Qwen3.8-Max vs Command A Reasoning
Side-by-side specs, pricing and capabilities. Both models run on Clade under one subscription, so you can switch between them in the same conversation.
Qwen3.8-Max comes from Alibaba and Command A Reasoning from Cohere. The practical difference for most people is context, price, and which input types each one accepts.
Qwen3.8-Max holds more in a single conversation — 1M tokens against 256K — which matters for long documents and large codebases.
Qwen3.8-Max is the cheaper of the two on input tokens at $2.00 / 1M tokens.
| Specification | Qwen3.8-Max | Command A Reasoning |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba | Cohere |
| Model ID | qwen3.8-max | command-a-reasoning-08-2025 |
| Context window | 1M | 256K |
| Max output | — | 32K |
| Input price | $2.00 / 1M tokens | $5.00 / 1M tokens |
| Output price | $6.00 / 1M tokens | $20.00 / 1M tokens |
| Knowledge cutoff | — | — |
| Input types | text, image, video | text |
| Output types | text | text |
| Plan | All paid plans | All paid plans |
Which should you use?
Pick Qwen3.8-Max when…
- You need the larger context window — 1M against 256K.
- Cost matters: input runs at $2.00 / 1M tokens versus $5.00 / 1M tokens.
- You need image and video input, which the other model does not accept.
Pick Command A Reasoning when…
- You want longer single responses — up to 32K output tokens.
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