O3
OpenAI · text, image → text
OpenAI o3 is a powerful model across multiple domains, setting a new standard for coding, math, science, and visual reasoning tasks.
Input$2 /M
Output$8 /M
Cache read$0.5 /M
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Qwen3.8 Max Preview
O3 vs Qwen3.8 Max Preview
Compare O3 from OpenAI and Qwen3.8 Max Preview from Qwen on key metrics including benchmarks, price, context length, and other model features. Access both models and hundreds of others through the AIHubMix API.
O3Qwen3.8 Max Preview+ Add model · 2/4
Qwen3.8 Max Preview
Qwen · text, image → text
Qwen 3.8 Max Preview(Qwen3.8-Max-Preview) is the latest-generation foundation model in the Qwen family, packing 2.4T parameters and still evolving. Compared with the previous flagship Qwen 3.7 Max, it delivers major gains in core capabilities like Coding and Cowork (professional productivity), with world-leading performance on complex, long-horizon tasks such as full-stack development, data analysis, and Office workflows. Launch offer: Credits are consumed at just 20% of the standard rate, effectively 5× your usage. Limited time only.
Input$0.338 /M
Output$1.014 /M
Cache read$0.0338 /M
Pricing & Specifications
Prices are per million tokens. Time to First Token and throughput are rolling averages measured on AIHubMix.
O3
Qwen3.8 Max Preview
Input /M
$2
$0.338
Output /M
$8
$1.014
Cache read /M
$0.5
$0.0338
Context length
200,000
983,616
Max output
100,000
131,072
Time to First Token
6.5 s
2.4 s
Throughput
40.3 tok/s
48.1 tok/s
Modalities
textimage
textimage
Supported Parameters
thinkingtoolsfunction callingstructured outputs
toolsfunction callingstructured outputsweblong contextthinking
API Formats
Released
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Promotional prices show the discounted rate; see each model page for promotion windows.
Activity Past 30 Days
Daily traffic served through AIHubMix — how demand for each model is trending.
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Tokens / day
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Requests / day
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Performance Past 3 Days
Measured on real AIHubMix traffic, hourly buckets. Gaps mean no traffic in that hour.
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Throughput (tok/s)
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TTFT (s)
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Uptime (%)
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LMArena Benchmarks
LMArena ratings by capability (Bradley-Terry, commonly called Elo). Higher is better.
Text
o3qwen3.8-max-preview
1360142014801540
Overall
14311480
Coding
14591520
Math
14471497
Hard prompts
14401502
Instruction following
14021477
Multi-turn
14181493
Creative writing
13831466
Longer query
14081492
Chinese
14641536
English
14381488
Vision
o3qwen3.8-max-preview
12001240128013201360
Overall
12171300
OCR
12221315
Diagram
12301326
Homework
12471334
Source: LMArena (arena.ai) leaderboard, imported by AIHubMix. Models without published ratings are omitted per chart.
Cost calculator
Estimate your monthly bill for the same workload on each model.
Qwen3.8 Max Preview
$35.49 /mo
O3
$240 /mo
Monthly = daily × 30. Discounted rates applied where a promotion is active.
FAQ
Which is cheaper: O3, Qwen3.8 Max Preview?
Qwen3.8 Max Preview: $1.014/M output tokens; O3: $8/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.
How do their coding arena scores compare?
Qwen3.8 Max Preview: 1520; O3: 1459 (LMArena coding leaderboard).
Which responds faster?
Qwen3.8 Max Preview: 2.4s time to first token measured on AIHubMix; see the live performance charts above for how each model behaves across the day.
How large is each context window?
O3 accepts 200,000 and Qwen3.8 Max Preview accepts 983,616 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 100,000 tokens on O3 and 131,072 tokens on Qwen3.8 Max Preview.
Which one generates tokens faster?
Qwen3.8 Max Preview at 48.1 tok/s and O3 at 40.3 tok/s, measured as output throughput on AIHubMix — a separate metric from time to first token.
What inputs and capabilities does each model support?
O3 accepts text and image input and supports thinking, tool calling, function calling and structured outputs; Qwen3.8 Max Preview accepts text and image input and supports tool calling, function calling, structured outputs, web search, long context and thinking.
Can I call O3 and Qwen3.8 Max Preview with the same API key?
Yes. AIHubMix serves every model on this page behind one OpenAI-compatible endpoint, so switching between them is a one-line change to the model field — no second account, key or SDK.
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