Alternatives

What are the alternatives to Qwen 3.8 Max 0902?

Qwen 3.8 Max 0902 ranks 29 of 94 in the overall index and costs $2.48 per million tokens.

Muse Ember 1.0: Ahead in the overall index (110.4 vs. 100.8) and cheaper ($0.20 vs. $2.48 per million tokens).

MiMo V2.6 Flash: Level in the overall index (97.3 vs. 100.8) but cheaper: $0.18 instead of $2.48 per million tokens.

Alternatives: 4
Overall index rank: 29
Data as of: Nov 10, 2026

The alternatives by reason

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Stronger, not much pricier
Muse Ember 1.0
Ahead in the overall index (110.4 vs. 100.8) and cheaper ($0.20 vs. $2.48 per million tokens).
Overall index
110.4
Price (3:1)
$0.20
Speed
n/a
Rank 14 · Middle group
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Similar strength, cheaper
MiMo V2.6 Flash
Level in the overall index (97.3 vs. 100.8) but cheaper: $0.18 instead of $2.48 per million tokens.
Overall index
97.3
Price (3:1)
$0.18
Speed
38
Rank 38 · Middle group
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With open weights
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
The best model with open weights, level: 106.7 vs. 100.8 in the overall index.
Overall index
106.7
Price (3:1)
$0.26
Speed
126
Rank 20 · Middle group
Head to head: Qwen 3.8 Max 0902 vs. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 Open the profile
Similar strength, faster
Claude Haiku 5.5
Level in the overall index (102.8 vs. 100.8) and faster: 164 instead of 36 tokens per second.
Overall index
102.8
Price (3:1)
$0.20
Speed
164
Rank 23 · Middle group
Head to head: Qwen 3.8 Max 0902 vs. Claude Haiku 5.5 Open the profile

The models around Qwen 3.8 Max 0902

The nearest generally available models by overall index, with rank, price and speed. Models with limited access and retired models are left out.

Rank	Model	Overall index	Price (3:1)	Speed
25	GPT-5.5	101.5	$11.25	87
26	Kimi K3	101.1	$6	61
27	GPT-5.6 Terra	100.8	$4.50	72
28	Mistral Large 4	100.8	$1.05	n/a
29	Qwen 3.8 Max 0902this model	100.8	$2.48	36
30	GLM-5.3	100.6	$2.15	81
31	MiMo V2.6 Pro	100.4	$0.54	32
32	MiniMax M3.1 Flash	100.0	$0.26	n/a

Price in dollars per million tokens, mixed from 3 parts input and 1 part output. Speed in tokens per second.

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