Qwen 3
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Benchmarks of Qwen 313
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ModelScoreCostPer taskWhat changes
BetterGPT-6 Lunamaxwins 52%—$0.068Function calling only with none · Chat Completions+3
OpenKimi K3maxwins 60%—$2.00Sampling parameters are fixed+3BetterGPT-5.6 Lunaxhighwins 52%—$0.085BetterGPT-5.6 Terraxhighwins 55%—$0.63Prompts with >272K input tokensBetterGPT-6.1 Solmaxwins 59%—$0.72Remove unsupported parameters+5ModelScoreCostPer taskWhat changes
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ModelScoreCostPer taskWhat changes
GPT-6 Lunamaxwins 52%—$0.068Function calling only with none · Chat Completions+3GPT-5.6 Lunaxhighwins 52%—$0.085GPT-5.6 Terraxhighwins 55%—$0.63Prompts with >272K input tokensGPT-6.1 Solmaxwins 59%—$0.72Remove unsupported parameters+5GPT-6 Solmaxwins 56%—$1.04ModelScoreCostPer taskWhat changes
Kimi K3maxOpenwins 60%—$2.00Sampling parameters are fixed+3
GLM 5.2maxOpenwins 59%—$1.28GLM 5.3maxOpenwins 59%—$2.01Reasoning cannot be disabled+3GLM 5unstatedOpenwins 58%—$1 / $3.20GLM 5.1unstatedOpenwins 58%—$1.40 / $4.40ModelScoreCostPer taskWhat changes
Qwen 3.7 Max Previewwins 57%—$2.50 / $7.50Qwen3.6 Max Previewunstatedwins 56%—$1.30 / $7.80Include the word JSON · QwenCloudQwen3.7 Plusunstatedwins 55%—$0.32 / $1.28Qwen3.6 Plusunstatedsame—$0.50 / $3Qwen3.5 397B A17BunstatedOpensame—$0.60 / $3.60Qwen3 Max (Preview)unstatedsame—$0.87 / $3.48Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507unstatedOpenwins 47%—$0.23 / $2.30No strict JSONQwen3.8 27BunstatedOpenwins 46%—$0.42 / $2.55max_tokens range · QwenCloud+4All Alibaba (Qwen) models →Run it yourself
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Benchmarks
all categoriesChat & Knowledge
Arena Text · overall1,423#80
Arena Text · Chinese1,431.9#96
Arena Text · English1,418.2#88
Arena Text · German1,437.1#50
Arena Text · instruction following1,398.1#88
Arena Text · Korean1,375.7#65
Arena Text · non-English1,400.2#86
Arena Text · Polish1,393.8#78
Arena Text · Russian1,415.5#69
Arena Text · Spanish1,420.8#75
Writing & Language
Arena Text · creative writing1,393#74
FAQ
How much does Qwen 3 cost?›
There is no per-unit API price: API price not public.
Is Qwen 3 free to use?›
There is no free API. The weights are open, so you can run it yourself.
How good is Qwen 3, and what is it best at?›
#88 of 205 in Chat & Knowledge, #79 of 197 in Writing & Language.
Is Qwen 3 better than Qwen3 Max (Preview)?›
On Arena Text · creative writing, Qwen 3 scores 1,393 vs 1,393 — about the same.
Is Qwen 3 open source?›
Yes, the weights are open.
Can I run Qwen 3 locally?›
The weights are open and can be self-hosted; hardware needs are not confirmed yet.
Can Qwen 3 read images?›
No, it accepts text only.
What is Qwen 3?›
Qwen 3 is an open-weights language model from Alibaba (Qwen).
What are the best alternatives to Qwen 3?›
GPT-6 Luna (better), Kimi K3 (open weights).