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Qwen Max
alibaba·alibaba/qwen-max-2·GA·Closed·qwen series
Flagship Qwen model for complex reasoning, coding, and agentic workflows
At a glance
Official price$0.345 / $1.38 per 1M
Cache read — · Alibaba (China)
Lowest paid$0.345 / $1.38
Alibaba (China) First-party · 4.6× spread
Context131,072
⚠ Providers report 32,768–131,072; the table below is authoritative
Output limit8,192
Capabilities
Reasoning✓ Tool use✓ Structured output✓ TemperatureAttachments
⚠ Providers report capability flags inconsistently
Modalities
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Knowledge cutoff2024-04
Released / updated2024-04-03 / 2025-01-25
Quality & performance
Artificial Analysis doesn't cover this model (267 of 2059 have data). Quality data comes from independent evals covering widely used models.
Available at 5 providers5 with public prices
| Provider | Tier | Input | Output | Cache read | Cache write | Context | Output limit | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alibaba (China)Official qwen-max | First-party | $0.345 | $1.38 | — | — | 131,072 | 8,192 | |
| Ofox bailian/qwen-max | Gateway | $0.35 | $1.38 | $0.069 | — | 32,768 ⚠ | 8,192 | |
| AlibabaOfficial qwen-max | First-party | $1.60 | $6.40 | — | — | 32,768 ⚠ | 8,192 | |
| Eden AI qwen/qwen-max | Gateway | $1.60 | $6.40 | $0.32 | — | 32,768 ⚠ | 8,192 | |
| DevPass (LLM Gateway) qwen-max | Gateway | $1.60 | $6.40 | — | — | 32,768 ⚠ | 8,192 |
Sorted by blended price (input×0.75 + output×0.25) asc. The official channel always shows regardless of rank. Whether a gateway's low price is actually usable can't be verified.
Your usage cost
1Ofox$105.28
2Alibaba (China) · Official$137.85
3Eden AI$486.40
4Alibaba · Official$640.00
5DevPass (LLM Gateway)$640.00
Switch to Ofox to save $32.57/mo (24%)
Note: this is a gateway; verify availability and rate limits yourself.
Benchmark1 items
| Name | Conditions | Score | Metric | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aider Polyglot | — | 21.8 | percent correct | Source ↗ |
The same benchmark scores very differently across harness / dataset, so the qualifying conditions must be shown together.
Related models
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Price historyone sample accumulated per data sync
Input listOutput listMin blended