Qwen: Qwen VL Max
Analysis Summary
Qwen VL Max is a multimodal model from Alibaba's Qwen family, released February 2025, supporting vision, tool use, and function calling with a 131K context window. The breadth of modality and tool capabilities is a positive signal for business versatility, but no benchmark data is available to verify performance.
For businesses, the combination of image understanding and tool use could support workflows involving visual content analysis, structured data extraction, or API-integrated pipelines. However, without measured reasoning or instruction-following scores, these remain theoretical advantages.
At $0.52 input and $2.08 output per million tokens, pricing is moderate. A -4 point regional penalty applies. This model is best treated as an experimental option until independent benchmarks confirm its capability relative to verified alternatives.
Assessed June 6, 2026
Editorial notes
Qwen VL Max combines vision, tool use, and function calling with a 131K context window, but no benchmark data limits confidence in its real-world reasoning or content quality.
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Performance Profile
How Qwen: Qwen VL Max compares
Its 131K-token context window is larger than 59% of the models we list. At $0.52 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 33% of comparable models.
About Qwen: Qwen VL Max
Qwen VL Max is a visual understanding model with 7500 tokens context length. It excels in delivering optimal performance for a broader spectrum of complex tasks.
Capabilities
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Model Information
| OpenRouter ID |
qwen/qwen-vl-max
|
| Provider | qwen |
| Release Date | February 1, 2025 |
| Context Length | 131,072 tokens |
| Max Completion | 32,768 tokens |
| Status | Active |
Pricing
| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.52 | $0.000520 |
| Output | $2.08 | $0.002080 |
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Frequently asked questions about Qwen: Qwen VL Max
How much does Qwen: Qwen VL Max cost?
Qwen: Qwen VL Max costs $0.52 per million input tokens and $2.08 per million output tokens.
What is the context window of Qwen: Qwen VL Max?
Qwen: Qwen VL Max has a context window of 131,072 tokens (131K).
What can Qwen: Qwen VL Max do?
Qwen: Qwen VL Max supports image/vision input, tool use, and function calling.
Who created Qwen: Qwen VL Max?
Qwen: Qwen VL Max is developed by Qwen and was released on February 1, 2025.
