Alibaba's Qwen3.8-Max Tops Global Agentic Index with 55.4, Surpassing Claude Opus 5 and GPT 5.6
Alibaba's Qwen3.8-Max has topped the Agentic Index with a score of 55.4, surpassing Claude Opus 5 and GPT 5.6 to rank first globally. The index, published by a third-party evaluation platform, measures AI's ability to call tools and solve complex problems, a key metric for professional applications. This achievement sets a new record for Chinese models, exceeding the previous best of 50.1 scored by Kimi K3. The result underscores the growing competitiveness of Chinese AI in agentic capabilities.
In the latest Agentic Index ranking, Alibaba's Qwen3.8-Max scored 55.4, surpassing Claude Opus 5 and GPT 5.6 to rank first globally. The index measures an AI's potential to call tools and solve complex problems, a key indicator for professional applications. The previous best score for a Chinese model in this field was 50.1, achieved by Kimi K3; Qwen3.8-Max has now broken that record.
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