What is Qwen3.8 Max 0902?

Qwen3.8 Max 0902 is a model from Qwen, released on Sep 2, 2026. Qwen3.8 Max is the flagship model of Alibaba's Qwen3.8 series.

How much does Qwen3.8 Max 0902 cost?

On the Respan gateway, Qwen3.8 Max 0902 costs $2.00 per 1M input tokens and $6.00 per 1M output tokens on every provider, after gateway discounts.

Which providers serve Qwen3.8 Max 0902 on Respan?

Qwen3.8 Max 0902 is available through 3 providers: EmpirioLabs, OpenRouter, and Qwen.

What is Qwen3.8 Max 0902's context window?

Qwen3.8 Max 0902 accepts up to 1M tokens of context on its largest provider route.

How do I use Qwen3.8 Max 0902 with the Respan gateway?

Point any OpenAI-compatible SDK at https://api.respan.ai/api/ with your Respan API key and set the model to "qwen/qwen3.8-max-0902". To set it up with a coding agent, copy the agent setup prompt at the top of this page.

How fast is Qwen3.8 Max 0902?

Over the last 30 days of requests through the Respan gateway, the fastest provider was Qwen at 27 tokens per second, and the lowest response latency was 33.5 seconds on Qwen. Speed varies with request size and provider.

Qwen3.8 Max 0902

Qwen3.8 Max is the flagship model of Alibaba's Qwen3.8 series.

Input / output price: $2.00 / $6.00 per 1M
Weekly tokens / requests: 89 / 1
Context: 1M tokens
Released: Sep 2, 2026

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Agent setup

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Help me set up the Respan gateway: fetch and follow https://www.respan.ai/docs/agent-setup.md. Use model "qwen/qwen3.8-max-0902".

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(

    base_url="https://api.respan.ai/api/",

    api_key="YOUR_RESPAN_API_KEY",

)

response = client.chat.completions.create(

    model="qwen/qwen3.8-max-0902",

    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],

)

print(response.choices[0].message.content)

import OpenAI from "openai";

const client = new OpenAI({

  baseURL: "https://api.respan.ai/api/",

  apiKey: "YOUR_RESPAN_API_KEY",

});

const response = await client.chat.completions.create({

  model: "qwen/qwen3.8-max-0902",

  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello!" }],

});

console.log(response.choices[0].message.content);

curl https://api.respan.ai/api/chat/completions \

  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_RESPAN_API_KEY" \

  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \

  -d '{

    "model": "qwen/qwen3.8-max-0902",

    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]

}'

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Providers

3 providers, cheapest first, priced per 1M tokens after gateway discounts.

Provider	Context	Input	Output	Cache read	Capabilities
EmpirioLabs`empiriolabs/qwen3-8-max-0902`	1M	$2.00/M	$6.00/M	$2.00/M	+2
OpenRouter`openrouter/qwen/qwen3.8-max-0902`	1M	$2.00/M	$6.00/M	$0.25/M	+2
Qwen`qwen/qwen3.8-max-0902`	1M	$2.00/M	$6.00/M	$0.25/M	+2

Is a provider down? OpenRouter status

Pricing

Averaged across 3 providers, in USD per 1M tokens after gateway discounts.

Average input: $2.00 per 1M
Average output: $6.00 per 1M
Average cache read: $0.83 per 1M
Average cache write: $0.83 per 1M

Cost by volume

Total cost from 0 to 1T tokens.

$2.00/MEmpirioLabs, OpenRouter, and Qwen

Throughput and latency

30-day averages from requests through the Respan gateway, 1 of 3 routes had traffic in that window. Under each figure, every model on the gateway by its average, this one in blue.