# Qwen3 Max — price & specs

Source: https://modelbank.ai/models/qwen3-max · updated 2026-11-12 · ModelBank

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Vendor | Qwen (Alibaba) |
| Input price | $0.78 / 1M tokens |
| Output price | $3.9 / 1M tokens |
| Cached input | $0.16 / 1M tokens |
| Context window | 262,144 tokens |
| Max output | 65,536 tokens |
| Input modalities | text |
| Reasoning / tool use | yes / yes |
| Intelligence / coding index | 15.6 / — |
| Released | 2025-09-23 |
| Retirement date | 2026-10-09 |

## About

Qwen3-Max is an updated release built on the Qwen3 series, offering major improvements in reasoning, instruction following, multilingual support, and long-tail knowledge coverage compared to the January 2025 version. It...

## Price history

- 2026-09-24: $0.78 in / $3.9 out

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