# Qwen3.8 Max vs Gemini 4 Argon - AI Model Comparison

- Page: https://opencode.ai/data/compare/alibaba/qwen3-8-max/google/gemini-4-argon
- Updated: 2026-10-26T21:20:20.000Z

|  | Qwen3.8 Max | Gemini 4 Argon |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lab | Alibaba | Google |
| Context window | 1M | 1M |
| Max output | 131K | 66K |
| Input modalities | text, image, video, pdf | text, image, video, audio, pdf |
| Reasoning | Yes | Yes |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes |
| Open weights | No | No |
| Release date | 2026-08-03 | 2026-10-13 |
| Input price per 1M tokens | $2.00 | $2.00 |
| Output price per 1M tokens | $6.00 | $10.00 |
| Cached input price per 1M tokens | $0.25 | $0.10 |
| OpenCode tokens: past 2 months | 260B | 32B |
| Share of all tokens | 0.0% | 0% |
| Rank by tokens last week | #36 | #34 |
| Unique users | 120K | 6.9K |
| Weekly retention | 43.5% | - |

Model pages: [Qwen3.8 Max](https://opencode.ai/data/alibaba/qwen3-8-max.md), [Gemini 4 Argon](https://opencode.ai/data/google/gemini-4-argon.md)

## Methodology

- Updates: Aggregated every hour. Days and weeks use UTC.
- Tokens: Input, output, reasoning, and cached tokens for each request.
- Users and sessions: Approximate counts of distinct users and OpenCode sessions.
- Cost: Session cost is the average cost per OpenCode session. Token prices are list prices from the OpenCode model catalog.
- Retention: The share of a model's users in one week who use it again the next week.
- Citation: Cite OpenCode Data (opencode.ai/data) with the update time shown at the top of the page.