GPT-6 Luna (Xhigh) vs Qwen3.8 Max

Which is better for the money: GPT-6 Luna (Xhigh) by OpenAI or Qwen3.8 Max by Alibaba? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-26.

Trade-off

OpenAIGPT-6 Luna (Xhigh)On the frontier

Intelligence: 34.60
Total cost: $66.8

AlibabaQwen3.8 MaxOff the frontier

Intelligence: 40.20
Total cost: $3172

Verdict

Depends on your budget

Qwen3.8 Max scores 5.6 points higher (40.2 vs 34.6) but costs 47× as much to run the benchmark ($3172 vs $66.8; flagship vs mid-range cost classes). They are not alternatives at one budget: pick Qwen3.8 Max when you need intelligence above 34.6, and GPT-6 Luna (Xhigh) when 34.6 is enough.

Metric	GPT-6 Luna (Xhigh)	Qwen3.8 Max	Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)	34.6	40.2	+16.2% Qwen3.8 Max is 16.2% more intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)	$66.81	$3,172.37	+4648.3% Qwen3.8 Max is 47× more expensive
End-to-end time (lower is better)	28.32s	61.90s	+118.6% Qwen3.8 Max is 118.6% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)	$0.10 / $0.50	$2.00 / $6.00
Input modalities	Text, Image	Text, Image, Video

Qwen3.8 Max vs GPT-6 Luna (Xhigh): 16.2% more intelligence, 4648.3% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 118.6% slower end-to-end.

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Today's Pareto frontier

Against the frontier

GPT-6 Luna (Xhigh) is on today's frontier: nothing is both smarter and cheaper.
Qwen3.8 Max is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Kimi K3.1 Pro scores 55.10 for $3117.

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