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Qwen3.8 Max

Alibaba's Qwen3.8 Max served through the OpenRouter aggregator - the flagship of the Qwen3.8 series and GA successor to Qwen3.8 Max Preview. A multimodal reasoning model for complex reasoning, visual understanding, and agentic work with a 1M-token context, billed at OpenRouter's actual usage cost.

3,716/11,148credits
input / output ยท per 1M tokens
1M-token context window with up to 131K output tokens
Multimodal input (text, image, video) with reasoning mode
OpenAI-compatible API (chat completions) via /llm/openrouter/v1
Prompt caching with discounted cache reads
Billed at OpenRouter's actual usage.cost - listed rates are estimates

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Model Specifications

Context Window
1M
tokens
Max Output
131K
tokens
Training Cutoff
Not published
Compatible SDK
OpenAI

Capabilities

Vision
Function Calling
Streaming
JSON Mode
System Prompt

Token Pricing (per 1M tokens)

Token TypeCreditsUSD Equivalent
Input Tokens3,716$2.48
Output Tokens11,148$7.43
Cached Tokens464.5$0.31

* 1,500 credits โ‰ˆ $1 (actual charges may vary based on usage)

Quick Start

curl -X POST "https://api.core.today/llm/openrouter/v1/chat/completions" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer cdt_your_api_key" \
  -d '{
  "model": "qwen/qwen3.8-max",
  "messages": [
    {
      "role": "user",
      "content": "Summarize the attached report in 5 bullets."
    }
  ],
  "max_tokens": 1024
}'

Parameters

ParameterTypeRequiredDefaultDescription
modelstringYes-Model ID in vendor/model form, e.g. "qwen/qwen3.8-max".
messagesarrayYes-Chat messages in OpenAI format (system/user/assistant roles).
temperaturenumberNo0.7Sampling temperature (0-2).
max_tokensintegerNo2048Maximum completion tokens.
streambooleanNofalseStream the response as server-sent events.

Examples

Chat completion

OpenAI-compatible chat completion request via OpenRouter

curl -X POST "https://api.core.today/llm/openrouter/v1/chat/completions" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer cdt_your_api_key" \
  -d '{
  "model": "qwen/qwen3.8-max",
  "messages": [
    {
      "role": "user",
      "content": "Summarize the attached report in 5 bullets."
    }
  ],
  "max_tokens": 1024
}'

Tips & Best Practices

1Works with the OpenAI SDK - set base_url to https://ai.api.core.today/llm/openrouter/v1
2Charged at OpenRouter's usage.cost x 1,858 credits/USD - the listed rates are estimates and may lag OpenRouter price changes
3Reasoning tokens count as output at the higher rate - set max_tokens generously for hard problems, and consider qwen/qwen3.8-27b for cheaper, lighter tasks

Use Cases

Complex multi-step reasoning and analysis
Visual understanding over images and video frames
Long-horizon agentic workflows with tool use