Qwen: Qwen3 Max
Analysis Summary
Qwen: Qwen3 Max comes from Qwen. It was released in September 2025. We place it in the Professional tier, where it sits at #10 of 565 models overall. For raw reasoning ability it ranks #103 of 374, putting it in the upper half for overall intelligence.
On coding it ranks #103 of 311, a reasonable fit for everyday development support. It also ranks #99 of 286 for agentic, multi-step tasks ā the autonomous, tool-driven workflows that underpin business automation. Its 262K-token context window is larger than 81% of the models we list, suiting long documents, large codebases, and retrieval-heavy workloads. Crucially for business adoption, Qwen: Qwen3 Max combines tool use, function calling, and step-by-step reasoning in a single model, letting teams consolidate several use cases instead of stitching together multiple services.
At $0.780 input and $3.90 output per 1M tokens, Qwen: Qwen3 Max is mid-market priced. Qwen: Qwen3 Max is a dependable pick for businesses that need strong, well-rounded performance without paying frontier prices.
Editorial notes
Qwen3 Max delivers solid reasoning and coding with tool use and a 262K context, but pricing is high relative to its benchmark tier and adoption outside specialist deployments is limited.
Assessed May 31, 2026
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Performance Profile
How Qwen: Qwen3 Max compares
Qwen: Qwen3 Max ranks #103 of 374 AI models we track for overall intelligence, #103 of 311 for coding, #99 of 286 for agentic tasks. Its 262K-token context window is larger than 81% of the models we list. At $0.78 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 27% of comparable models.
About Qwen: Qwen3 Max
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..
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Model Information
| OpenRouter ID |
qwen/qwen3-max
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| Provider | qwen |
| Release Date | September 23, 2025 |
| Context Length | 262,144 tokens |
| Max Completion | 32,768 tokens |
| Status | Active |
Pricing
| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.78 | $0.000780 |
| Output | $3.90 | $0.003900 |
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Frequently asked questions about Qwen: Qwen3 Max
How much does Qwen: Qwen3 Max cost?
Qwen: Qwen3 Max costs $0.78 per million input tokens and $3.90 per million output tokens.
What is the context window of Qwen: Qwen3 Max?
Qwen: Qwen3 Max has a context window of 262,144 tokens (262K).
Is Qwen: Qwen3 Max good for coding?
On our coding benchmark index, Qwen: Qwen3 Max ranks #103 of 311 models, placing it in the broader range of the field for code generation and debugging.
What can Qwen: Qwen3 Max do?
Qwen: Qwen3 Max supports tool use and function calling.
Who created Qwen: Qwen3 Max?
Qwen: Qwen3 Max is developed by Qwen and was released on September 23, 2025.
