Alibaba (Qwen) · Released Sep 23, 2025Qwen3 Max
Flagship Qwen3 model for coding agents, complex reasoning, and tool use.
- Capability
- 142.4ECI · #91 of 148
- Input
- $1.20per 1M tokens
- Output
- $6.00per 1M tokens
- Context
- 262K66K max output
What it costs
- Input
- $1.20per million tokens
- Output
- $6.00per million tokens
- Blended (3:1)
- $2.40pricier than 73% of priced models
Typical monthly bills
| Monthly usage | Estimated cost |
|---|---|
| Side project2M input + 0.5M output tokens | $5.40 |
| Team assistant25M input + 5M output tokens | $60.00 |
| Production app250M input + 50M output tokens | $600.00 |
Official Alibaba API price, as listed on models.dev.
Independent benchmarks
#91 of 148 scored models
The shaded band is Epoch AI’s confidence range (140.0–144.6); the tick marks the median scored model.
Scores from Epoch AI, run independently of Alibaba (Qwen).
The details
- Lab
- Alibaba (Qwen)
- Released
- Sep 23, 2025
- Knowledge cutoff
- Apr 2025
- Context window
- 262,144 tokens
- Max output
- 65,536 tokens
- Inputs
- Text
- Output
- Text
- Reasoning
- No
- Tool calling
- Yes
- Structured output
- No
- Weights
- Proprietary
- API model ID
qwen3-maxon Alibaba- Availability
- 16 API providerslisted on models.dev
What Alibaba (Qwen) claims
Published by the lab at launch. Settings vary, so compare these only with care.
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About Qwen3 Max
How much does Qwen3 Max cost?
Qwen3 Max costs $1.20 input / $6.00 output per million tokens (official Alibaba API price). At a 3:1 input-to-output mix that is $2.40 per million tokens, more expensive than 73% of the 360 priced models we track.
What is the context window of Qwen3 Max?
Qwen3 Max accepts up to 262,144 tokens per request and can write up to 65,536 tokens in one response.
How good is Qwen3 Max?
Epoch AI gives Qwen3 Max a Capabilities Index score of 142.4 (likely range 140.0–144.6), ranking it #91 of 148 models Epoch has scored. Epoch AI benchmark results: GPQA Diamond 72.6%, FrontierMath Tiers 1–3 19.0%, OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 73.3%, SimpleQA Verified 48.8%.
Is Qwen3 Max open source?
No. Qwen3 Max is proprietary; you use it through Alibaba’s API or partner platforms.
What inputs does Qwen3 Max support?
Qwen3 Max accepts text and replies in text. It is not a dedicated reasoning model, supports tool calling.
When was Qwen3 Max released?
Alibaba (Qwen) released Qwen3 Max on Sep 23, 2025. Its training data runs to Apr 2025.
What are the best alternatives to Qwen3 Max?
The closest current models from other labs on capability, price and release date are Claude Haiku 4.5 (Anthropic, ECI 142.4, $1.00 / $5.00), Mistral Medium 3.5 (Mistral AI, ECI 141.4, $1.50 / $7.50), Gemini 2.5 Pro (Google, ECI 145.3, $1.25 / $10.00) and GLM-4.7 (Z.ai (Zhipu), ECI 143.5, $0.60 / $2.20).