Claude Opus 4.8 vs
Qwen3.8 Max

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Models in this comparison

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Model type
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Evidence state
Supported evidence
Published context
1,000,000
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Model type
Open Weight
Evidence state
Supported evidence
Published context
1,000,000

Key implications

Broad shared-metric coverage. Each finding is tied to a published metric, price, context, or modality fact.

  1. Across compatible supported BenchLM categories, Claude Opus 4.8 has higher scores in Knowledge and Coding; Qwen3.8 Max has higher scores in Agentic, Overall, and MultimodalGrounded.

Shared metric view

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Per-axis relative view: each axis scales to the higher published value for that exact shared metric. The table preserves the exact published values and units.
  • Claude Opus 4.8: solid line
  • Qwen3.8 Max: dashed line
Claude Opus 4.8 and Qwen3.8 Max shared metric radarAgenticCodingKnowledgeMultimodalGroundedOverall
Exact published values used in the per-axis relative radar chart.
MetricClaude Opus 4.8Qwen3.8 MaxUnit
Agentic61.7875.17score
Coding71.9865.78score
Knowledge86.864.7score
MultimodalGrounded85.487.1score
Overall76.679.22score

Source metrics

Friendly metric names and published units stay visible. Missing measurements remain unavailable rather than becoming a score.

Source metric comparison
MetricUnitClaude Opus 4.8Qwen3.8 Max
Agenticscore61.7875.17
Codingscore71.9865.78
InstructionFollowingscoreUnavailable93.9
Knowledgescore86.864.7
Mathscore66.8Unavailable
MultimodalGroundedscore85.487.1
Reasoningscore68.395.5
Overallscore76.679.22

Agentic

Unit
score
Claude Opus 4.8
61.78
Qwen3.8 Max
75.17

Coding

Unit
score
Claude Opus 4.8
71.98
Qwen3.8 Max
65.78

InstructionFollowing

Unit
score
Claude Opus 4.8
Unavailable
Qwen3.8 Max
93.9

Knowledge

Unit
score
Claude Opus 4.8
86.8
Qwen3.8 Max
64.7

Math

Unit
score
Claude Opus 4.8
66.8
Qwen3.8 Max
Unavailable

MultimodalGrounded

Unit
score
Claude Opus 4.8
85.4
Qwen3.8 Max
87.1

Reasoning

Unit
score
Claude Opus 4.8
68.3
Qwen3.8 Max
95.5

Overall

Unit
score
Claude Opus 4.8
76.6
Qwen3.8 Max
79.22

Pricing and context

Verification is shown beside each selected route. Missing facts remain Not verified.

Route pricing and context comparison
FieldUnitClaude Opus 4.8Qwen3.8 Max
Input API priceUSD / 1M tokens$5Not verified
Output API priceUSD / 1M tokens$25Not verified
Route contexttokens1,000,000Not verified
Input modalitiespublished listNot verifiedNot verified
Output modalitiespublished listNot verifiedNot verified

Input API price

Unit
USD / 1M tokens
Claude Opus 4.8
$5
Qwen3.8 Max
Not verified

Output API price

Unit
USD / 1M tokens
Claude Opus 4.8
$25
Qwen3.8 Max
Not verified

Route context

Unit
tokens
Claude Opus 4.8
1,000,000
Qwen3.8 Max
Not verified

Input modalities

Unit
published list
Claude Opus 4.8
Not verified
Qwen3.8 Max
Not verified

Output modalities

Unit
published list
Claude Opus 4.8
Not verified
Qwen3.8 Max
Not verified

Evidence provenance

Source records, route identity, timestamps, and methodology are consolidated here without declaring either model a winner.

Publication time
Aug 30, 2026, 2:15 AM UTC
Freshness
Stale — Published weekly benchmark evidence has not refreshed within 8 days.
Methodology
benchlm: benchlm_raw_composite
Model records
  • Claude Opus 4.8 — source benchlm · artifact models · model claude-opus-4-8
  • Qwen3.8 Max — source benchlm · artifact models · model qwen3-8-max
Selected price routes
  • Claude Opus 4.8 — route benchlm:claude-opus-4-8 · source benchlm · provider anthropic
  • Qwen3.8 Max — Not published

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