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Alibaba QwenOpen weightsPrimary source

Alibaba opens Qwen3.8-Max as a 2.4-trillion-parameter download

The open version is text-only and requires thinking mode. Providers earning more than $50 million in 12 months need a commercial license.

Why it matters: This is the largest open-weight download in this report, nearly 4.9 TB.

Parameters
2.45T total (HF metadata)
Active per token
95B
Weights size
4,892 GB (HF repo)
Context
262,144 native, extensible to 1,010,000
License
Custom: Qwen3.8-Max, with a $50M revenue threshold
BenchmarkScoreTypeMeasured or published by
Terminal Bench 2.186.6Self-reportedQwen
DeepSWE 1.156.6Self-reportedQwen
HLE with tools56.2Self-reportedQwen

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