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Comparison · 2 models · Updated Oct 4, 2026

Qwen3.7 Plus vs Qwen3.7 Max

Qwen3.7 Plus comes out ahead, 70 to 58 on our weighted score, and it is the cheaper option too.

  1. Our pick

    Alibaba (Qwen)

    Qwen3.7 Plus

    Released Jun 2, 2026

    70/100
    • ECI147.4
    • Price$0.40 / $1.60
    • Context1M
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  2. Alibaba (Qwen)

    Qwen3.7 Max

    Released May 21, 2026

    58/100
    • ECI153.7
    • Price$2.50 / $7.50
    • Context1M
    Full specs Remove Qwen3.7 Max

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01 — Verdict

Qwen3.7 Plus is our pick

Qwen3.7 Plus is the better all-round choice, scoring 70/100 against Qwen3.7 Max (58). It leads on price and inputs & features. Qwen3.7 Max wins on capability. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.

  • CapabilityQwen3.7 MaxCapabilities Index (ECI): Qwen3.7 Max 153.7 · Qwen3.7 Plus 147.4
  • Lowest priceQwen3.7 PlusQwen3.7 Plus $0.70 · Qwen3.7 Max $3.75 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
  • Longest contextAbout the sameQwen3.7 Plus 1,000,000 · Qwen3.7 Max 1,000,000 tokens
  • Widest inputsQwen3.7 PlusQwen3.7 Plus: Text, Images, Video · Qwen3.7 Max: Text
  • Self-hostingNo open weightsBoth are available only through APIs
How the score is built
MeasureWeightQwen3.7 PlusQwen3.7 Max
CapabilityCapabilities Index (ECI)50%7583
Price25%5723
Inputs & features15%8035
Context window10%6060
Overall100%70/10058/100
02 — Side by side

Every spec in one table

Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.

Qwen3.7 Plus vs Qwen3.7 Max specifications side by side
SpecificationQwen3.7 PlusAlibaba (Qwen)Qwen3.7 MaxAlibaba (Qwen)
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)147.4153.7 (best)
ECI rank#61 of 148#37 of 148 (best)
GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions87.9%90.9% (best)
FrontierMath Tiers 1–3Research-level mathematics34.4%64.6% (best)
OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics93.3%95.6% (best)
SWE-bench VerifiedFixing real GitHub issues—77.3%
SimpleQA VerifiedShort factual questions—55.8%
Price per million tokens
Input$0.40 (best)$2.50
Output$1.60 (best)$7.50
Cached input$0.04 (best)$0.50
Blended (3:1)$0.70 (best)$3.75
Long-context rateOver 256K: $1.20 / $4.80Same rate
Price sourceOfficial Alibaba APIOfficial Alibaba API
Limits
Context window1,000,000 tokens1,000,000 tokens
Max output64,000 tokens65,536 tokens (best)
Inputs and features
TextYesYes
ImagesYesNo
PDFsNoNo
AudioNoNo
VideoYesNo
ReasoningYesYes
Tool callingYesYes
Structured outputYesNo
Availability
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
API model IDqwen3.7-plusqwen3.7-max
API providers2526 (best)
ReleasedJun 2, 2026May 21, 2026
Knowledge cutoffApr 2025—
03 — Cost

What would a month cost?

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  • Qwen3.7 Plus$7.20
  • Qwen3.7 Max$40.00
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: Qwen3.7 Plus or Qwen3.7 Max?

Qwen3.7 Plus is the better all-round choice, scoring 70/100 against Qwen3.7 Max (58). It leads on price and inputs & features. Qwen3.7 Max wins on capability. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.

Which is cheaper, Qwen3.7 Plus or Qwen3.7 Max?

Qwen3.7 Plus is cheaper at $0.40 input / $1.60 output per million tokens (official Alibaba API price). Qwen3.7 Max costs $2.50 input / $7.50 output per million tokens (official Alibaba API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.70 per million tokens for Qwen3.7 Plus versus $3.75 for Qwen3.7 Max (5.4× as much).

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

Qwen3.7 Max scores higher on the Capabilities Index (ECI): Qwen3.7 Max 153.7 (#37 of 148) and Qwen3.7 Plus 147.4 (#61 of 148). Their confidence ranges do not overlap (151.9–156.0 vs 145.7–148.9), so the gap is a real one. On individual benchmarks: GPQA Diamond — Qwen3.7 Max 90.9%, Qwen3.7 Plus 87.9%; FrontierMath Tiers 1–3 — Qwen3.7 Max 64.6%, Qwen3.7 Plus 34.4%; OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 — Qwen3.7 Max 95.6%, Qwen3.7 Plus 93.3%.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Qwen3.7 Plus yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, Qwen3.7 Max leads, which tends to carry over to coding, but test on your own codebase. Both support tool calling for agent workflows.

Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen3.7 Plus and Qwen3.7 Max share the same 1,000,000-token context window. Maximum output per response: Qwen3.7 Plus up to 64,000, Qwen3.7 Max up to 65,536 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

Qwen3.7 Plus accepts text, images and video; Qwen3.7 Max accepts text. Qwen3.7 Plus handles the widest range of inputs.

Are any of these open source?

No. Qwen3.7 Plus and Qwen3.7 Max are proprietary and only available through APIs and apps.

Which is newer?

Qwen3.7 Plus is the newest, released Jun 2, 2026. Qwen3.7 Max came out May 21, 2026. Knowledge cutoff: Qwen3.7 Plus Apr 2025.

How do you decide the winner?

Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Oct 4, 2026.

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