How Alibaba’s New Qwen3.8-Max Stacks Up Against US AI Giants

NewsMon, 03 Aug 2026 14:17:00 UTC1 hour ago

Alibaba launched Qwen3.8-Max on Monday with its first published benchmarks, and the model ranked fourth on Arena's Frontend Code leaderboard. Only Claude Opus 5 and Moonshot's Kimi K3 scored higher in the test.

The 2.4 trillion-parameter model exits its July preview with 95 billion active parameters, a 1 million-token context window, and public API pricing.

Qwen3.8-Max Trails Only Claude and Kimi in Coding Test

Arena's leaderboard scored Qwen3.8-Max at 1,668 points, one point behind Claude Opus 5 (High). Claude Opus 5 (Max) leads at 1,705, while Kimi K3 (Max) holds second at 1,676. The model also placed second in Arena's Consumer Product category.

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Big news: Qwen3.8-Max by @Alibaba_Qwen just landed at #4 on the Frontend Code Arena leaderboard with a score of 1,668!

With 1,668 points, Qwen3.8-Max is trailing only Claude Opus 5 (Max) with 1,705 pts and Kimi K3 (Max) with 1,676 pts, on par with Claude Opus 5 (High) with 1669… https://t.co/noIJACxxGR pic.twitter.com/pbiNdj0WQL
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How Alibaba’s New Qwen3.8-Max Stacks Up Against US AI Giants

Qwen3.8-Max Trails Only Claude and Kimi in Coding Test

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