Head to head · tested 27 Oct 2026

Qwen3.7 Plus vs Qwen3.8 Max (0902): accuracy, speed and price

Qwen3.8 Max (0902) is more accurate; Qwen3.7 Plus is cheaper.

QwenQwen3.7 Plus60.0% score · #38$0.0033 per question62 tok/s

QwenQwen3.8 Max (0902)75.0% score · #15$0.011 per question46 tok/s

Verdict

Built from the measurements below

Qwen3.8 Max (0902) is more accurate: 75.0% against 60.0% on the same 80 questions, a 15.0-point gap that is statistically significant.
Qwen3.7 Plus is 3.4× cheaper per question as billed ($0.0033 vs $0.011), reasoning tokens included.
Qwen3.7 Plus generates text 1.4× faster: 62 tokens per second against 46.

Which should you choose?

Choose Qwen3.7 Plus for the lower cost per correct answer ($0.0054 against $0.015) and faster streaming. Choose Qwen3.8 Max (0902) for the most accurate answers of the two. The widest subject gap is in engineering: Qwen3.8 Max (0902) answered 9 of 15 correctly, Qwen3.7 Plus 4 of 15. With so few questions per subject, treat this as a lead to test on your own prompts, not a result.

Accuracy gap -15.0 points (z = -2.03). We call a winner only when z is at least 1.96, the usual 95% threshold. Speed, latency and price need a 10% margin.

Head to head

Same questions, same prompt, same API

Measure	Qwen3.7 Plus	Qwen3.8 Max (0902)	Edge
Verification scoreHigher is better	60.0%	75.0%	Qwen3.8 Max (0902)
Cost per questionLower is better	$0.0033	$0.011	Qwen3.7 Plus
Output speedHigher is better	62	46	Qwen3.7 Plus
Time to first tokenLower is better	1.1 s	1.2 s	Similar
End-to-end response timeLower is better	12.4 s	12.2 s	Similar
Tokens per questionLower is better	2,462	1,722	Qwen3.8 Max (0902)
Context windowHigher is better	1M	1M	Similar

Side by side

Bars are scaled to the larger of the two values. The winner on each measure is marked in bold.

Every measure

Qwen3.7 Plus first, Qwen3.8 Max (0902) second

Verification scorehigher is better

Qwen3.7 Plus60.0%

Qwen3.8 Max (0902)75.0%

Cost per questionlower is better

Qwen3.7 Plus$0.0033

Qwen3.8 Max (0902)$0.011

Output speedhigher is better

Qwen3.7 Plus62

Qwen3.8 Max (0902)46

Time to first tokenlower is better

Qwen3.7 Plus1.1 s

Qwen3.8 Max (0902)1.2 s

End-to-end response timelower is better

Qwen3.7 Plus12.4 s

Qwen3.8 Max (0902)12.2 s

Tokens per questionlower is better

Qwen3.7 Plus2,462

Qwen3.8 Max (0902)1,722

Context windowhigher is better

Qwen3.7 Plus1M

Qwen3.8 Max (0902)1M

Score vs. cost per question

Both models in color, every other model in grey

Results by subject and dataset

Questions answered correctly. Small samples: a gap of one or two questions is noise.

Subject	Questions	Qwen3.7 Plus	Qwen3.8 Max (0902)
Science	30	19/30	24/30
Engineering	15	4/15	9/15
Medicine	11	6/11	6/11
Economics	9	7/9	8/9
Law	6	3/6	4/6
Humanities & social science	9	9/9	9/9
SuperGPQA dataset	50	21/50	32/50
MMLU-Pro dataset	30	27/30	28/30

Specifications and pricing

From OpenRouter's catalogue, plus our test dates

Specification	Qwen3.7 Plus	Qwen3.8 Max (0902)
Creator	Qwen	Qwen
Released	3 Jun 2026	3 Sept 2026
Weights	—	—
Reasoning	Yes	Yes
Input	text, image	text, image, video
Output	text	text
Context window	1M tokens	1M tokens
Knowledge cutoff	—	—
List price in / out per 1M	$0.32 / $1.28	$2 / $6
Blended price per 1M (3:1)	$0.56	$3.00
Cheapest host	Alibaba · $0.32 / $1.28	Alibaba · $2 / $6
Hosts on OpenRouter	1	1
Last tested	27 Oct 2026	25 Oct 2026

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Qwen3.7 Plus vs Qwen3.8 Max (0902): frequently asked questions

Is Qwen3.7 Plus better than Qwen3.8 Max (0902)?: Qwen3.8 Max (0902) is more accurate: it answered 60 of 80 questions correctly (75.0%) against 48 of 80 (60.0%) for Qwen3.7 Plus. Qwen3.8 Max (0902) is more accurate; Qwen3.7 Plus is cheaper.
Which is cheaper, Qwen3.7 Plus or Qwen3.8 Max (0902)?: Qwen3.7 Plus is cheaper: $0.0033 per question as billed, against $0.011. List prices: Qwen3.7 Plus $0.32 in / $1.28 out, Qwen3.8 Max (0902) $2 in / $6 out per million tokens.
Which is faster, Qwen3.7 Plus or Qwen3.8 Max (0902)?: Qwen3.7 Plus is faster at 62 output tokens per second, against 46. Time to first token: 1.1 s for Qwen3.7 Plus, 1.2 s for Qwen3.8 Max (0902).
Which has the larger context window, Qwen3.7 Plus or Qwen3.8 Max (0902)?: Both accept about the same amount of context: 1M and 1M tokens.

Measure

Qwen3.7 Plus

Qwen3.8 Max (0902)

Edge

Verification scoreHigher is better

60.0%

75.0%

Qwen3.8 Max (0902)

Cost per questionLower is better

$0.0033

$0.011

Qwen3.7 Plus

Output speedHigher is better

Qwen3.7 Plus

Time to first tokenLower is better

1.1 s

1.2 s

Similar

End-to-end response timeLower is better

12.4 s

12.2 s

Similar

Tokens per questionLower is better

2,462

1,722

Qwen3.8 Max (0902)

Context windowHigher is better

Similar

Subject

Questions

Qwen3.7 Plus

Qwen3.8 Max (0902)

Science

19/30

24/30

Engineering

4/15

9/15

Medicine

6/11

Economics

7/9

8/9

Law

3/6

4/6

Humanities & social science

9/9

SuperGPQA dataset

21/50

32/50

MMLU-Pro dataset

27/30

28/30

Specification

Qwen3.7 Plus

Qwen3.8 Max (0902)

Creator

Qwen

Released

3 Jun 2026

3 Sept 2026

Weights

—

Reasoning

Yes

Input

text, image

text, image, video

Output

text

Context window

1M tokens

Knowledge cutoff

—

List price in / out per 1M

$0.32 / $1.28

$2 / $6

Blended price per 1M (3:1)

$0.56

$3.00

Cheapest host

Alibaba · $0.32 / $1.28

Alibaba · $2 / $6

Hosts on OpenRouter

Last tested

27 Oct 2026

25 Oct 2026

Qwen3.7 Plus vs Qwen3.8 Max (0902): frequently asked questions

Is Qwen3.7 Plus better than Qwen3.8 Max (0902)?

Qwen3.8 Max (0902) is more accurate: it answered 60 of 80 questions correctly (75.0%) against 48 of 80 (60.0%) for Qwen3.7 Plus. Qwen3.8 Max (0902) is more accurate; Qwen3.7 Plus is cheaper.

Which is cheaper, Qwen3.7 Plus or Qwen3.8 Max (0902)?

Qwen3.7 Plus is cheaper: $0.0033 per question as billed, against $0.011. List prices: Qwen3.7 Plus $0.32 in / $1.28 out, Qwen3.8 Max (0902) $2 in / $6 out per million tokens.

Which is faster, Qwen3.7 Plus or Qwen3.8 Max (0902)?

Qwen3.7 Plus is faster at 62 output tokens per second, against 46. Time to first token: 1.1 s for Qwen3.7 Plus, 1.2 s for Qwen3.8 Max (0902).

Which has the larger context window, Qwen3.7 Plus or Qwen3.8 Max (0902)?

Both accept about the same amount of context: 1M and 1M tokens.

Qwen3.7 Plus vs Qwen3.8 Max (0902): accuracy, speed and price

Verdict

Which should you choose?

Head to head

Side by side

Every measure

Score vs. cost per question

Results by subject and dataset

Specifications and pricing

Related comparisons

Qwen3.7 Plus vs Qwen3.8 Max (0902): frequently asked questions

Qwen3.7 Plus vs Qwen3.8 Max (0902): accuracy, speed and price

Verdict

Which should you choose?

Head to head

Side by side

Every measure

Score vs. cost per question

Results by subject and dataset

Specifications and pricing

Related comparisons

Qwen3.7 Plus vs Qwen3.8 Max (0902): frequently asked questions