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 in September 2025, demonstrates a strong overall performance profile, particularly excelling in reliability with a perfect 100% success rate across all benchmarks, indicating exceptional stability. The model generally performs in the top tier for speed, ranking in the 63rd percentile, and offers moderate pricing, positioned at the 34th percentile. A key strength of Qwen3-Max is its remarkable accuracy in critical areas. It achieved perfect scores (100%) in Hallucinations, General Knowledge, Ethics, and Email Classification, often being the most accurate model at its price point and speed for these categories. This highlights its robust knowledge base and ability to avoid generating fabricated information. While its Mathematics, Reasoning, and Coding scores are strong (93.7%, 88.0%, and 90.6% respectively), they are not perfect, suggesting areas for potential refinement. A notable weakness appears in Instruction Following, where it scored 66.7%, placing it in the 74th percentile, indicating room for improvement in handling highly complex, multi-layered directives despite its description of following complex instructions more reliably. Its long context length of 256,000 tokens further enhances its utility for demanding applications.
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 | Strategy | Free | Executions | Accuracy | Cost | Duration |
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Other Models by qwen
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Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking | Oct 14, 2025 | 8B | 256K |
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★ | ★ | $$$$$ |
Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct | Oct 14, 2025 | 8B | 256K |
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★ | ★★ | $$$ |
Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking | Oct 06, 2025 | 30B | 262K |
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★ | ★★★ | $$$$ |
Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct | Oct 06, 2025 | 30B | 262K |
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— | — | $$$ |
Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking | Sep 23, 2025 | 235B | 131K |
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Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct | Sep 23, 2025 | 235B | 131K |
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★★★ | ★★★★★ | $$$ |
Qwen: Qwen3 Coder Plus | Sep 23, 2025 | ~480B | 128K |
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★★★★ | ★★★★ | $$$$ |
Qwen: Qwen3 Coder Flash | Sep 17, 2025 | — | 128K |
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★★★★ | ★★★ | $$$ |
Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking | Sep 11, 2025 | 80B | 262K |
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★ | ★★★★ | $$$$$ |
Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct | Sep 11, 2025 | 80B | 262K |
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★★★★ | ★★★★★ | $$$$ |
Qwen: Qwen Plus 0728 | Sep 08, 2025 | ~20B | 1M |
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★★★★★ | ★★★ | $$$ |
Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507 | Aug 28, 2025 | 30B | 262K |
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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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★★ | ★★★ | $$$ |
Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B | Apr 28, 2025 | 30B | 40K |
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★ | ★★★★★ | $$$$ |
Qwen: Qwen3 8B | Apr 28, 2025 | 8B | 128K |
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Qwen: Qwen3 14B | Apr 28, 2025 | 14B | 40K |
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★★ | ★★★ | $$$ |
Qwen: Qwen3 32B | Apr 28, 2025 | 32B | 40K |
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★ | ★★★★★ | $$$ |
Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B | Apr 28, 2025 | 235B | 40K |
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★ | ★★★★ | $$$$ |
Qwen: Qwen2.5 Coder 7B Instruct | Apr 15, 2025 | 7B | 32K |
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— | — | $ |
Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct | Mar 24, 2025 | 32B | 128K |
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★ | ★★★ | $$$ |
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 | — | 131K |
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★★★ | ★★★ | $$$$ |
Qwen: Qwen-Turbo | Feb 01, 2025 | — | 1M |
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★★★★★ | ★★★★ | $$ |
Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct | Feb 01, 2025 | 72B | 32K |
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★★★★ | ★★★★ | $$ |
Qwen: Qwen-Plus | Feb 01, 2025 | — | 131K |
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★★★★ | ★★★★ | $$$ |
Qwen: Qwen-Max | Feb 01, 2025 | — | 32K |
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★★★★ | ★★★★ | $$$$ |
Qwen: QwQ 32B Preview Unavailable | Nov 27, 2024 | 32B | 32K |
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— | ★ | $$ |
Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct | Nov 11, 2024 | ~500B | 32K |
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★★★★★ | ★★★★★ | $ |
Qwen: 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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★★★★ | ★★ | $$$$ |