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Qwen3 Max Thinking
alibaba·alibaba/qwen3-max-thinking·GA·Closed·qwen series
Qwen reasoning model for deliberate problem solving, math, and coding
At a glance
Reference price$1.20 / $6.00 per 1M
Cache read $0.24 · Vercel AI Gateway
Lowest paid$0.78 / $3.90
OpenRouter Gateway · 1.5× spread
Context256,000
⚠ Providers report 256,000–262,144; the table below is authoritative
Output limit65,536
Capabilities
✓ Reasoning✓ Tool use✓ Structured output✓ TemperatureAttachments
⚠ Providers report capability flags inconsistently
Modalities
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Knowledge cutoff2025-01-01
Released / updated2026-01-23 / 2026-02-09
Quality & performanceArtificial Analysis · Intelligence Index v4.1
Intelligence32.5
Value21
Coding—
Agentic—
Output speed—
TTFT—
Value formulaIQ 32.5 ÷ min blended $1.560 = 21
Reasoning tier → intelligence / speed (higher tier = stronger but slower)
PreviewIQ 25.5 · 56 tok/s
defaultIQ 32.5
Quality is independently evaluated by Artificial Analysis. Speed/latency are model-level medians.
Available at 3 providers3 with public prices
| Provider | Tier | Input | Output | Cache read | Cache write | Context | Output limit | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenRouter | Gateway | $0.78 tiered >32K: $1.56 · >128K: $1.95 | $3.90 | — | — | 262,144 ⚠ | 65,536 | |
| ZenMux qwen/qwen3-max | Gateway | $1.20 | $6.00 | — | — | 256,000 | 64,000 | |
| Vercel AI Gateway | Cloud | $1.20 | $6.00 | $0.24 | — | 256,000 | 65,536 |
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
1OpenRouter$351.00
2Vercel AI Gateway$424.80
3ZenMux$540.00
The cheapest paid channel is the only channel.
Benchmark
No upstream benchmark data for this model. For quality, see the Artificial Analysis intelligence score above.
Reasoning control
budget_tokens ≥ 1 ≤ 81,920
1 / 3 providers expose no reasoning control (reasoning_options: []).
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Price historyone sample accumulated per data sync
Input listOutput listMin blended