Qwen3.8 MaxvsClaude Opus 4.8
Qwen3.8 Max leads the overall Podium Score by 3.8 points (79.8 vs 76.0).Category wins: Qwen3.8 Max 0 — 4 Claude Opus 4.8.Qwen3.8 Max is the cheaper pick ($2/M vs $15/M per 1M output tokens). Qwen3.8 Max is faster (55 t/s vs 50 t/s).
| Metric | Qwen3.8 Max | Claude Opus 4.8 |
|---|---|---|
| Podium Score | 79.8 ▲ | 76.0 |
| Arena Elo | 1496 ▲ | 1484 |
| Intelligence Index | — | 55.7 |
| Coding | 50.3 | 58.0 ▲ |
| Math | 5.0 | 58.7 ▲ |
| Reasoning | 66.3 | 82.8 ▲ |
| Agentic | — | 74.9 |
| Knowledge | — | 28.8 |
| Multimodal | 85.4 | 89.6 ▲ |
| Long-context | 99.2 | 99.2 |
| Output speed | 55 t/s ▲ | 50 t/s |
| Output price | $2/M ▲ | $15/M |
| Context window | 1000K | 1000K |
Scores aggregated from five leaderboards on 2026-08-05. See Methodology. More head-to-heads: Qwen3.8 Max vs Claude Mythos Preview · Qwen3.8 Max vs Claude Fable 5 · Qwen3.8 Max vs Kimi K3 · Qwen3.8 Max vs Claude Opus 5