Qwen3.8-Max
Qwen3.8-Max + MCP for coding on your local machine, without paying for Qwen Code. Qwen3.8-Max itself runs in the cloud through Qwen Studio — this setup just gives it access to your local files and terminal through MCP. My take: it is slower than Codex and Claude Code, especially in thinking mode, but it does work well. MCP adds some latency too since there’s an extra layer between the model and your machine. In fast mode, it gets noticeably closer. I wouldn’t put it in the same category as Fable or Opus-5. Personally, I’d place it closer to the next Opus 4.7 level in terms of coding ability.…
Qwen3.8-Max launched on August 3, 2026 with 277 votes, #98 of 23,274 launches that month and more than 99% of that year's launches.
In plain words
Qwen3.8-Max is a large language model featuring 2.4 trillion parameters with 95 billion active parameters and a one-million-token context window. It handles coding, research, collaboration, and extended tasks through multimodal agent capabilities. The model is designed for developers and teams working on complex projects that require sustained context and sophisticated code generation. It is available via API for integration into development workflows and productivity applications.
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From the sources
Qwen3.8-Max is Qwen’s most capable model to date, a 2.4T-parameter MoE with 95B active parameters, 1M context, and multimodal agent capabilities for coding, research, cowork, and long-horizon tasks.
Qwen Studio offers comprehensive functionality spanning chatbot, image and video understanding, image generation, document processing, web search integration, tool utilization, and artifacts.
In the maker’s words, at launch
Qwen3.8-Max + MCP for coding on your local machine, without paying for Qwen Code. Qwen3.8-Max itself runs in the cloud through Qwen Studio — this setup just gives it access to your local files and terminal through MCP. My take: it is slower than Codex and Claude Code, especially in thinking mode, but it does work…
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