Qwen3 Max Thinking (Preview)

Nov 2025
Qwen3 Max Thinking (Preview)
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—per task?
API price not publicprice
—output speed?
262Kcontext

Ranking?

Strong at

B
Tool calling#68 of 242Reasoning#159 of 336Science#131 of 312Long context#153 of 314Instructions#105 of 245
C
Knowledge#172 of 320

Alternatives?

ModelScoreCostPer taskWhat changes
BetterGPT-6 Lunalow+32%—$0.005Function calling only with none · Chat Completions+3OpenMiMo v2.6 Prothinking×2.8—$0.13Pass back reasoning_content+3BetterGPT-5.6 Lunalow+29%—$0.01BetterClaude Haiku 5.5low+81%—$0.024Remove sampling parameters+5BetterLing 3.0 FlashthinkingOpen+24%—$0.028

History

2 versions
16182022Jan 26Release dateAA Intelligence Index 4.3.2PreviewQwen3 Max Thinking
16182022Jan 26Release dateAA Intelligence Index 4.3.2Preview

Benchmarks

all categories
Chat & Knowledge
Humanity's Last Exam12.7#160
AA Omniscience Index-39.1#173
CritPt (physics)0#182
AA Intelligence Index 4.3.2≈16.3#140
AA Omniscience · Accuracy27.4#94
AA Omniscience · Hallucination Rate91.5#270
AA-LCR (long context) 1.162#154
GPQA Diamond77.6#132
AIME 2025 · AA archived82.3#39
Coding
Terminal-Bench Hard (version unstated)17.4#100
LiveCodeBench · AA archived53.5#81
Agents & Tool Use
τ²-bench · AA83.6#70
Writing & Language
IFBench (instructions)53.8#105

FAQ

How much does Qwen3 Max Thinking (Preview) cost?›

There is no per-unit API price: API price not public.

Is Qwen3 Max Thinking (Preview) free to use?›

There is no free API.

How good is Qwen3 Max Thinking (Preview), and what is it best at?›

#159 of 336 in Chat & Knowledge, #99 of 239 in Coding, #68 of 242 in Agents & Tool Use, #105 of 245 in Writing & Language.

Is Qwen3 Max Thinking (Preview) better than Ring 2.6 1T?›

On AA Intelligence Index 4.3.2, Qwen3 Max Thinking (Preview) scores 16.3 vs 16.6 — about the same.

What is the context window of Qwen3 Max Thinking (Preview)?›

262K tokens.

When was Qwen3 Max Thinking (Preview) released? Is there a newer version?›

Released 2025-11-03. It has been superseded by Qwen3 Max Thinking.

Is Qwen3 Max Thinking (Preview) open source?›

No, Qwen3 Max Thinking (Preview) is a closed model available through an API. The closest open-weights option here is MiMo v2.6 Pro.

Can Qwen3 Max Thinking (Preview) read images?›

No, it accepts text only.

What is Qwen3 Max Thinking (Preview)?›

Qwen3 Max Thinking (Preview) is a closed language model from Alibaba (Qwen), released Nov 2025.

What are the best alternatives to Qwen3 Max Thinking (Preview)?›

GPT-6 Luna (better), MiMo v2.6 Pro (open weights).