Qwen3 Max vs o3-pro
Too close to call on our weighted score (o3-pro 51, Qwen3 Max 50). The right pick depends on what you value most.
Too close to call
It is close. Our weighted score puts them within 2 points (o3-pro 51/100, Qwen3 Max 50/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: o3-pro for raw capability, Qwen3 Max on price and Qwen3 Max for long inputs. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.
- Capabilityo3-proCapabilities Index (ECI): o3-pro 147.4 · Qwen3 Max 142.4
- Lowest priceQwen3 MaxQwen3 Max $2.40 · o3-pro $35.00 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
- Longest contextQwen3 MaxQwen3 Max 262,144 · o3-pro 200,000 tokens
- Widest inputso3-proQwen3 Max: Text · o3-pro: Text, Images
- Self-hostingNo open weightsBoth are available only through APIs
| Measure | Weight | Qwen3 Max | o3-pro |
|---|---|---|---|
| CapabilityCapabilities Index (ECI) | 50% | 68 | 75 |
| Price | 25% | 32 | 0 |
| Inputs & features | 15% | 25 | 70 |
| Context window | 10% | 37 | 32 |
| Overall | 100% | 50/100 | 51/100 |
Every spec in one table
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| Specification |  Qwen3 MaxAlibaba (Qwen) |  o3-proOpenAI |
|---|---|---|
| Capability | ||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | 142.4 | 147.4 (best) |
| ECI rank | #91 of 148 | #60 of 148 (best) |
| GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions | 72.6% | — |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1–3Research-level mathematics | 19.0% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics | 73.3% | — |
| SimpleQA VerifiedShort factual questions | 48.8% | — |
| Price per million tokens | ||
| Input | $1.20 (best) | $20.00 |
| Output | $6.00 (best) | $80.00 |
| Cached input | — | — |
| Blended (3:1) | $2.40 (best) | $35.00 |
| Long-context rate | Same rate | Same rate |
| Price source | Official Alibaba API | Official OpenAI API |
| Limits | ||
| Context window | 262,144 tokens (best) | 200,000 tokens |
| Max output | 65,536 tokens | 100,000 tokens (best) |
| Inputs and features | ||
| Text | Yes | Yes |
| Images | No | Yes |
| PDFs | No | No |
| Audio | No | No |
| Video | No | No |
| Reasoning | No | Yeslow · medium · high |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes |
| Structured output | No | Yes |
| Availability | ||
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| API model ID | qwen3-max | o3-pro |
| API providers | 16 (best) | 6 |
| Released | Sep 23, 2025 | Jun 10, 2025 |
| Knowledge cutoff | Apr 2025 | May 2024 |
What would a month cost?
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- Qwen3 Max$24.00
- o3-pro$360.00
Which should you choose?
Which is better: Qwen3 Max or o3-pro?
It is close. Our weighted score puts them within 2 points (o3-pro 51/100, Qwen3 Max 50/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: o3-pro for raw capability, Qwen3 Max on price and Qwen3 Max for long inputs. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.
Which is cheaper, Qwen3 Max or o3-pro?
Qwen3 Max is cheaper at $1.20 input / $6.00 output per million tokens (official Alibaba API price). o3-pro costs $20.00 input / $80.00 output per million tokens (official OpenAI API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $2.40 per million tokens for Qwen3 Max versus $35.00 for o3-pro (15× as much).
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
o3-pro scores higher on the Capabilities Index (ECI): o3-pro 147.4 (#60 of 148) and Qwen3 Max 142.4 (#91 of 148). Their confidence ranges do not overlap (145.8–149.7 vs 140.0–144.6), so the gap is a real one.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Qwen3 Max and o3-pro yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, o3-pro 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 Max has the largest context window at 262,144 tokens, against 200,000 for o3-pro. Maximum output per response: Qwen3 Max up to 65,536, o3-pro up to 100,000 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
Qwen3 Max accepts text; o3-pro accepts text and images. o3-pro handles the widest range of inputs.
Are any of these open source?
No. Qwen3 Max and o3-pro are proprietary and only available through APIs and apps.
Which is newer?
Qwen3 Max is the newest, released Sep 23, 2025. o3-pro came out Jun 10, 2025. Knowledge cutoff: Qwen3 Max Apr 2025, o3-pro May 2024.
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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