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Qwen3.7 Plus vs Qwen3.8 Max

Updated October 29, 2026. Rank says Qwen3.8 Max is ahead. Price, access, and your workload can each overturn that. Public scores include evidence status and uncertainty.

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Decision reading

Qwen3.8 Max has the higher public point estimate, 64.86 versus 53.79. Their conditional score ranges overlap. These ranges do not establish rank confidence. 25 results are shared. Category rows resting on Estimated evidence or different benchmark sets are marked directional and do not name a winner.

Model A
Alibaba logo
Qwen3.7 Plus

Alibaba

53.79/100

Estimated · Public rank #79

Conditional range 44.1–63.5

Model B
Alibaba logo
Qwen3.8 Max

Alibaba

64.86/100

Supported · Public rank #33

90% interval 56.0–73.7

Shared results
25
Qwen3.7 Plus only
28
Qwen3.8 Max only
41
Like-for-like categories
3 / 8
Estimated: Qwen3.7 Plus · Supported: Qwen3.8 Max. Conditional ranges do not establish rank confidence.How the comparison works

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.

  • Agentic work

    Tool use, computer use, and multi-step task completion

    Qwen3.8 Max

    Qwen3.8 Max has the higher public agentic point estimate, 66 to 36, with Supported evidence for both models. The conditional ranges do not establish rank confidence.

    Confidence: limited
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  • Coding work

    Code generation, repair, and software-engineering tasks

    Not enough matched evidence

    Qwen3.7 Plus is scored on Estimated evidence for coding, so the reading is directional rather than like-for-like.

    Confidence: limited

  • Long documents

    Prompts that approach the documented context limit

    No clear pick

    The documented context windows are equal.

    Confidence: documented

  • 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

    A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.

    Confidence: listed-rates

  • 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

Which one for a specific job

Choose a job from the LLM Selector's task catalog to see the category row it rests on, under the same basis rules as the table below. A directional row stays directional; choosing a job never creates a winner.

The same task catalog as the LLM Selector. Each job names the evidence surface it rests on; nothing here adds a new score.

40.5Qwen3.7 Plus52.7Qwen3.8 Max

Directional only · BenchAlign v5.8

Qwen3.8 Max has the higher coding point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

Coding scores combine specific tasks and setups. Match the editor, harness, and effort to your workflow.

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Same basis rules as the category table below

What is actually comparable

Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results present for only one model describe coverage, not superiority.

2 categories rest on Estimated evidence or different evidence sets. Those rows remain visible for coverage context but do not name a winner.

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.

Bars run 0–100 on each benchmark’s normalized display scale

Category results, on a stated basis

Each row shows the public-lane category score for both models: the BenchAlign v5.8 lane for agentic, coding, and knowledge, and the weighted public rows elsewhere, with the same rank each model page reports. A row is like-for-like only when both scores rest on Supported evidence or the same weighted set. Directional and not-comparable rows remain visible, but they never receive a winner.

Agentic

Like-for-like
Qwen3.7 Plus
36.0
Supported · #88/135
Qwen3.8 Max
66.0
Supported · #16/135
Basis
BenchAlign v5.8 lane · 11 vs 18 public rows
Reading
Qwen3.8 Max leads

Multimodal

Like-for-like
Qwen3.7 Plus
81.3
#17/58
Qwen3.8 Max
91.9
#2/58
Basis
Provisional lane · 2 vs 2 weighted rows
Reading
Qwen3.8 Max leads

Instruction following

Like-for-like
Qwen3.7 Plus
92.8
#18/157
Qwen3.8 Max
94.7
#2/157
Basis
Provisional lane · 1 vs 1 weighted rows
Reading
Qwen3.8 Max leads

Coding

Directional only
Qwen3.7 Plus
40.5
Estimated · #67/156
Qwen3.8 Max
52.7
Supported · #38/156
Basis
BenchAlign v5.8 lane · 7 vs 13 public rows
Reading
Directional only

Knowledge

Directional only
Qwen3.7 Plus
53.0
Estimated · #65/179
Qwen3.8 Max
65.5
Supported · #28/179
Basis
BenchAlign v5.8 lane · 7 vs 6 public rows
Reading
Directional only

Reasoning

Not comparable
Qwen3.7 Plus
80.0
Unranked · 3 rankable rows
Qwen3.8 Max
87.0
Unranked · 2 rankable rows
Basis
Provisional lane · 1 vs 2 weighted rows
Reading
Not comparable

Multilingual

Not comparable
Qwen3.7 Plus
95.7
#3/17
Qwen3.8 Max
Not ranked
Basis
Provisional lane · 1 vs 0 weighted rows
Reading
Not comparable

Math

Not comparable
Qwen3.7 Plus
64.3
Unranked · 4 rankable rows
Qwen3.8 Max
78.9
Unranked · 2 rankable rows
Basis
Provisional lane · 2 vs 2 weighted rows
Reading
Not comparable

Ranks count the models scored in each category’s lane, so the agentic, coding, and knowledge denominators (BenchAlign v5.8) differ from the provisional-lane categories. Unranked scores sit on the provisional lane’s scale but never name a winner. Like-for-like rows within 0.5 points read as a practical tie.

Supported evidence per lane · bars run 0–100Methodology

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

Qwen3.7 Plus
API rate not published
Fits in one request
Qwen3.8 Max
API rate not published
Fits in one request

Qwen3.7 Plus has no comparable published API token rate. Qwen3.8 Max has no comparable published API token rate.

Repository review

50K fresh input + 3K output tokens

Qwen3.7 Plus
API rate not published
Fits in one request
Qwen3.8 Max
API rate not published
Fits in one request

Qwen3.7 Plus has no comparable published API token rate. Qwen3.8 Max has no comparable published API token rate.

Cache-heavy agent loop

200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens

Qwen3.7 Plus
API rate not published
Fits in one request
Cached-input rate unavailable
Qwen3.8 Max
API rate not published
Fits in one request
Cached-input rate unavailable

Qwen3.7 Plus has no comparable published API token rate. Qwen3.8 Max has no comparable published API token rate.

Cached input falls back to the list input rate only where a cached rate is unpublished

Specification differences

Sourced differences are shown directly. Missing facts stay explicit instead of being inferred from a model name or family.

Cached-input rate

A missing cached-input rate falls back to the listed input rate only in the stated workload estimate.

Qwen3.7 Plus

No comparable hosted API rate

Qwen3.8 Max

No comparable hosted API rate

Alibaba Cloud Model Studio pricing

Documented inputs

Qwen3.7 Plus

Not sourced

Qwen3.8 Max

Not sourced

Documented outputs

Qwen3.7 Plus

Not sourced

Qwen3.8 Max

Not sourced

Provider availability

Qwen3.7 Plus

Not sourced

Qwen3.8 Max

Not sourced

Reasoning profile

Qwen3.7 Plus

Reasoning

Qwen3.8 Max

Reasoning

Weight access

Qwen3.7 Plus

Proprietary

Qwen3.8 Max

Open Weight

License

Qwen3.7 Plus

Proprietary

Qwen3.8 Max

Open Weight

Release date

Qwen3.7 Plus

2026-06-03

Qwen3.8 Max

2026-08-03

If you already use one of these models

Deployment change
Both entries list Alibaba as the provider. Confirm endpoint, model ID, limits, and feature support before switching.
Quality signal
Qwen3.8 Max has the higher public point estimate, 64.86 versus 53.79. Their conditional score ranges overlap. These ranges do not establish rank confidence.
Workload cost
A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.
Context tradeoff
Both models list 1M.
Run the same representative tasks against both endpoints before changing production traffic.

Questions

Which is better, Qwen3.7 Plus or Qwen3.8 Max?

Qwen3.8 Max has the higher public point estimate, 64.86 versus 53.79. Their conditional score ranges overlap. These ranges do not establish rank confidence. The page therefore keeps the decision tied to the specific documented workload.

Which is better for coding, Qwen3.7 Plus or Qwen3.8 Max?

Qwen3.8 Max scores higher for coding on the public lane, 52.7 to 40.5. Qwen3.7 Plus is scored on Estimated evidence for coding, so the reading is directional rather than like-for-like. BenchLM does not name a winner for coding from a directional reading; read the shared benchmark rows directly and test the models on the same task set.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Qwen3.7 Plus or Qwen3.8 Max?

Qwen3.8 Max has the higher public agentic tasks point estimate, 66 to 36, with Supported evidence for both models. The conditional ranges do not establish rank confidence.

Which costs less, Qwen3.7 Plus 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, Qwen3.7 Plus or Qwen3.8 Max?

Both models list the same context window, 1M.

Self-host vs API cost

Estimates at 50,000 req/day · 1000 tokens/req average.

Qwen3.7 Plus
API / mo$0
Self-host / moNot listed
Break-even—
Proprietary model — self-hosting not applicable.
Qwen3.8 Max
API / mo$0
Self-host / mo$57,606
Break-even—
Model the full break-even

Benchmark evidence

The full public result ledger is available for audit without forcing a wide desktop table onto a phone.

Browse raw public benchmark evidence94 rows

Agentic

  • Terminal-Bench 2.0

    Qwen3.7 Plus70.3%
    Source
    Qwen3.8 Max—

    Not directly comparable

  • QwenClawBench

    Qwen3.7 Plus61.8%
    Source
    Qwen3.8 Max—

    Not directly comparable

  • Claw-Eval

    Qwen3.7 Plus62.7%
    Source
    Qwen3.8 Max—

    Not directly comparable

  • BFCL v4

    Qwen3.7 Plus72.9%
    Source
    Qwen3.8 Max—

    Not directly comparable

  • MCP Atlas

    Qwen3.7 Plus73.2%
    Source
    Qwen3.8 Max—

    Not directly comparable

  • VITA-Bench

    Qwen3.7 Plus45.6%
    Source
    Qwen3.8 Max—

    Not directly comparable

  • DeepPlanning

    Qwen3.7 Plus62.3%
    Source
    Qwen3.8 Max—

    Not directly comparable

  • OSWorld-Verified

    Qwen3.7 Plus73.3%
    Source
    Qwen3.8 Max86.1%
    Source

    Qwen3.8 Max leads this result

  • AndroidWorld

    Qwen3.7 Plus81.0%
    Source
    Qwen3.8 Max85.3%
    Source

    Qwen3.8 Max leads this result

  • OSWorld 2.0

    Qwen3.7 Plus2.8%
    Source
    Qwen3.8 Max19.4%
    Source

    Qwen3.8 Max leads this result

  • Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals)

    Qwen3.7 Plus52.8%
    Source
    Qwen3.8 Max67.4%
    Source

    Qwen3.8 Max leads this result

  • Terminal-Bench 2.1

    Qwen3.7 Plus—
    Qwen3.8 Max86.6%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • CoWorkBench

    Qwen3.7 Plus—
    Qwen3.8 Max74.8%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • JobBench

    Qwen3.7 Plus—
    Qwen3.8 Max53.4%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • skillsBench

    Qwen3.7 Plus—
    Qwen3.8 Max70.2%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • Agents' Last Exam

    Qwen3.7 Plus—
    Qwen3.8 Max52.4%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • AutomationBench

    Qwen3.7 Plus—
    Qwen3.8 Max27.3%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • Toolathlon-Verified

    Qwen3.7 Plus—
    Qwen3.8 Max72.5%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • WideResearch

    Qwen3.7 Plus—
    Qwen3.8 Max81.9%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • HLE w/ tools

    Qwen3.7 Plus—
    Qwen3.8 Max56.2%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • WebArena-Verified

    Qwen3.7 Plus—
    Qwen3.8 Max66.8%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • MobileWorld

    Qwen3.7 Plus—
    Qwen3.8 Max77.8%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • Hermes Index

    Qwen3.7 Plus—
    Qwen3.8 Max36.2%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • Hermes Bench

    Qwen3.7 Plus—
    Qwen3.8 Max70.5%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • MazeBench

    Qwen3.7 Plus—
    Qwen3.8 Max0%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Coding

  • Terminal-Bench 2.0

    Qwen3.7 Plus70.3%
    Source
    Qwen3.8 Max—

    Not directly comparable

  • SWE-bench Verified

    Qwen3.7 Plus77.7%
    Source
    Qwen3.8 Max—

    Not directly comparable

  • SWE-bench Pro

    Qwen3.7 Plus57.6%
    Source
    Qwen3.8 Max67.7%
    Source

    Qwen3.8 Max leads this result

  • SWE Multilingual

    Qwen3.7 Plus75.8%
    Source
    Qwen3.8 Max—

    Not directly comparable

  • NL2Repo

    Qwen3.7 Plus41.1%
    Source
    Qwen3.8 Max55.9%
    Source

    Qwen3.8 Max leads this result

  • SciCode

    Qwen3.7 Plus51.3%
    Source
    Qwen3.8 Max—

    Not directly comparable

  • LiveCodeBench v6

    Qwen3.7 Plus89.6%
    Source
    Qwen3.8 Max—

    Not directly comparable

  • Terminal-Bench 2.1

    Qwen3.7 Plus—
    Qwen3.8 Max86.6%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • DeepSWE

    Qwen3.7 Plus—
    Qwen3.8 Max56.6%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • FrontierSWE

    Qwen3.7 Plus—
    Qwen3.8 Max73.5%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • MLS-Bench Lite

    Qwen3.7 Plus—
    Qwen3.8 Max41.0%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • PaperBench

    Qwen3.7 Plus—
    Qwen3.8 Max93.0%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • VulcanBench v3

    Qwen3.7 Plus—
    Qwen3.8 Max81.2%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • OpenHarmony Bench

    Qwen3.7 Plus—
    Qwen3.8 Max60.8%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • FrontierSWE v2

    Qwen3.7 Plus—
    Qwen3.8 Max15.8%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • LiveCodeBench (Vals)

    Qwen3.7 Plus—
    Qwen3.8 Max87.9%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • SWE-bench (Vals)

    Qwen3.7 Plus—
    Qwen3.8 Max85.6%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • Bug Hunt Bench

    Qwen3.7 Plus—
    Qwen3.8 Max25.7 fixes
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Reasoning

  • CritPt

    Qwen3.7 Plus9.1%
    Source
    Qwen3.8 Max—

    Not directly comparable

  • MRCRv2

    Qwen3.7 Plus91.7%
    Source
    Qwen3.8 Max92.9%
    Source

    Qwen3.8 Max leads this result

  • LongBench v2

    Qwen3.7 Plus—
    Qwen3.8 Max66.3%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Multimodal

  • MMMU-Pro

    Qwen3.7 Plus79%
    Source
    Qwen3.8 Max82.3%
    Source

    Qwen3.8 Max leads this result

  • MathVision

    Qwen3.7 Plus90.3%
    Source
    Qwen3.8 Max95.2%
    Source

    Qwen3.8 Max leads this result

  • CharXiv

    Qwen3.7 Plus85.9%
    Source
    Qwen3.8 Max93.5%
    Source

    Qwen3.8 Max leads this result

  • ERQA

    Qwen3.7 Plus69.8%
    Source
    Qwen3.8 Max77.8%
    Source

    Qwen3.8 Max leads this result

  • MedXpertQA (MM)

    Qwen3.7 Plus71.0%
    Source
    Qwen3.8 Max80.4%
    Source

    Qwen3.8 Max leads this result

  • ScreenSpot Pro

    Qwen3.7 Plus79.0%
    Source
    Qwen3.8 Max84.5%
    Source

    Qwen3.8 Max leads this result

  • SimpleVQA

    Qwen3.7 Plus81.7%
    Source
    Qwen3.8 Max75.0%
    Source

    Qwen3.7 Plus leads this result

  • MMSearch-Plus

    Qwen3.7 Plus41.4%
    Source
    Qwen3.8 Max—

    Not directly comparable

  • RealWorldQA

    Qwen3.7 Plus86.9%
    Source
    Qwen3.8 Max88.0%
    Source

    Qwen3.8 Max leads this result

  • OmniDocBench 1.5

    Qwen3.7 Plus91.4%
    Source
    Qwen3.8 Max92.1%
    Source

    Qwen3.8 Max leads this result

  • OCRBench V2

    Qwen3.7 Plus70.7%
    Source
    Qwen3.8 Max74.2%
    Source

    Qwen3.8 Max leads this result

  • ODINW13

    Qwen3.7 Plus51.1%
    Source
    Qwen3.8 Max—

    Not directly comparable

  • Video-MME (with subtitle)

    Qwen3.7 Plus88.0%
    Source
    Qwen3.8 Max90.4%
    Source

    Qwen3.8 Max leads this result

  • VideoMMMU

    Qwen3.7 Plus85.4%
    Source
    Qwen3.8 Max88.7%
    Source

    Qwen3.8 Max leads this result

  • MLVU (M-Avg)

    Qwen3.7 Plus87.4%
    Source
    Qwen3.8 Max90.8%
    Source

    Qwen3.8 Max leads this result

  • MathVision w/ Python

    Qwen3.7 Plus—
    Qwen3.8 Max97.7%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • BabyVision

    Qwen3.7 Plus—
    Qwen3.8 Max82.0%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • BabyVision w/ Python

    Qwen3.7 Plus—
    Qwen3.8 Max91.3%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • ZeroBench

    Qwen3.7 Plus—
    Qwen3.8 Max24.0%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • ZeroBench w/ Python

    Qwen3.7 Plus—
    Qwen3.8 Max49.0%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • Vision2Web

    Qwen3.7 Plus—
    Qwen3.8 Max69.0%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • CharXiv w/o tools

    Qwen3.7 Plus—
    Qwen3.8 Max88.4%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • CC-OCR

    Qwen3.7 Plus—
    Qwen3.8 Max79.6%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • PerceptionBench

    Qwen3.7 Plus—
    Qwen3.8 Max63.5%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • MMVU

    Qwen3.7 Plus—
    Qwen3.8 Max82.4%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • LVBench

    Qwen3.7 Plus—
    Qwen3.8 Max81.8%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Knowledge

  • GPQA

    Qwen3.7 Plus90.3%
    Source
    Qwen3.8 Max92.6%
    Source

    Qwen3.8 Max leads this result

  • GPQA-D

    Qwen3.7 Plus90.3%
    Source
    Qwen3.8 Max92.6%
    Source

    Qwen3.8 Max leads this result

  • HLE

    Qwen3.7 Plus34.7%
    Source
    Qwen3.8 Max43.6%
    Source

    Qwen3.8 Max leads this result

  • MMLU-Pro

    Qwen3.7 Plus88.5%
    Source
    Qwen3.8 Max—

    Not directly comparable

  • MMLU-Redux

    Qwen3.7 Plus94.5%
    Source
    Qwen3.8 Max—

    Not directly comparable

  • SuperGPQA

    Qwen3.7 Plus71.4%
    Source
    Qwen3.8 Max—

    Not directly comparable

  • MMMLU

    Qwen3.7 Plus89.0%
    Source
    Qwen3.8 Max—

    Not directly comparable

  • HLE w/o tools

    Qwen3.7 Plus—
    Qwen3.8 Max43.6%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • GPQA Diamond (Vals)

    Qwen3.7 Plus—
    Qwen3.8 Max93.7%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • MMLU-Pro (Vals)

    Qwen3.7 Plus—
    Qwen3.8 Max88.6%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Multilingual

  • MMLU-ProX

    Qwen3.7 Plus85.4%
    Source
    Qwen3.8 Max—

    Not directly comparable

  • NOVA-63

    Qwen3.7 Plus58.8%
    Source
    Qwen3.8 Max—

    Not directly comparable

  • INCLUDE

    Qwen3.7 Plus83.0%
    Source
    Qwen3.8 Max—

    Not directly comparable

  • MAXIFE

    Qwen3.7 Plus88.8%
    Source
    Qwen3.8 Max—

    Not directly comparable

  • PolyMath

    Qwen3.7 Plus84.0%
    Source
    Qwen3.8 Max—

    Not directly comparable

Instruction following

  • IFEval

    Qwen3.7 Plus94.6%
    Source
    Qwen3.8 Max—

    Not directly comparable

  • IFBench

    Qwen3.7 Plus79.1%
    Source
    Qwen3.8 Max82.8%
    Source

    Qwen3.8 Max leads this result

Math

  • HMMT Feb 2026

    Qwen3.7 Plus92.9%
    Source
    Qwen3.8 Max—

    Not directly comparable

  • IMOAnswerBench

    Qwen3.7 Plus86.0%
    Source
    Qwen3.8 Max—

    Not directly comparable

  • Apex

    Qwen3.7 Plus22.7%
    Source
    Qwen3.8 Max—

    Not directly comparable

  • FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3)

    Shared source
    Qwen3.7 Plus34.386%
    Qwen3.8 Max74.737%

    Qwen3.8 Max leads this result

  • FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4)

    Qwen3.7 Plus—
    Qwen3.8 Max46.341%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

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