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Qwen3.8 Max now ranked as the best overall model by agentic index

403 points · 261 comments · apitman

  1. drnick1 · · focus · HN ↗
    Why does an open weights model cost nearly the same as GPT5.6? $1.14 vs $1.23 on the cost index. Since you can't presumably run this on your own hardware given the model size and hence gain other things like privacy, I don't see any reason to move away from GPT at this rate.
    1. ecocentrik · · focus · HN ↗
      Why should open weights correlate with cost? Cost correlates with the expense of running the model more than it does to the expense of developing the model.
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