Qwen3 Max Thinking pricing & price history
Qwen3 Max Thinking by Qwen (Alibaba) costs $0.78 per 1M input tokens and $3.90 per 1M output tokens, with a 262K token context window.
Price history
No price changes since tracking began on 2026-09-24. We check hourly.
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About Qwen3 Max Thinking
Qwen3-Max-Thinking is the flagship reasoning model in the Qwen3 series, designed for high-stakes cognitive tasks that require deep, multi-step reasoning. By significantly scaling model capacity and reinforcement learning compute, it...
FAQ
How much does Qwen3 Max Thinking cost?
Qwen3 Max Thinking by Qwen (Alibaba) costs $0.78 per 1M input tokens and $3.90 per 1M output tokens, with a 262K token context window. A typical request with 2,000 input and 500 output tokens costs about $0.0035.
What is the context window of Qwen3 Max Thinking?
Qwen3 Max Thinking supports up to 262,144 tokens of context and up to 65,536 output tokens per request.
Has Qwen3 Max Thinking’s price changed?
No price changes recorded since ModelBank started tracking it on 2026-09-24.
Is Qwen3 Max Thinking being deprecated?
No retirement date has been announced for Qwen3 Max Thinking as of 2026-09-24.
What are cheaper alternatives to Qwen3 Max Thinking?
Cheaper options include Nemotron 3.5 Lightning ($0.08/$0.20), DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 ($0.04/$0.32), Ministral 3 8B 2512 ($0.15/$0.15), Llama 4 Scout ($0.10/$0.30).