Qwen Max

AlibabaMCP Tool Call

alibaba/qwen-maxClosed API

Flagship Qwen model for complex reasoning, coding, and agentic workflows

Benchmark Pricing$1.60 / 1M in$6.40 / 1M out

Context: 32,768 tokens•Max Output: 8,192 tokens•Knowledge: 2024-04•Released: 2024-04-03

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Context Window32,76832.8K tokens

Max Output8,1928.2K tokens

LicenseProprietaryCloud API only

Input Modalities

Text

Function / Tool CallingSupported (MCP Ready)

Structured OutputsGuaranteed Schema

MODEL CONTEXT PROTOCOL (MCP) READINESS

✓ Qwen Max natively supports OpenAI / Anthropic format tool calling and is fully compatible with MCP servers and agent loops.

MCP Context Window Recommendations

With a context capacity of 32,768 tokens, this model can handle compact tool sets. Consider keeping MCP server tool manifests minimal to preserve headroom.

STANDARDIZED BENCHMARKS & EVALS

Aider Polyglotpercent correct

21.8

API CALL INVOCATION EXAMPLE

// Example: Calling Qwen Max via OpenAI SDK
import OpenAI from "openai";

const client = new OpenAI({
  apiKey: process.env.ALIBABA_API_KEY,
});

const response = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "alibaba/qwen-max",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello! Can you inspect MCP tools?" }],
});

console.log(response.choices[0].message.content);