Qwen3.8-Max-0902 tops Code Arena leaderboard
Qwen3.8-Max-0902 offers top coding performance at a competitive price point, making it a strong alternative to more expensive models like Claude Opus 5 and Kimi K3.
Qwen3.8-Max-0902 by Alibaba_Qwen debuted at #1 overall in Code Arena: WebDev with 1,691 points. It became the highest-scoring model on the Pareto frontier at $5/MToken. The model outperformed HY4 Preview (1,629 pts at $2.08/MToken) and Qwen3.8-Flash-Next (1,620 pts at $0.39/MToken).
Qwen3.8-Max-0902 by @Alibaba_Qwen just debuted at #1 overall in Code Arena: WebDev with 1,691 pts, and became the highest-scoring model on the Pareto frontier at a blended $5/MToken! On the updated frontier, Qwen3.8-Max-0902 sits above HY4 Preview (1,629 pts at $2.08/MToken) and Qwen3.8-Flash-Next (1,620 pts at $0.39/MToken). With this release, three models at the top of the overall leaderboard have moved off the Pareto frontier despite remaining #2 – #4 overall: - Claude Opus 5 (Max): #2 , 1,688 pts, $20/MToken - Kimi K3 (Max): #3 , 1,674 pts, $12/MToken - Qwen3.8 (Max): #4 , 1,669 pts, $5/MToken Congrats to the @Alibaba_Qwen team on the release! 💬 4 🔄 3 ❤️ 49 👀 5822 📊 11 ⚡
