Qwen3.8 Flashalibaba/qwen3-8-flash
Qwen3.8 Flash is a hosted multimodal model for code, reasoning and visual understanding. It accepts text, images and video, returns text, and provides a native one-million-token context with tool calling and structured outputs.
Availability and billing notes
Reviewed September 21, 2026 · check the linked provider documentation for later changes.
This is the hosted production version. The separately listed Flash-Next checkpoint has different default context settings.
Use the API endpoint and key for your workspace and region. Replace {WorkspaceId} in the example endpoint before calling.
Pricing across providers
| Provider | Input /1M | Output /1M | Blended /1M | Latency p50 | Format | Freshness | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alibaba Cloud DashScope qwen3.8-flash International / Singapore USD rate, input up to 1M tokens. Replace {WorkspaceId} with your workspace ID. | $0.15 | $0.47 | $0.23 | — | OpenAI-compatible | Price 1mo ago | Try → |
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Works with
Point any of these clients at a hosting's base URL — they all speak at least one of this model's endpoint protocols (OPENAI_COMPATIBLE).
Capabilities
- code
- reasoning
- vision
- tool_calling
- structured_output
Code samples
Example using Alibaba Cloud DashScope — the cheapest hosting for this model as of last verification. Swap base_url and model to use a different provider from the matrix above.
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
api_key="YOUR_API_KEY",
base_url="https://{WorkspaceId}.ap-southeast-1.maas.aliyuncs.com/compatible-mode/v1",
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model="qwen3.8-flash",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)
Technical specs
- Context
- 1000K
- Max output
- 131K
- Parameters
- —
- Release
- 2026-08-26
- Training cutoff
- —
- License
- —
Similar models
Compare with
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- Qwen3.8 Flash vs GLM 5.3 FlashComparison planned — not yet published
- Qwen3.8 Flash vs Kimi K2.5Comparison planned — not yet published
Frequently asked
How much does Qwen3.8 Flash cost?+−
How do I access Qwen3.8 Flash from outside China?+−
Is Qwen3.8 Flash open-source?+−
Is Qwen3.8 Flash OpenAI-compatible?+−
openai SDK client at the Provider's base_url and use the Provider's model name. See the Code Samples above for a copy-pasteable example.