Qwen3 Max Thinking
by Alibaba
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...
Quick Facts
Provider
Alibaba
Model ID
qwen/qwen3-max-thinking
Modality
Text to Text
Tier
Premium
Last Updated
2026-07-12
Released
2026-02-09
Context Length
262K tokens
Tokenizer
Qwen
Input Price
$0.78/M
Output Price
$3.90/M
When To Use Qwen3 Max Thinking
Best for
- Reasoning-heavy questions and step-by-step analysis
- Research, summarization, and document work
- Comparing Alibaba responses against other leading AI models
Not ideal for
- High-volume casual chats where you want to conserve premium credits
- Native image generation workflows
- Prompts that require image or screenshot understanding
- Voice, speech, or audio transcription workflows
Input & Output
Accepts
Generates
Pricing
All prices are per 1 million tokens
Input
$0.78/M
Output
$3.90/M
Capabilities
- Natural language understanding and generation
- Advanced reasoning and problem-solving
- Long context window for extended conversations
Example Prompts
Solve this problem step by step, then summarize the final answer in one paragraph.
Summarize these notes into key findings, risks, and recommended next steps.
Compare how Qwen3 Max Thinking and two other models answer this prompt.
Use Qwen3 Max Thinking to produce a concise answer, then list assumptions and tradeoffs.
Supported Parameters
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