Author's Description
Qwen3-Max is an updated release built on the Qwen3 series, offering major improvements in reasoning, instruction following, multilingual support, and long-tail knowledge coverage compared to the January 2025 version. It delivers higher accuracy in math, coding, logic, and science tasks, follows complex instructions in Chinese and English more reliably, reduces hallucinations, and produces higher-quality responses for open-ended Q&A, writing, and conversation. The model supports over 100 languages with stronger translation and commonsense reasoning, and is optimized for retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and tool calling, though it does not include a dedicated “thinking” mode.
Key Specifications
Supported Parameters
This model supports the following parameters:
Features
This model supports the following features:
Performance Summary
Qwen3 Max, released by Qwen on September 5, 2025, demonstrates strong overall performance, particularly excelling in reliability. It consistently performs in the top tier for speed, ranking in the 65th percentile across six benchmarks, indicating efficient processing. Its pricing is moderate, positioned at the 40th percentile, offering a balanced cost-to-performance ratio. Notably, Qwen3 Max exhibits exceptional reliability with a 100% success rate across all benchmarks, meaning it consistently provides usable responses without technical failures. The model showcases remarkable accuracy in several key areas. It achieved perfect 100% accuracy in Email Classification, Ethics, and General Knowledge benchmarks, often being the most accurate model at its price point and speed. Its Reasoning capabilities are also very strong, scoring 90.9% accuracy. In Coding, it performed well with 90.6% accuracy, and it demonstrated solid Instruction Following at 66.7%. While no significant weaknesses were identified, its instruction following accuracy, though good, is not as high as its perfect scores in other categories. Overall, Qwen3 Max is a highly reliable and accurate model, particularly strong in knowledge, ethical reasoning, and classification tasks, making it well-suited for applications requiring high precision and dependable output.
Model Pricing
Current Pricing
Feature | Price (per 1M tokens) |
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Prompt | $1.2 |
Completion | $6 |
Input Cache Read | $0.24 |
Price History
Available Endpoints
Provider | Endpoint Name | Context Length | Pricing (Input) | Pricing (Output) |
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Alibaba
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Alibaba | qwen/qwen3-max | 256K | $1.2 / 1M tokens | $6 / 1M tokens |
Benchmark Results
Benchmark | Category | Reasoning | Free | Executions | Accuracy | Cost | Duration |
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★★ | ★★★★ | $$$$ |
Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct | Jul 31, 2025 | 30B | 262K |
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★★★★ | ★★ | $$ |
Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 | Jul 29, 2025 | 30B | 131K |
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★★★★ | ★★★★ | $$$ |
Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 | Jul 25, 2025 | 235B | 131K |
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★ | ★★★★ | $$$$$ |
Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B | Jul 22, 2025 | 480B | 1M |
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★★★ | ★★★ | $$$ |
Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 | Jul 21, 2025 | 235B | 262K |
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★ | ★★★ | $$$ |
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★ | ★★★★★ | $$$$ |
Qwen: Qwen3 8B | Apr 28, 2025 | 8B | 128K |
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★ | ★★★ | $$$ |
Qwen: Qwen3 14B | Apr 28, 2025 | 14B | 40K |
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★★ | ★★★★★ | $$$ |
Qwen: Qwen3 32B | Apr 28, 2025 | 32B | 40K |
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★ | ★★★★★ | $$$ |
Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B | Apr 28, 2025 | 235B | 40K |
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★ | ★★★★★ | $$$$ |
Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct | Mar 24, 2025 | 32B | 128K |
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★★ | ★★★ | $$$ |
Qwen: QwQ 32B | Mar 05, 2025 | 32B | 131K |
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★ | ★★★ | $$$ |
Qwen: Qwen VL Plus | Feb 04, 2025 | — | 7K |
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★★★★ | ★★ | $$$ |
Qwen: Qwen VL Max | Feb 01, 2025 | — | 7K |
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★★★★★ | ★★★ | $$$$ |
Qwen: Qwen-Turbo | Feb 01, 2025 | — | 1M |
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★★★★★ | ★★★★ | $$ |
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★★★★ | ★★★★ | $$ |
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★★★ | ★★★★ | $$$ |
Qwen: Qwen-Max | Feb 01, 2025 | — | 32K |
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★★★ | ★★★★ | $$$$ |
Qwen: QwQ 32B Preview | Nov 27, 2024 | 32B | 32K |
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— | ★ | $$ |
Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct | Nov 11, 2024 | ~500B | 32K |
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★★★★★ | ★★★★★ | $ |
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct | Oct 15, 2024 | ~500B | 32K |
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★ | ★★★ | $$ |
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct | Sep 18, 2024 | ~500B | 32K |
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★★★ | ★★★ | $$$ |
Qwen: Qwen2.5-VL 7B Instruct | Aug 27, 2024 | ~500B | 32K |
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★★★ | ★★★ | $$$ |
Qwen 2 72B Instruct Unavailable | Jun 06, 2024 | ~500B | 32K |
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★★★★ | ★★ | $$$$ |