Qwen3.8 2.4t A95b API Pricing
Qwen3.8 2.4t A95b costs $2.00 per 1M input tokens and $6.00 per 1M output tokens on Alibaba's API. Prices are provider list prices in USD, refreshed as sources update; see the Qwen3.8 2.4t A95b model profile for capability scores.
Price List
| Rate | Price (USD) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $2.00 | per 1M tokens |
| Output | $6.00 | per 1M tokens |
| Blended input + output | $8.00 | 1M in + 1M out at list price |
| Context window | 1.01M tokens |
What a Workload Costs
Computed straight from the list prices above — token counts are illustrative workload sizes, not measurements of Qwen3.8 2.4t A95b.
| Workload | Cost | Tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Short chat turn | $0.00500 | 1K in / 500 out |
| Summarize a long document | $0.212 | 100K in / 2K out |
| Agentic coding session | $1.60 | 500K in / 100K out |
| 1M input + 1M output tokens | $8.00 | 1M in / 1M out |
Effective Cost
In AI IQ's scoring, Qwen3.8 2.4t A95b's list price is adjusted by a token-usage multiplier of 2.593, giving an effective cost of $20.74 per 1M input + output tokens. That places it #98 of 117 models on the effective-cost ranking (lower is cheaper). Some models spend far more tokens than others on the same task, so effective cost compares what a unit of work really costs. Method details are on the methodology page; see all models on the cost charts and the falling cost of intelligence over time.
Cheaper Alternatives at Similar Capability
Models with a lower effective cost that score within a few IQ points of Qwen3.8 2.4t A95b (IQ 121), or better.
| Model | Provider | IQ | Effective Cost / 1M |
|---|---|---|---|
| gpt-5.6-terra | OpenAI | 132 | $20.25 |
| gpt-5.6-luna | OpenAI | 129 | $9.29 |
| gemini-3.1-pro | 127 | $9.47 | |
| gemini-3.5-flash | 124 | $18.48 | |
| kimi-k3 | Kimi | 123 | $15.40 |
| gemini-3.6-flash | 123 | $16.62 |