Alibaba Qwen
Qwen3.8 Max
$2.48 / 1M tokens
cheapest at DeepInfra · $1.65 in · $4.95 out
Wins 1 of 4
Head to head · prices updated Oct 31, 2026
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 is 34% cheaper than Qwen3.8 Max at their cheapest providers (blended 3 input : 1 output tokens).
Alibaba Qwen
$2.48 / 1M tokens
cheapest at DeepInfra · $1.65 in · $4.95 out
Wins 1 of 4
DeepSeek
$1.63 / 1M tokens
cheapest at DeepInfra · $1.30 in · $2.60 out
Wins 3 of 4
Verdict
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 is 34% cheaper than Qwen3.8 Max at their cheapest providers (blended 3 input : 1 output tokens).
Qwen3.8 Max scores higher on GPQA Diamond: 92.7% (xhigh reasoning) vs 91.7% (max reasoning).
So the choice is a trade-off: Qwen3.8 Max for the hardest reasoning, DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 when cost matters more than the last few points of accuracy.
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 accepts longer prompts (1049K vs 1000K tokens).
Your monthly bill
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 saves you $8.20 a month ($98.42 a year) for this workload.
| Qwen3.8 Max | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 | |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest blended price / 1M | $2.48 | $1.63 |
| Input / output per 1M | $1.65 / $4.95 | $1.30 / $2.60 |
| Accuracy (GPQA Diamond) | 92.7% (xhigh reasoning) | 91.7% (max reasoning) |
| Max context | 1M | 1M |
| Providers we track | 4 | 8 |
Standard list prices at each model's cheapest provider we track; blended = 3 input : 1 output tokens. GPQA Diamond from Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0), best measured reasoning setting, named next to each score. Methodology.
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 is 34% cheaper than Qwen3.8 Max at their cheapest providers (blended 3 input : 1 output tokens).
On GPQA Diamond (graduate-level science questions, measured by Epoch AI) Qwen3.8 Max scores 92.7% (xhigh reasoning) and DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 91.7% (max reasoning). One benchmark is not the whole picture; test both on your own prompts.
From $1.65 input and $4.95 output per 1M tokens at DeepInfra, the cheapest of 4 providers we track.
From $1.30 input and $2.60 output per 1M tokens at DeepInfra, the cheapest of 8 providers we track.
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