Qwen3.8-Omni-Flash benchmarks, pricing and specs
Qwen3.8-Omni-Flash is an Alibaba Qwen model released on September 20, 2026 that takes text, image, audio and video input and produces text. It costs $0.15 per 1M input tokens and $0.47 per 1M output tokens and accepts up to 1,000,000 tokens of context.
- Per 1M input tokens
- $0.15
- Per 1M output tokens
- $0.47
- Context window
- 1M
Data verified October 12, 2026 · Dataset 2026-10-12
Key facts
- Provider
- Alibaba Qwen
- Model family
- Qwen3.8
- Release date
- September 20, 2026
- Status
- Current
- Access
- API only
- API model id
- qwen3.8-omni-flash
- Context window
- 1,000,000 tokens
- Max output
- 131,072 tokens
- Input
- text, image, audio, video
- Output
- text
- Task families
- multimodal, audio
- Declared capabilities
- reasoning, audio understanding, video understanding, image understanding
Qwen3.8-Omni-Flash pricing
It is the #4 cheapest of 38 current multimodal models priced per 1M input tokens.
Independent benchmark results
Scores come from independent evaluators that ran the model themselves, pinned to a dated snapshot. Rank is among current models in the same snapshot. Alibaba Qwen's own launch figures are listed under strengths with the publisher named, because they are not measured the same way.
No independent benchmark has published a result for Qwen3.8-Omni-Flash yet. It is still compared below on price, context and capabilities.
Strengths, cautions and best uses
Strengths
- An omnimodal model that reads text, images, audio and video in one 1M-token context and answers in text, with thinking, tool calling and web search
- Alibaba positions it for agents that plan, call tools and deliver finished work from audio-visual material, including up to an hour of combined audio and video
- Very low international API rates of $0.15 input and $0.47 output per 1M tokens
Cautions
- Output is text only; for spoken replies Alibaba lists a separate realtime variant
- Alibaba's comparisons with Gemini 3.8 Flash are self-reported and have not been reproduced independently here
- The release date is the Alibaba Cloud announcement date, 2026-09-20
Best for
- Long audio and video understanding at low cost
- Agent pipelines that must reason over meetings, calls or recorded media
Alternatives to Qwen3.8-Omni-Flash
The closest current multimodalmodels by price. The cheapest model that scores as well or better is listed first; failing that, the cheapest one within 3% of the benchmark's scale.
GPT-5.6 Luna
- 33% more per 1M input tokens, $0.20 vs $0.15
- From OpenAI
Claude Haiku 5.5
- 33% cheaper per 1M input tokens, $0.10 vs $0.15
- From Anthropic
GPT-4.1 nano
- 33% cheaper per 1M input tokens, $0.10 vs $0.15
- From OpenAI
Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite
- 67% more per 1M input tokens, $0.25 vs $0.15
- From Google
Compare Qwen3.8-Omni-Flash with
Other Qwen3.8 models
Qwen3.8-Omni-Flash FAQ
How much does Qwen3.8-Omni-Flash cost?
Qwen3.8-Omni-Flash costs $0.15 per 1M input tokens and $0.47 per 1M output tokens at the standard tier. It is the #4 cheapest of 38 current multimodal models priced per 1M input tokens. Source: Alibaba Cloud, verified October 12, 2026.
What is the context window of Qwen3.8-Omni-Flash?
Qwen3.8-Omni-Flash accepts up to 1,000,000 tokens of context. It can return up to 131,072 tokens in one response. That ranks #24 of 41 current multimodal models by context length.
Is Qwen3.8-Omni-Flash open source or API only?
Qwen3.8-Omni-Flash is available through Alibaba Qwen's API only; its weights are not published.
What are the best alternatives to Qwen3.8-Omni-Flash?
The closest current alternatives by price and measured performance are GPT-5.6 Luna (33% more per 1M input tokens, $0.20 vs $0.15), Claude Haiku 5.5 (33% cheaper per 1M input tokens, $0.10 vs $0.15), GPT-4.1 nano (33% cheaper per 1M input tokens, $0.10 vs $0.15) and Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite (67% more per 1M input tokens, $0.25 vs $0.15).
Sources
- qwen3.8-omni-flash model information · Alibaba Cloud · official · verified October 12, 2026
- Qwen3.8-Omni-Flash: Omni Senses. Agentic Delivery. · Alibaba Cloud · official · verified October 12, 2026
- Alibaba Cloud Model Studio model pricing · Alibaba Cloud · official · verified October 12, 2026
Cite this page
Van Data Team. "Qwen3.8-Omni-Flash Benchmarks, Pricing and Specs." AI Model Benchmark Dataset 2026-10-12. https://vandatateam.com/ai-model-benchmarks/qwen3-8-omni-flash
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