Alibaba (Qwen) · Released Nov 1, 2024Qwen Turbo
Efficient Qwen model for fast chat, extraction, and high-volume workloads.
- Capability
- —No ECI score yet
- Input
- $0.05per 1M tokens
- Output
- $0.20per 1M tokens
- Context
- 1M16K max output
What it costs
- Input
- $0.05per million tokens
- Output
- $0.20per million tokens
- Blended (3:1)
- $0.087cheaper than 92% of priced models
Typical monthly bills
| Monthly usage | Estimated cost |
|---|---|
| Side project2M input + 0.5M output tokens | $0.20 |
| Team assistant25M input + 5M output tokens | $2.25 |
| Production app250M input + 50M output tokens | $22.50 |
Official Alibaba API price, as listed on models.dev.
Independent benchmarks
Epoch AI has not published a Capabilities Index score for Qwen Turbo yet.
Scores from Epoch AI, run independently of Alibaba (Qwen).
The details
- Lab
- Alibaba (Qwen)
- Released
- Nov 1, 2024
- Knowledge cutoff
- Apr 2024
- Context window
- 1,000,000 tokens
- Max output
- 16,384 tokens
- Inputs
- Text
- Output
- Text
- Reasoning
- Thinking budget
- Tool calling
- Yes
- Structured output
- No
- Weights
- Proprietary
- API model ID
qwen-turboon Alibaba- Availability
- 3 API providerslisted on models.dev
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About Qwen Turbo
How much does Qwen Turbo cost?
Qwen Turbo costs $0.05 input / $0.20 output per million tokens (official Alibaba API price). At a 3:1 input-to-output mix that is $0.087 per million tokens, cheaper than 92% of the 360 priced models we track.
What is the context window of Qwen Turbo?
Qwen Turbo accepts up to 1,000,000 tokens per request and can write up to 16,384 tokens in one response.
How good is Qwen Turbo?
Epoch AI has not published a Capabilities Index score for Qwen Turbo yet. Epoch AI benchmark results: GPQA Diamond 41.8%, OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 6.1%.
Is Qwen Turbo open source?
No. Qwen Turbo is proprietary; you use it through Alibaba’s API or partner platforms.
What inputs does Qwen Turbo support?
Qwen Turbo accepts text and replies in text. It is a reasoning model, supports tool calling.
When was Qwen Turbo released?
Alibaba (Qwen) released Qwen Turbo on Nov 1, 2024. Its training data runs to Apr 2024.
What are the best alternatives to Qwen Turbo?
The closest current models from other labs on capability, price and release date are Gemma 3 12B IT (Google, ECI 123.5, $0.05 / $0.15), Claude Haiku 3.5 (Anthropic, ECI 127.2), GPT-4o mini (OpenAI, ECI 126.6, $0.15 / $0.60) and GLM-4.7-Flash (Z.ai (Zhipu), $0.06 / $0.40).