Jamba Large 1.7 is the latest model in the Jamba open family, offering improvements in grounding, instruction-following, and overall efficiency. Built on a hybrid SSM-Transformer architecture with a 256K context...
Model details →AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 vs Qwen: Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B
Qwen: Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B is an open-weight sparse mixture-of-experts model from Qwen and the open-weight variant of [Qwen3.8 Max](/qwen/qwen3.8-max), with 95 billion active parameters out of 2.4 trillion total. It is...
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 | Qwen: Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 256K | 262K | 🏆 Qwen: Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $2.00 | $2.00 | Tie |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $8.00 | $6.00 | 🏆 Qwen: Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | — | — | Tie |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | — | Yes | 🏆 Qwen: Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B |
Frequently asked questions
Is AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 better than Qwen: Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B?
Qwen: Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 and Qwen: Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B?
Input: $2.00 vs $2.00 per 1M tokens. Output: $8.00 vs $6.00 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 and Qwen: Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B support?
AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 supports up to 256K tokens. Qwen: Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B supports up to 262K tokens.
Do both AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 and Qwen: Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B support tool calling?
AI21: Jamba Large 1.7: yes. Qwen: Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B: yes.