Qwen 3.8 Max wins on writing but wastes minutes in thinking mode
Askmasr_mod · reddit · 2026-07-21
A Reddit user shares first impressions of Qwen 3.8 Max after testing it in preview.
- They say the model is very strong for creative design work and good at writing tasks, ranking just behind Kimi K2 in their view.
- The biggest problem is thinking time: even simple landing-page prompts can trigger around 20 minutes of deliberation.
- They also report hallucinations and missed obvious facts, sometimes worse than Kimi K3 and even below Claude Sonnet in some cases.
- The user hopes Alibaba will fix the issues before the model is fully released as open source.
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