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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen3.8-Omni

Qwen3.8-Omni-Flash

Analyzes text, images, long audio and video, returning text with optional reasoning and tool calls.

availableClosed weightsText generationAudio understandingVisionAgents
Official documentation (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 14 Oct 2026
27 of 32 specification fields collected
Input token limit991.8K991,808 tokens
Maximum output131.1K131,072 tokens
Input / 1M tokens$0.15Alibaba Model Studio · Singapore · International
Output / 1M tokens$0.47USD · observed 14 Oct 2026

Specifications

Provider-documented facts. “Not collected” means we have not verified that field yet, not that the feature is unsupported.

Context / input limit
1,000,000 tokensSource for Context / input limit (opens in a new tab)
Input modalities
Text, Image, Audio, VideoSource for Input modalities (opens in a new tab)
Structured output
Not collected
Batch processing
Not collected
Fine-tuning
Not collected
Knowledge cutoff
Not collected
Release date
2026-09-17Source for Release date (opens in a new tab)

Earliest reviewed regional platform release entry, not a date inferred from the API selector.

Parameters
Not collected
Architecture
Hybrid sparse mixture of experts with native multimodal encodersSource for Architecture (opens in a new tab)
Languages
View all 112 entries
  • Chinese
  • English
  • German
  • French
  • Italian
  • Czech
  • Indonesian
  • Thai
  • Korean
  • Polish
  • Japanese
  • Vietnamese
  • Finnish
  • Portuguese
  • Spanish
  • Dutch
  • Russian
  • Malay
  • Catalan
  • Swedish
  • Turkish
  • Ukrainian
  • Romanian
  • Slovak
  • Danish
  • Icelandic
  • Norwegian (Bokmål)
  • Macedonian
  • Greek
  • Hungarian
  • Galician
  • Filipino
  • Croatian
  • Bosnian
  • Slovenian
  • Bulgarian
  • Kazakh
  • Belarusian
  • Latvian
  • Estonian
  • Azerbaijani
  • Uyghur
  • Swahili
  • Hindi
  • Esperanto
  • Kyrgyz
  • Tajik
  • Cebuano
  • Afrikaans
  • Arabic
  • Lithuanian
  • Javanese
  • Bengali
  • Persian
  • Hebrew
  • Punjabi
  • Gujarati
  • Mongolian
  • Asturian
  • Kannada
  • Marathi
  • Interlingua
  • Malayalam
  • Maltese
  • Norwegian Nynorsk
  • Telugu
  • Urdu
  • Georgian
  • Basque
  • Tamil
  • Odia
  • Serbian
  • Maori
  • Northeastern Mandarin
  • Guizhou dialect
  • Cantonese
  • Henan dialect
  • Hong Kong Cantonese
  • Shanghainese
  • Shaanxi dialect
  • Tianjin dialect
  • Taiwanese Hokkien
  • Yunnan dialect
  • Anhui dialect
  • Fujian dialect
  • Gansu dialect
  • Guangdong dialect
  • Hubei dialect
  • Hunan dialect
  • Jiangxi dialect
  • Shandong dialect
  • Shanxi dialect
  • Sichuan dialect
  • Guangxi dialect
  • Hainan dialect
  • Chongqing dialect
  • Changsha dialect
  • Hangzhou dialect
  • Hefei dialect
  • Yinchuan dialect
  • Zhengzhou dialect
  • Shenyang dialect
  • Wenzhou dialect
  • Wuhan dialect
  • Kunming dialect
  • Taiyuan dialect
  • Nanchang dialect
  • Jinan dialect
  • Lanzhou dialect
  • Nanjing dialect
  • Hakka
  • Southern Min
Source for Languages (opens in a new tab)

Audio input languages and dialects explicitly listed in the guide: 112 named entries. The same guide advertises 113; its language subtotal is one higher than the enumerated list.

Data retention
Default inference prompts and responses are retained up to 30 days, subject to legal/security exceptions. Stateful conversation storage and files remain until deleted by the user. This release is not named in the current ZDR roster; do not assume zero retention.Source for Data retention (opens in a new tab)
API aliases
qwen3.8-omni-flashSource for API aliases (opens in a new tab)
Video duration
Up to 2 hours of input videoSource for Video duration (opens in a new tab)
Maximum audio file
2 GB by public URL; Base64 string below 10 MBSource for Maximum audio file (opens in a new tab)
Source video limits
Up to 64 video files; 2 GB by public URL; Base64 string below 10 MBSource for Source video limits (opens in a new tab)
Audio input limits
Up to 2,048 audio URLs or 250 Base64 audio inputsSource for Audio input limits (opens in a new tab)
Image input limits
Up to 20 MB per imageSource for Image input limits (opens in a new tab)
Audio channels
Mono by default; use_multichannel enables stereo or four-channel FOA (WYZX)Source for Audio channels (opens in a new tab)
Usage metering
Input audio: 7 tokens/second. Video visual tokens and audio tokens are both counted; text output uses the output rate.Source for Usage metering (opens in a new tab)
Supported reasoning efforts
none, minimal, low, medium, high, xhigh, maxSource for Supported reasoning efforts (opens in a new tab)

none disables thinking; minimal maps to low; high and max map to xhigh. Do not combine reasoning_effort with thinking_budget.

Language coverage
Provider states 113 input languages/dialects; the guide enumerates 112. This API returns text only.Source for Language coverage (opens in a new tab)

Access & pricing

Prices belong to an endpoint and billing tier. A provider listing does not guarantee access for every account or region.

Alibaba Model Studio · Singapore · International

Provider source (opens in a new tab)
API model ID
qwen3.8-omni-flash
Access
OpenAI-compatible Chat Completions or Responses using a matching regional workspace API key; built-in tool availability is model- and region-specific.
Regions
Singapore / International deployment scope
INPUT / 1M TOKENS$0.15
OUTPUT / 1M TOKENS$0.47

Published Qwen3.8-Omni-Flash input/cache-hit/output token prices for this region and deployment scope. Text-only question estimates exclude audio/video/image tokens and tool charges. For media input, use the official tokenization rules and returned usage. Cached input price: $0.016 / 1M tokens (base tier).

USD · observed 14 Oct 2026 · Pricing evidence (opens in a new tab)

Data & enterprise terms

Default inference prompts and responses are retained up to 30 days, subject to legal/security exceptions. Stateful conversation storage and files remain until deleted by the user. This release is not named in the current ZDR roster; do not assume zero retention.

Read the service policy (opens in a new tab)

Alibaba Model Studio · China (Beijing) · Chinese mainland

Provider source (opens in a new tab)
API model ID
qwen3.8-omni-flash
Access
OpenAI-compatible Chat Completions or Responses using a matching regional workspace API key; built-in tool availability is model- and region-specific.
Regions
China (Beijing) / Chinese mainland deployment scope
INPUT / 1M TOKENS$0.113
OUTPUT / 1M TOKENS$0.382

Published Qwen3.8-Omni-Flash input/cache-hit/output token prices for this region and deployment scope. Text-only question estimates exclude audio/video/image tokens and tool charges. For media input, use the official tokenization rules and returned usage. Cached input price: $0.014 / 1M tokens (base tier).

USD · observed 14 Oct 2026 · Pricing evidence (opens in a new tab)

Data & enterprise terms

Default inference prompts and responses are retained up to 30 days, subject to legal/security exceptions. Stateful conversation storage and files remain until deleted by the user. This release is not named in the current ZDR roster; do not assume zero retention.

Read the service policy (opens in a new tab)

Alibaba Model Studio · China (Hong Kong) · Global

Provider source (opens in a new tab)
API model ID
qwen3.8-omni-flash
Access
OpenAI-compatible Chat Completions or Responses using a matching regional workspace API key; built-in tool availability is model- and region-specific.
Regions
China (Hong Kong) / Global deployment scope
INPUT / 1M TOKENS$0.113
OUTPUT / 1M TOKENS$0.382

Published Qwen3.8-Omni-Flash input/cache-hit/output token prices for this region and deployment scope. Text-only question estimates exclude audio/video/image tokens and tool charges. For media input, use the official tokenization rules and returned usage. Cached input price: $0.014 / 1M tokens (base tier).

USD · observed 14 Oct 2026 · Pricing evidence (opens in a new tab)

Data & enterprise terms

Default inference prompts and responses are retained up to 30 days, subject to legal/security exceptions. Stateful conversation storage and files remain until deleted by the user. This release is not named in the current ZDR roster; do not assume zero retention.

Read the service policy (opens in a new tab)

Alibaba Model Studio · Japan (Tokyo) · Global

Provider source (opens in a new tab)
API model ID
qwen3.8-omni-flash
Access
OpenAI-compatible Chat Completions or Responses using a matching regional workspace API key; built-in tool availability is model- and region-specific.
Regions
Japan (Tokyo) / Global deployment scope
INPUT / 1M TOKENS$0.113
OUTPUT / 1M TOKENS$0.382

Published Qwen3.8-Omni-Flash input/cache-hit/output token prices for this region and deployment scope. Text-only question estimates exclude audio/video/image tokens and tool charges. For media input, use the official tokenization rules and returned usage. Cached input price: $0.014 / 1M tokens (base tier).

USD · observed 14 Oct 2026 · Pricing evidence (opens in a new tab)

Data & enterprise terms

Default inference prompts and responses are retained up to 30 days, subject to legal/security exceptions. Stateful conversation storage and files remain until deleted by the user. This release is not named in the current ZDR roster; do not assume zero retention.

Read the service policy (opens in a new tab)

Alibaba Model Studio · Germany (Frankfurt) · Global

Provider source (opens in a new tab)
API model ID
qwen3.8-omni-flash
Access
OpenAI-compatible Chat Completions or Responses using a matching regional workspace API key; built-in tool availability is model- and region-specific.
Regions
Germany (Frankfurt) / Global deployment scope
INPUT / 1M TOKENS$0.113
OUTPUT / 1M TOKENS$0.382

Published Qwen3.8-Omni-Flash input/cache-hit/output token prices for this region and deployment scope. Text-only question estimates exclude audio/video/image tokens and tool charges. For media input, use the official tokenization rules and returned usage. Cached input price: $0.014 / 1M tokens (base tier).

USD · observed 14 Oct 2026 · Pricing evidence (opens in a new tab)

Data & enterprise terms

Default inference prompts and responses are retained up to 30 days, subject to legal/security exceptions. Stateful conversation storage and files remain until deleted by the user. This release is not named in the current ZDR roster; do not assume zero retention.

Read the service policy (opens in a new tab)

Alibaba Model Studio · US (Virginia) · Global

Provider source (opens in a new tab)
API model ID
qwen3.8-omni-flash
Access
OpenAI-compatible Chat Completions or Responses using a matching regional workspace API key; built-in tool availability is model- and region-specific.
Regions
US (Virginia) / Global deployment scope
INPUT / 1M TOKENS$0.113
OUTPUT / 1M TOKENS$0.382

Published Qwen3.8-Omni-Flash input/cache-hit/output token prices for this region and deployment scope. Text-only question estimates exclude audio/video/image tokens and tool charges. For media input, use the official tokenization rules and returned usage. Cached input price: $0.014 / 1M tokens (base tier).

USD · observed 14 Oct 2026 · Pricing evidence (opens in a new tab)

Data & enterprise terms

Default inference prompts and responses are retained up to 30 days, subject to legal/security exceptions. Stateful conversation storage and files remain until deleted by the user. This release is not named in the current ZDR roster; do not assume zero retention.

Read the service policy (opens in a new tab)

Caching

Caching can reuse earlier input processing. Availability, lifetime and billing depend on the endpoint. A cache hit still generates a new response.

01 / INITIAL INPUTProcess & retain

The system processes eligible input and retains reusable state.

02 / LATER REQUESTCheck available state

Reuse depends on matching input, session state and the cache policy.

03 / CACHE HITReuse & generate

Reusing state can reduce repeated work. Any charges follow the billing rules below.

Alibaba Model Studio · Singapore · International

qwen3.8-omni-flash
Documented
Support evidence (opens in a new tab)
How it works
Automatic implicit cache; optional Responses Session cachingSource for How it works (opens in a new tab)
Minimum reusable input
1,024 shared-prefix tokens; eligibility does not guarantee a hitSource for Minimum reusable input (opens in a new tab)
Lifetime & refresh
Implicit entries are managed by the service; no fixed lifetime is guaranteed.Source for Lifetime & refresh (opens in a new tab)
How to enable it
Reuse an identical prefix. Responses Session cache is opt-in with x-dashscope-session-cache: enable; normal implicit caching remains automatic.Source for How to enable it (opens in a new tab)
Usage fields
Inspect prompt_tokens_details.cached_tokens for Chat Completions; API-specific usage fields distinguish cache reads and writes.Source for Usage fields (opens in a new tab)
Billing rules
Use the published cache-hit rate, not an assumed percentage discount. Responses Session caching uses the available cache mechanism.Source for Billing rules (opens in a new tab)
Limits & data boundaries
The Omni card documents implicit and Session caching. Explicit-cache availability is not established for this model.Source for Limits & data boundaries (opens in a new tab)
Cache reads, writes & storage
ChargeApplies toRate / unit
Cache read1Text tokens · Base tier$0.016 / 1M tokensPricing evidence (opens in a new tab)

Rate conditions

  1. Published Qwen3.8-Omni-Flash input/cache-hit/output token prices for this region and deployment scope. Text-only question estimates exclude audio/video/image tokens and tool charges. For media input, use the official tokenization rules and returned usage.

Observed 14 Oct 2026. Write rates and storage fees are different charges; use the billing rules above.

Caching reviewed 14 Oct 2026

Alibaba Model Studio · China (Beijing) · Chinese mainland

qwen3.8-omni-flash
Documented
Support evidence (opens in a new tab)
How it works
Automatic implicit cache; optional Responses Session cachingSource for How it works (opens in a new tab)
Minimum reusable input
1,024 shared-prefix tokens; eligibility does not guarantee a hitSource for Minimum reusable input (opens in a new tab)
Lifetime & refresh
Implicit entries are managed by the service; no fixed lifetime is guaranteed.Source for Lifetime & refresh (opens in a new tab)
How to enable it
Reuse an identical prefix. Responses Session cache is opt-in with x-dashscope-session-cache: enable; normal implicit caching remains automatic.Source for How to enable it (opens in a new tab)
Usage fields
Inspect prompt_tokens_details.cached_tokens for Chat Completions; API-specific usage fields distinguish cache reads and writes.Source for Usage fields (opens in a new tab)
Billing rules
Use the published cache-hit rate, not an assumed percentage discount. Responses Session caching uses the available cache mechanism.Source for Billing rules (opens in a new tab)
Limits & data boundaries
The Omni card documents implicit and Session caching. Explicit-cache availability is not established for this model.Source for Limits & data boundaries (opens in a new tab)
Cache reads, writes & storage
ChargeApplies toRate / unit
Cache read1Text tokens · Base tier$0.014 / 1M tokensPricing evidence (opens in a new tab)

Rate conditions

  1. Published Qwen3.8-Omni-Flash input/cache-hit/output token prices for this region and deployment scope. Text-only question estimates exclude audio/video/image tokens and tool charges. For media input, use the official tokenization rules and returned usage.

Observed 14 Oct 2026. Write rates and storage fees are different charges; use the billing rules above.

Caching reviewed 14 Oct 2026

Alibaba Model Studio · China (Hong Kong) · Global

qwen3.8-omni-flash
Documented
Support evidence (opens in a new tab)
How it works
Automatic implicit cache; optional Responses Session cachingSource for How it works (opens in a new tab)
Minimum reusable input
1,024 shared-prefix tokens; eligibility does not guarantee a hitSource for Minimum reusable input (opens in a new tab)
Lifetime & refresh
Implicit entries are managed by the service; no fixed lifetime is guaranteed.Source for Lifetime & refresh (opens in a new tab)
How to enable it
Reuse an identical prefix. Responses Session cache is opt-in with x-dashscope-session-cache: enable; normal implicit caching remains automatic.Source for How to enable it (opens in a new tab)
Usage fields
Inspect prompt_tokens_details.cached_tokens for Chat Completions; API-specific usage fields distinguish cache reads and writes.Source for Usage fields (opens in a new tab)
Billing rules
Use the published cache-hit rate, not an assumed percentage discount. Responses Session caching uses the available cache mechanism.Source for Billing rules (opens in a new tab)
Limits & data boundaries
The Omni card documents implicit and Session caching. Explicit-cache availability is not established for this model.Source for Limits & data boundaries (opens in a new tab)
Cache reads, writes & storage
ChargeApplies toRate / unit
Cache read1Text tokens · Base tier$0.014 / 1M tokensPricing evidence (opens in a new tab)

Rate conditions

  1. Published Qwen3.8-Omni-Flash input/cache-hit/output token prices for this region and deployment scope. Text-only question estimates exclude audio/video/image tokens and tool charges. For media input, use the official tokenization rules and returned usage.

Observed 14 Oct 2026. Write rates and storage fees are different charges; use the billing rules above.

Caching reviewed 14 Oct 2026

Alibaba Model Studio · Japan (Tokyo) · Global

qwen3.8-omni-flash
Documented
Support evidence (opens in a new tab)
How it works
Automatic implicit cache; optional Responses Session cachingSource for How it works (opens in a new tab)
Minimum reusable input
1,024 shared-prefix tokens; eligibility does not guarantee a hitSource for Minimum reusable input (opens in a new tab)
Lifetime & refresh
Implicit entries are managed by the service; no fixed lifetime is guaranteed.Source for Lifetime & refresh (opens in a new tab)
How to enable it
Reuse an identical prefix. Responses Session cache is opt-in with x-dashscope-session-cache: enable; normal implicit caching remains automatic.Source for How to enable it (opens in a new tab)
Usage fields
Inspect prompt_tokens_details.cached_tokens for Chat Completions; API-specific usage fields distinguish cache reads and writes.Source for Usage fields (opens in a new tab)
Billing rules
Use the published cache-hit rate, not an assumed percentage discount. Responses Session caching uses the available cache mechanism.Source for Billing rules (opens in a new tab)
Limits & data boundaries
The Omni card documents implicit and Session caching. Explicit-cache availability is not established for this model.Source for Limits & data boundaries (opens in a new tab)
Cache reads, writes & storage
ChargeApplies toRate / unit
Cache read1Text tokens · Base tier$0.014 / 1M tokensPricing evidence (opens in a new tab)

Rate conditions

  1. Published Qwen3.8-Omni-Flash input/cache-hit/output token prices for this region and deployment scope. Text-only question estimates exclude audio/video/image tokens and tool charges. For media input, use the official tokenization rules and returned usage.

Observed 14 Oct 2026. Write rates and storage fees are different charges; use the billing rules above.

Caching reviewed 14 Oct 2026

Alibaba Model Studio · Germany (Frankfurt) · Global

qwen3.8-omni-flash
Documented
Support evidence (opens in a new tab)
How it works
Automatic implicit cache; optional Responses Session cachingSource for How it works (opens in a new tab)
Minimum reusable input
1,024 shared-prefix tokens; eligibility does not guarantee a hitSource for Minimum reusable input (opens in a new tab)
Lifetime & refresh
Implicit entries are managed by the service; no fixed lifetime is guaranteed.Source for Lifetime & refresh (opens in a new tab)
How to enable it
Reuse an identical prefix. Responses Session cache is opt-in with x-dashscope-session-cache: enable; normal implicit caching remains automatic.Source for How to enable it (opens in a new tab)
Usage fields
Inspect prompt_tokens_details.cached_tokens for Chat Completions; API-specific usage fields distinguish cache reads and writes.Source for Usage fields (opens in a new tab)
Billing rules
Use the published cache-hit rate, not an assumed percentage discount. Responses Session caching uses the available cache mechanism.Source for Billing rules (opens in a new tab)
Limits & data boundaries
The Omni card documents implicit and Session caching. Explicit-cache availability is not established for this model.Source for Limits & data boundaries (opens in a new tab)
Cache reads, writes & storage
ChargeApplies toRate / unit
Cache read1Text tokens · Base tier$0.014 / 1M tokensPricing evidence (opens in a new tab)

Rate conditions

  1. Published Qwen3.8-Omni-Flash input/cache-hit/output token prices for this region and deployment scope. Text-only question estimates exclude audio/video/image tokens and tool charges. For media input, use the official tokenization rules and returned usage.

Observed 14 Oct 2026. Write rates and storage fees are different charges; use the billing rules above.

Caching reviewed 14 Oct 2026

Alibaba Model Studio · US (Virginia) · Global

qwen3.8-omni-flash
Documented
Support evidence (opens in a new tab)
How it works
Automatic implicit cache; optional Responses Session cachingSource for How it works (opens in a new tab)
Minimum reusable input
1,024 shared-prefix tokens; eligibility does not guarantee a hitSource for Minimum reusable input (opens in a new tab)
Lifetime & refresh
Implicit entries are managed by the service; no fixed lifetime is guaranteed.Source for Lifetime & refresh (opens in a new tab)
How to enable it
Reuse an identical prefix. Responses Session cache is opt-in with x-dashscope-session-cache: enable; normal implicit caching remains automatic.Source for How to enable it (opens in a new tab)
Usage fields
Inspect prompt_tokens_details.cached_tokens for Chat Completions; API-specific usage fields distinguish cache reads and writes.Source for Usage fields (opens in a new tab)
Billing rules
Use the published cache-hit rate, not an assumed percentage discount. Responses Session caching uses the available cache mechanism.Source for Billing rules (opens in a new tab)
Limits & data boundaries
The Omni card documents implicit and Session caching. Explicit-cache availability is not established for this model.Source for Limits & data boundaries (opens in a new tab)
Cache reads, writes & storage
ChargeApplies toRate / unit
Cache read1Text tokens · Base tier$0.014 / 1M tokensPricing evidence (opens in a new tab)

Rate conditions

  1. Published Qwen3.8-Omni-Flash input/cache-hit/output token prices for this region and deployment scope. Text-only question estimates exclude audio/video/image tokens and tool charges. For media input, use the official tokenization rules and returned usage.

Observed 14 Oct 2026. Write rates and storage fees are different charges; use the billing rules above.

Caching reviewed 14 Oct 2026

What the measurements say

No benchmark observations have been added for this model. We do not turn a vendor description into a performance score.

Latency and throughput depend on the host, request size, reasoning settings and load. There is no measured speed or global usage figure in this record.

The record behind the model

Why it is included

Inference from release-specific Alibaba-managed API documentation and the reviewed official Qwen public-weight inventory. No matching weights are published for this named hosted release in that inventory. Public Qwen3.8-Flash-Next, Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95B and older Qwen-Omni checkpoints are separate identities and are excluded; this is not a blanket classification of the Qwen family.

Classification evidence (opens in a new tab)

Lifecycle dates

Platform release · Singapore / International17 Sept 2026Source (opens in a new tab)
Platform release · US (Virginia) / Global17 Sept 2026Source (opens in a new tab)
Platform release · China (Beijing)17 Sept 2026Source (opens in a new tab)
Platform release · Hong Kong (China) / Global17 Sept 2026Source (opens in a new tab)
Platform release · Germany (Frankfurt) / Global17 Sept 2026Source (opens in a new tab)
Platform release · Japan (Tokyo) / Global17 Sept 2026Source (opens in a new tab)

Sources reviewed