Qwen3.8-Max matches Kimi K3 and DeepSeek V4 Flash
Summary
Qwen3.8-Max, a 2.4T parameter open-weight model, matches Kimi K3 and DeepSeek V4 Flash on benchmarks, excelling in coding and software tasks. Weights release next week, with pricing of $2/M input and $6/M output tokens.
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