Qwen3.8-Max Tops Code Arena, Beats Claude in Value
airesearch12 · x · 2026-09-02
Alibaba's Qwen3.8-Max-0902 debuted at #1 overall in Code Arena: WebDev with 1,691 pts, becoming the highest-scoring model on the Pareto frontier at a blended cost of $5/MToken. With this release, three previous top models—Claude Opus 5, Kimi K3, and Qwen3.8—were moved off the Pareto frontier despite remaining #2–#4 overall. The update highlights significant progress in code generation capabilities and pricing advantages for Qwen.
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