Command R (08-2024) vs Qwen3.8 Max Prime

Price, context window & benchmark comparison

Command R (08-2024)

Cohere

$0.15 / $0.60

Input / Output · per 1M tokens

Qwen3.8 Max Prime

Qwen (Alibaba)

$4.00 / $12.00

Input / Output · per 1M tokens

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Verdict: Command R (08-2024) is 22.9× cheaper than Qwen3.8 Max Prime on a typical 3:1 input/output mix. Qwen3.8 Max Prime has the larger context window (1M vs 128K).

	Command R (08-2024)	Qwen3.8 Max Prime
Input price / 1M	$0.15	$4.00
Output price / 1M	$0.60	$12.00
Blended price (3:1)	$0.26	$6.00
Cached input / 1M	—	$0.50
Context window	128K	1M
Max output	4K	131K
Intelligence index	—	—
Coding index	—	—
Providers	—	1
Best provider uptime (30m)	—	100.0%
Vision input	No	Yes
Reasoning	No	Yes
Tool calling	Yes	Yes
Released	2024-08-30	2026-09-23
Retirement	—	—

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Input tokens / requestOutput tokens / requestRequests / day

FAQ

Which is cheaper, Command R (08-2024) or Qwen3.8 Max Prime?

Command R (08-2024) is 22.9× cheaper than Qwen3.8 Max Prime on a typical 3:1 input/output mix.

Command R (08-2024) vs Qwen3.8 Max Prime: which has a bigger context window?

Command R (08-2024): 128,000 tokens. Qwen3.8 Max Prime: 1,000,000 tokens.

How much would 1 million requests cost?

At 2,000 input + 500 output tokens per request: Command R (08-2024) ≈ $600.00, Qwen3.8 Max Prime ≈ $14,000.

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