Qwen3 Max pricing & benchmarks
Qwen3 Max is available from Alibaba at $0.780 per million input tokens and $3.90 per million output tokens ($1.56 blended at 3:1). It accepts up to 262,144 tokens of context. Qwen3-Max is an updated release built on the Qwen3 series, offering major improvements in reasoning, instruction following, multilingual support, and long-tail knowledge coverage compared to the January 2025 version. It...
Pricing
Per million tokens · OpenRouter
Input$0.780
Output$3.90
Blended (3:1)$1.56
Specification
qwen/qwen3-max
Context window262K
Max output66K
ReleasedSep 2025
LicenceProprietary
Modalitiesin:text, out:text
Benchmarks
Independently run — not vendor self-reports. Every score links its source.
| Benchmark | Score | Config | Run | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 72.6% ±2.7 | — | 2025-10-06 | Independently run · Epoch AI |
| SimpleQA Verified | 67.5% ±1.5 | — | 2025-12-10 | Independently run · Epoch AI |
| OTIS Mock AIME | 73.3% ±5.9 | — | 2025-10-06 | Independently run · Epoch AI |
Scores published by Epoch AI, 'AI Benchmarking Hub', used under CC BY 4.0.
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| Model | Provider | Blended $/1M | GPQA Diamond | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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FAQ
How much does Qwen3 Max cost?
Qwen3 Max costs $0.780 per million input tokens and $3.90 per million output tokens on OpenRouter. At a 3:1 input:output mix that blends to $1.56 per million tokens.
What is Qwen3 Max's context window?
Qwen3 Max accepts up to 262,144 tokens of context, and can generate up to 65,536 output tokens.
How good is Qwen3 Max on benchmarks?
Qwen3 Max scores 72.6% on GPQA Diamond, independently run and published by Epoch AI. 3 benchmark results are listed on this page, each with its run date and source.
Is there a cheaper model as good as Qwen3 Max?
Yes — 5 models in our catalogue cost less per token than Qwen3 Max and score at least as high on the same benchmark. The cheapest is gpt-oss-120b at $0.070 per million tokens blended.