench 2.1
Command A+—Qwen3.8 Max86.6%SourceNot directly comparable
CoWorkBench
Command A+—Qwen3.8 Max74.8%SourceNot directly comparable
JobBench
Command A+—Qwen3.8 Max53.4%SourceNot directly comparable
skillsBench
Command A+—Qwen3.8 Max70.2%SourceNot directly comparable
Agents' Last Exam
Command A+—Qwen3.8 Max52.4%SourceNot directly comparable
AutomationBench
Command A+—Qwen3.8 Max27.3%SourceNot directly comparable
Toolathlon-Verified
Command A+—Qwen3.8 Max72.5%SourceNot directly comparable
WideResearch
Command A+—Qwen3.8 Max81.9%SourceNot directly comparable
HLE w/ tools
Command A+—Qwen3.8 Max56.2%SourceNot directly comparable
OSWorld-Verified
Command A+—Qwen3.8 Max86.1%SourceNot directly comparable
OSWorld 2.0
Command A+—Qwen3.8 Max19.4%SourceNot directly comparable
WebArena-Verified
Command A+—Qwen3.8 Max66.8%SourceNot directly comparable
AndroidWorld
Command A+—Qwen3.8 Max85.3%SourceNot directly comparable
MobileWorld
Command A+—Qwen3.8 Max77.8%SourceNot directly comparable
Coding
Terminal-Bench 2.1
Command A+—Qwen3.8 Max86.6%SourceNot directly comparable
SWE-bench Pro
Command A+—Qwen3.8 Max67.7%SourceNot directly comparable
deepSwe
Command A+—Qwen3.8 Max56.6%SourceNot directly comparable
NL2Repo
Command A+—Qwen3.8 Max55.9%SourceNot directly comparable
FrontierSWE
Command A+—Qwen3.8 Max73.5%SourceNot directly comparable
MLS-Bench Lite
Command A+—Qwen3.8 Max41.0%SourceNot directly comparable
PaperBench
Command A+—Qwen3.8 Max93.0%SourceNot directly comparable
Reasoning
Knowledge
Multimodal
MMMU
Command A+75.1%SourceQwen3.8 Max—Not directly comparable
MMMU-Pro
Command A+63%SourceQwen3.8 Max82.3%SourceQwen3.8 Max leads this result
CharXiv
Command A+52.7%SourceQwen3.8 Max93.5%SourceQwen3.8 Max leads this result
MathVision
Command A+—Qwen3.8 Max95.2%SourceNot directly comparable
MathVision w/ Python
Command A+—Qwen3.8 Max97.7%SourceNot directly comparable
BabyVision
Command A+—Qwen3.8 Max82.0%SourceNot directly comparable
BabyVision w/ Python
Command A+—Qwen3.8 Max91.3%SourceNot directly comparable
ZeroBench
Command A+—Qwen3.8 Max24.0%SourceNot directly comparable
ZeroBench w/ Python
Command A+—Qwen3.8 Max49.0%SourceNot directly comparable
MedXpertQA (MM)
Command A+—Qwen3.8 Max80.4%SourceNot directly comparable
ScreenSpot Pro
Command A+—Qwen3.8 Max84.5%SourceNot directly comparable
Vision2Web
Command A+—Qwen3.8 Max69.0%SourceNot directly comparable
CharXiv w/o tools
Command A+—Qwen3.8 Max88.4%SourceNot directly comparable
OmniDocBench 1.5
Command A+—Qwen3.8 Max92.1%SourceNot directly comparable
OCRBench V2
Command A+—Qwen3.8 Max74.2%SourceNot directly comparable
CC-OCR
Command A+—Qwen3.8 Max79.6%SourceNot directly comparable
RealWorldQA
Command A+—Qwen3.8 Max88.0%SourceNot directly comparable
ERQA
Command A+—Qwen3.8 Max77.8%SourceNot directly comparable
SimpleVQA
Command A+—Qwen3.8 Max75.0%SourceNot directly comparable
PerceptionBench
Command A+—Qwen3.8 Max63.5%SourceNot directly comparable
Video-MME (with subtitle)
Command A+—Qwen3.8 Max90.4%SourceNot directly comparable
VideoMMMU
Command A+—Qwen3.8 Max88.7%SourceNot directly comparable
MMVU
Command A+—Qwen3.8 Max82.4%SourceNot directly comparable
MLVU (M-Avg)
Command A+—Qwen3.8 Max90.8%SourceNot directly comparable
LVBench
Command A+—Qwen3.8 Max81.8%SourceNot directly comparable
Instruction following
IFBench
Command A+—Qwen3.8 Max82.8%SourceNot directly comparable
Frequently asked questions
Which is better, Command A+ or Qwen3.8 Max?
Qwen3.8 Max has the higher public score estimate, 65.4 versus 46.58, but the 90% score intervals overlap. The higher estimate is not a decisive winner because the uncertainty ranges overlap.
Which is better for coding, Command A+ or Qwen3.8 Max?
The published evidence does not provide a shared weighted coding basis for both models, so BenchLM does not name a coding winner.
Which is better for agentic tasks, Command A+ or Qwen3.8 Max?
The published evidence does not provide a shared weighted agentic tasks basis for both models, so BenchLM does not name a agentic tasks winner.
Which costs less, Command A+ or Qwen3.8 Max?
Both models do not have comparable published API token rates, so this page does not name a universal price winner.
Which has the larger context window, Command A+ or Qwen3.8 Max?
Qwen3.8 Max has the larger documented context window: 1M, compared with 128K.
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Last updated August 3, 2026
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