In short
How they differ.
Worked out from the figures below. Prices and specs are the makers' own, read Oct 20, 2026.
- Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95B can be downloaded and run on your own machine; Claude Mythos 5.1 can't.
- No independent board we follow ranks both models yet.
Side by side
The specs.
| Claude Mythos 5.1 | Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95B | |
|---|---|---|
| Made by | Anthropic · US | Alibaba (Qwen) · China |
| Released | Sep 1, 2026 | Aug 8, 2026 |
| Price per 1M tokens | No public price | Free to download; hosts set prices |
| Context window | Not stated | 262K |
| Takes in | Not stated | text |
| Download and run it yourself | No | Yes (qwen3.8-max (license tag shown on Hugging Face)) |
| Size | Not published | 2.4T parameters, 95B active |
| Maker says | “Our most capable model for cybersecurity and biology research.” | “For the first time, Qwen3.8 brings a Qwen-Max-class model to open release.” |
| Sources | Prices, Oct 20, 2026 · Description | Prices, Oct 11, 2026 · Description |
Independent tests
Where they place.
None of the boards we follow lists either model yet.
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