Can Qwen 3.8 Preview Approach the Frontier?
teortaxesTex · x · 2026-07-20
This comment discusses the potential performance of Qwen 3.8 Preview.
The author suggests it needs to be at least stronger than 3.7 Max to be considered "decent," guessing it will likely land somewhere between GLM 5.2 or better. A cited viewpoint notes that the Qwen series often releases early open-weight versions that feel like "semi-finished" products, offering more scientific value. Meanwhile, it's acknowledged that Qwen 3.6 is clearly superior to 3.5, and while 3.7 Max is already approaching the frontier, Max preview versions generally deliver mediocre performance.
Related event: Qwen3.8-Max Preview Tested: Strong Coding but Slow Thinking(13 posts)→
More from Models
- China’s AI arms race is increasingly defined by chips, data centers, and open models — BenBajarin · 2026-07-22
- Sam Altman is headed to Washington to brief Congress on OpenAI’s GPT-6 line — inductionheads · 2026-07-22
- Benchmark chart pits GPT-5.6 Luna, Grok 4.5 and Gemini 3.6 Flash on price and scores — iruletheworldmo · 2026-07-22
- Claim says Kimi was distilled from Fable, sparking a model-attribution jab — cephaloform · 2026-07-22
- Gemini 3.6 Flash is now available in Antigravity and chat — MartianOnJupiter · 2026-07-22
- Gary Marcus says LLM math skills are like knowing only a car’s engine size — GaryMarcus · 2026-07-22