$ diff qwen-3-8 muse-spark
Qwen 3.8 Max vs Muse Spark
Values come from Qwen 3.8 Max and Muse Spark, where each is cited to its source. This page states no benchmark result and ranks neither model — it puts two published specifications next to each other. Where a lab has not published a figure, the row says so rather than guessing.
Alibaba QwenQwen 3.8 Max
- context
- 1M
- weights
- open
- $/M in
- $2
- $/M out
- $6
- context
- 1M
- weights
- open
- $/M in
- $1.25
- $/M out
- $4.25
What actually differs
- Context window
- Identical — both accept 1M tokens, so context length is not a reason to pick either.
- Input price
- Muse Spark at $1.25/M against $2/M — 1.6× cheaper to feed.
- Output price
- Muse Spark at $4.25/M against $6/M — 1.4× cheaper to generate. Output dominates the bill on most agentic workloads, where the model writes far more than it reads.
- Weights
- Both publish weights — Qwen 3.8 Max under Open-weight announced for the week of 2026-08-10; not yet shipped, Muse Spark under proprietary (closed / API-only, not open-weights). Check the licences rather than assuming they permit the same commercial use.
- Recency
- Qwen 3.8 Max shipped 117 days after Muse Spark (2026-08-03 vs 2026-04-08).
Full spec
| Attribute | Qwen 3.8 Max | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | Alibaba Qwen | Meta AI |
| Released | 2026-08-03 | 2026-04-08 |
| Context window | 1 million tokens | 1,000,000 tokens (1.1) |
| Pricing | $2 / M input · $6 / M output | $1.25/M input · $4.25/M output (Meta Model API, public preview) |
| License | Open-weight announced for the week of 2026-08-10; not yet shipped | proprietary (closed / API-only, not open-weights) |
| Availability | Alibaba Cloud Model Studio (global), QwenWork | Meta Model API (public preview, US-based developers only) |