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Alibaba: Qwen3-Max-Thinking

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Qwen3-Max-Thinking is Alibaba’s proprietary AI model, released Jan 25, 2026. It costs $0.78/M input and $3.90/M output tokens, and handles a 262K-token context window.

Qwen3-Max-Thinking is the flagship reasoning model in the Qwen3 series, designed for high-stakes cognitive tasks that require deep, multi-step reasoning.

Context
262K
Input
$0.78 / 1M
Output
$3.90 / 1M
Released
Jan 25, 2026
Modalities
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Benchmarks

Scores on standardized evaluations. Higher is better — and rank shows where Qwen3-Max-Thinking lands among all models tracked on Model Beat.

51.0
Intelligence Index
Artificial Analysis
51st percentile of tracked models
55.0
Coding Index
Artificial Analysis
55th percentile of tracked models
40.0
Agentic Index
Artificial Analysis
40th percentile of tracked models

Reasoning

2 evals
GPQA Diamond86.1%

Graduate-level scientific reasoning

Humanity's Last Exam26.2%

Frontier of human expert knowledge

Coding

1 evals
SciCode43.1%

Scientific research coding

Agentic & Tools

1 evals
τ²-bench83.6%

Tool-agent-user reliability

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Frequently asked questions

What is Qwen3-Max-Thinking?

Qwen3-Max-Thinking is the flagship reasoning model in the Qwen3 series, designed for high-stakes cognitive tasks that require deep, multi-step reasoning.

Who created Qwen3-Max-Thinking?

Qwen3-Max-Thinking is an AI model developed by Alibaba, part of the Qwen family, released Jan 25, 2026.

How much does Qwen3-Max-Thinking cost?

Qwen3-Max-Thinking's list price from Alibaba is $0.78 per million input tokens and $3.90 per million output tokens.

What is Qwen3-Max-Thinking's context window?

Qwen3-Max-Thinking supports a context window of up to 262K tokens.

How does Qwen3-Max-Thinking perform on benchmarks?

On standardized evaluations tracked by Epoch AI, Qwen3-Max-Thinking scores 86.1% on GPQA Diamond, 26.2% on Humanity's Last Exam, 43.1% on SciCode.

Is Qwen3-Max-Thinking open source?

Qwen3-Max-Thinking is a proprietary model (API access), available through its provider's API rather than as a downloadable open-weight model.

Benchmark data from Epoch AI (CC BY) and Artificial Analysis; pricing, specs & descriptions from OpenRouter. Data updated Jul 30, 2026.