Author's Description
Qwen3-Max-Thinking is the flagship reasoning model in the Qwen3 series, designed for high-stakes cognitive tasks that require deep, multi-step reasoning. By significantly scaling model capacity and reinforcement learning compute, it delivers major gains in factual accuracy, complex reasoning, instruction following, alignment with human preferences, and agentic behavior.
Key Specifications
Supported Parameters
This model supports the following parameters:
Features
This model supports the following features:
Performance Summary
Qwen3 Max Thinking, released by qwen in February 2026, is positioned as a flagship reasoning model for complex cognitive tasks. It demonstrates competitive response times, ranking in the 41st percentile for speed across benchmarks. Its pricing is moderate, falling into the 27th percentile. A standout feature is its exceptional reliability, achieving a perfect 100% success rate across all evaluated benchmarks, indicating consistent and usable responses. The model exhibits significant strengths in several key areas. It achieves perfect accuracy in Hallucinations (Baseline) and Ethics (Baseline), indicating strong alignment with factual integrity and ethical principles, often at competitive price points and speeds. Its performance in Coding (96.0% accuracy, 97th percentile) and Mathematics (96.0% accuracy, 93rd percentile) is particularly impressive, showcasing advanced capabilities in these technical domains. While its Instruction Following (70.0% accuracy, 74th percentile) and Reasoning (88.0% accuracy, 69th percentile) are solid, its General Knowledge (84.5% accuracy, 23rd percentile) is a relative weakness, suggesting room for improvement in breadth of factual recall. Overall, Qwen3 Max Thinking excels in tasks requiring deep reasoning and precision, making it well-suited for high-stakes applications.
Model Pricing
Current Pricing
| Feature | Price (per 1M tokens) |
|---|---|
| Prompt | $0.78 |
| Completion | $3.9 |
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-thinking-20260123 | 262K | $0.78 / 1M tokens | $3.9 / 1M tokens |
Benchmark Results
| Benchmark | Category | Reasoning | Strategy | Free | Executions | Accuracy | Cost | Duration |
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| Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct | Oct 14, 2025 | 8B | 131K |
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| Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct | Oct 06, 2025 | 30B | 131K |
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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 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 Coder 480B A35B (exacto) Unavailable | Jul 22, 2025 | 480B | 262K |
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| Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 | Jul 21, 2025 | 235B | 262K |
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| Qwen: Qwen3 4B Unavailable | Apr 30, 2025 | 4B | 131K |
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| Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B | Apr 28, 2025 | 30B | 40K |
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