Qwen3 Max Thinking (Preview)
Nov 2025
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Benchmarks of Qwen3 Max Thinking (Preview)13
BenchmarkByScoreRank
Overall1
Knowledge4
Science2
Coding1
Documents1
Legacy · saturated or no longer reported4
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—per task?
API price not publicprice
—output speed?
262Kcontext
Ranking?
Alternatives?
ModelScoreCostPer taskWhat changes
BetterGPT OSS 20BhighOpen+9%—$0.011Context: 262K → 131K
OpenDeepSeek V3.2 Specialethinking+17%——Context: 262K → 128K
BetterNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BthinkingOpen+11%—$0.017Context: 262K → 131KBetterGPT-5 Minihigh+10%—$0.053BetterQwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507thinkingOpen+11%—$0.08ModelScoreCostPer taskWhat changes
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ModelScoreCostPer taskWhat changes
GPT OSS 20BhighOpen+9%—$0.011Context: 262K → 131KNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BthinkingOpen+11%—$0.017Context: 262K → 131KGPT-5 Minihigh+10%—$0.053Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507thinkingOpen+11%—$0.08GPT OSS 120BhighOpen+13%—$0.11Context: 262K → 131KModelScoreCostPer taskWhat changes
DeepSeek V3.2 SpecialethinkingOpen+17%——Context: 262K → 128K
GLM 4.7thinkingOpen+15%—$0.60 / $2.20Context: 262K → 203K
Kimi K2 ThinkingthinkingOpen+15%—$0.47 / $2Context: 262K → 256KGPT OSS 120BhighOpen+13%—$0.11Context: 262K → 131KNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BthinkingOpen+11%—$0.017Context: 262K → 131KModelScoreCostPer taskWhat changes
Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507thinkingOpen+11%—$0.08Qwen3 VL 32B (Reasoning)Open+3%—$0.20 / $1.50Context: 262K → 256KQwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingthinkingOpen+2%—$0.50 / $6Qwen3 4B 2507 (Reasoning)Opensame—$0.40 / $0.80Qwen3 VL 30B A3B ThinkingthinkingOpensame—$0.29 / $0.99Context: 262K → 256KQwen3 Maxnon-thinking-2%—$1.20 / $6Qwen3 Max (Preview)non-thinking-9%—$0.87 / $3.48Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B (Reasoning)Open-10%—$0.25 / $0.97Context: 262K → 66KAll Alibaba (Qwen) models →Benchmarks
all categoriesChat & 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
GPQA Diamond77.6#132
AIME 2025 · AA archived82.3#39
Coding
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 Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking?›
On AIME 2025 · AA archived, Qwen3 Max Thinking (Preview) scores 82.3 vs 82.3 — 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 DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale.
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 OSS 20B (better), DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale (open weights).