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Alibaba's Qwen models slash prices, boost context windows

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Alibaba's Qwen models are seeing significant price reductions and increased context window sizes. The Qwen3.8 Max now offers a 1 million token context window at a low price of $2/$6, while the Qwen3.6 27B model has seen its price drop by 44% in 30 days to $2 per 1 million output tokens. AI

IMPACT These price drops and context window expansions for Qwen models may pressure competitors and accelerate adoption of large-context models.

RANK_REASON New model release from a frontier lab (Alibaba) with significant technical improvements (context window) and pricing strategy. [lever_c_demoted from frontier_release: ic=2 ai=1.0]

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Alibaba's Qwen models slash prices, boost context windows

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    🧠 Alibaba's Qwen3.8 Max (0902) brings 1M token context at $2/$6 – an unusually low price for open weights. All models tracked hourly: https:// olud.ai/latest.ht

    🧠 Alibaba's Qwen3.8 Max (0902) brings 1M token context at $2/$6 – an unusually low price for open weights. All models tracked hourly: https:// olud.ai/latest.html # AI # LLM # OpenSource

    LINKS olud.ai/latest.html
  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · opensourceaitech ·

    📉 Price drop: Qwen3.6 27B $3.6 → $2 per 1M output tokens (-44% in 30 days) Open weights. https:// olud.ai/model/qwen3-6-27b.html # AI # LLM # Pricing

    📉 Price drop: Qwen3.6 27B $3.6 → $2 per 1M output tokens (-44% in 30 days) Open weights. https:// olud.ai/model/qwen3-6-27b.html # AI # LLM # Pricing

    LINKS olud.ai/…/qwen3-6-27b.html

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