Alibaba models, benchmarked.
Maker of the Qwen models, from hosted Max models to open-weights releases. We track 4 Alibaba models. The highest-ranked is Qwen3.8 Max, 16th of 51 overall. Blended list prices run from A$0.32 (Qwen3.8 Flash Next) to A$5.26 (Qwen3.7 Max) per million tokens.
| MODEL | IN AUSTRALIA | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16Qwen3.8 Max | 70.1 | 45.4 | #4 | A$4.21 | 42 tok/s | NOT IN AU |
| 25Qwen3.8 Flash NextPARTIAL | 59.0 | 39.8 | #13 | A$0.32 | 53 tok/s | SELF-HOST |
| 40Qwen3.7 Max | 47.2 | 29.5 | #31 | A$5.26 | ||
| 46Qwen3.8 27B | 29.3 | 33.7 | #26 | A$1.58 | 46 tok/s | SELF-HOST |
Which Alibaba model to use.
Alibaba against the field.
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What is Alibaba’s best model?
As of 23 Sep 2026, Qwen3.8 Max is Alibaba’s highest-ranked model, 16th of 51 on our overall leaderboard.
What is Alibaba’s cheapest model?
Qwen3.8 Flash Next, at A$0.32 per million tokens (blended, ex GST).
Which Alibaba models can run in Australia?
None are offered in an Australian cloud region with local processing, but Alibaba’s open-weights models can be self-hosted in Australia.
Ratings: LMArena leaderboard dataset (CC BY 4.0), rescaled for the lens scores · leaderboards to 22 Sep 2026
Evaluations, prices and speed: Artificial Analysis (artificialanalysis.ai) · fetched 23 Sep 2026
Exchange rate: Reserve Bank of Australia, table F11.1 · A$1 = US$0.7123 on 22 Sep 2026 · prices exclude GST
Snapshot 23 Sep 2026 · updated weekly · How the rankings work →