Qwen3-Max
- In Input modalities: Text Out Output modalities: Text
- Reasoning
- Tool use
- Structured output
Prices
4 offerings · prices as listed| Conditions/ 1M tokens | Input | Cache read | Cache write | Output |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard no longer listed since Oct 11, 2026 | $1.20 | $0.24 | — | $6.00 |
| Explicit cache no longer listed since Oct 11, 2026 | — | $0.12 | $1.50 | — |
| Prompts over 32K tokens no longer listed since Oct 11, 2026 | $2.40 | $0.48 | — | $12.00 |
| Prompts over 128K tokens no longer listed since Oct 11, 2026 | $3.00 | $0.60 | — | $15.00 |
| Prompts over 32K tokensExplicit cache no longer listed since Oct 11, 2026 | — | $0.24 | $3.00 | — |
| Prompts over 128K tokensExplicit cache no longer listed since Oct 11, 2026 | — | $0.30 | $3.75 | — |
Prices from Qwen3 Max model (opens in a new tab) (checked Oct 5, 2026)
| Conditions/ 1M tokens | Input | Output |
|---|---|---|
| Standard no longer listed since Oct 11, 2026 | $1.20 | $6.00 |
| Prompts over 32K tokens no longer listed since Oct 11, 2026 | $2.40 | $12.00 |
| Prompts over 128K tokens no longer listed since Oct 11, 2026 | $3.00 | $15.00 |
Prices from Alibaba Cloud Model Studio pricing (opens in a new tab) (checked Oct 11, 2026)
| Conditions/ 1M tokens | Input | Cache read | Cache write | Output |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard no longer listed since Oct 11, 2026 | $0.359 | $0.072 | — | $1.434 |
| Explicit cache no longer listed since Oct 11, 2026 | — | $0.036 | $0.448 | — |
| Prompts over 32K tokens no longer listed since Oct 11, 2026 | $0.574 | — | — | $2.294 |
| Prompts over 128K tokens no longer listed since Oct 11, 2026 | $1.004 | — | — | $4.014 |
Prices from Qwen3 Max model (opens in a new tab) (checked Oct 5, 2026) · Alibaba Cloud Model Studio pricing (opens in a new tab) (checked Oct 11, 2026)
| Conditions/ 1M tokens | Input | Output |
|---|---|---|
| Standard no longer listed since Oct 11, 2026 | ¥2.50 | ¥10.00 |
| Prompts over 32K tokens no longer listed since Oct 11, 2026 | ¥4.00 | ¥16.00 |
| Prompts over 128K tokens no longer listed since Oct 11, 2026 | ¥7.00 | ¥28.00 |
Prices from 阿里云百炼：模型价格 (opens in a new tab) (checked Oct 4, 2026)
Standard: the price a request with no conditions pays (the headline price elsewhere on the site).
Details
- Max thinking budget
- 262.14K
- Knowledge cutoff
- Apr 2025
- Open weights
- —
- Family
- qwen-max
- Model ID
Not stated on Alibaba Qwen’s pages: max input, reasoning efforts, reasoning can be off, built-in tools, aliases.
Cited scores
From third-party leaderboards, not measured by us- Epoch Capabilities Index 142.5
#90 of 118 listed models · CI 140.4–144.7
- EQ-Bench Longform Writing 66.2
#47 of 92 listed models
Also listed: listed as Qwen3-Max-2025-09-05 50.8
- Epoch AI, 'Capabilities & benchmarking'. Published online at epoch.ai. Retrieved from 'https://epoch.ai/benchmarks'. Licensed CC BY 4.0. · License · as of Nov 5, 2026
- EQ-Bench by Samuel J. Paech (eqbench.com; EQ-bench/EQ-bench-site on GitHub), MIT License. · License · as of Oct 28, 2026
- changes we made
Changes
All changes →- Context window 256K → 262.14K
Sources
- Alibaba Cloud Model Studio pricing (opens in a new tab) alibabacloud.com · checked Oct 11, 2026
- 阿里云百炼：模型价格in Chinese (opens in a new tab) help.aliyun.com · checked Oct 4, 2026
- Text generation models - Qwen, DeepSeek, GLM | Model Studio - Alibaba Cloud Model Studio - Alibaba Cloud Documentation Center (opens in a new tab) docs.modelstudio.console.alibabacloud.com · checked Oct 10, 2026
- Qwen3 Max model (opens in a new tab) alibabacloud.com · checked Oct 5, 2026
- models.dev: qwen3-max (community data, MIT) (opens in a new tab) github.com · checked Sep 30, 2026
- qwen3.8-max (opens in a new tab) docs.modelstudio.console.alibabacloud.com · checked Oct 30, 2026
- 模型上下架与更新-大模型服务平台百炼-阿里云_大模型服务平台百炼(Model Studio)-大模型服务平台百炼(Model Studio)-阿里云帮助中心in Chinese (opens in a new tab) help.aliyun.com · checked Nov 7, 2026
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