Qwen3 Max

AlibabaMCP Tool Call
alibaba/qwen3-maxClosed API

Flagship Qwen3 model for coding agents, complex reasoning, and tool use

Benchmark Pricing$1.20 / 1M in$6.00 / 1M out
Context: 262,144 tokens•Max Output: 65,536 tokens•Knowledge: 2025-04•Released: 2025-09-23

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Context Window262,144262.1K tokens
Max Output65,53665.5K tokens
LicenseProprietaryCloud API only
Input Modalities
Text
Function / Tool CallingSupported (MCP Ready)
Structured OutputsGuaranteed Schema

MODEL CONTEXT PROTOCOL (MCP) READINESS

✓ Qwen3 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 262,144 tokens, this model can handle moderately large MCP tool definitions and multi-turn conversation logs comfortably.

STANDARDIZED BENCHMARKS & EVALS

Artificial Analysis Coding Indexindex
26.4
SciCodepercent correct
38.3
Terminal-Bench Hardsuccess rate
20.5

API CALL INVOCATION EXAMPLE

// Example: Calling Qwen3 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/qwen3-max",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello! Can you inspect MCP tools?" }],
});

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

PRICING BY PROVIDER

15 providers
Alibabaqwen3-max
$1.20 / $6.00
NanoGPTqwen/qwen3-max
$1.20 / $6.00$0.60 cache
302.AIqwen3-max-2025-09-23
$0.86 / $3.43
LLM Gatewaynovita/qwen3-max
$0.84 / $3.38
LLMTRqwen/qwen3-max
$1.20 / $6.00
Cloudflare AI Gatewayalibaba/qwen3-max
$1.20 / $6.00
AIHubMixqwen3-max
$0.45 / $2.70$0.09 cache
Abacusqwen3-max
$1.20 / $6.00
Vercel AI Gatewayalibaba/qwen3-max-thinking
$1.20 / $6.00$0.24 cache
Ofoxbailian/qwen3-max
$0.36 / $1.43$0.07 cache
Merge Gatewayqwen/qwen3-max
$0.36 / $1.43$0.07 cache
Alibaba Coding Planqwen3-max-2026-01-23
$0.00 / $0.00$0.00 cache
ZenMuxqwen/qwen3-max
$1.20 / $6.00
DevPass (LLM Gateway)qwen3-max
$0.84 / $3.38$0.60 cache
Alibaba (China)qwen3-max
$0.36 / $1.43

Rates in USD per 1M tokens. Rates synchronized from models.dev public catalog.

MODEL RESOURCES