Qwen3 Max Thinking
Alibaba · Released Feb 2026
Qwen3 Max Thinking is Alibaba's reasoning-focused language model from the Qwen3 generation with a 262K token context window.
- Strengths
- It excels at complex reasoning tasks and multi-step problem-solving through explicit chain-of-thought processing.
- Best for
- Workflows requiring detailed reasoning, mathematical problem-solving, logic puzzles, and analysis where intermediate steps matter.
- Limitations
- The reasoning overhead makes it slower and more expensive per token than standard models, and it is less suitable for latency-sensitive applications or simple retrieval tasks.
Input / 1M
$0.78
Output / 1M
$3.90
Cached input / 1M
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Context window
262K
Price history
Snapshots
| Effective | Input | Output | Cached in | Note | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Jun 2026 | $0.78 | $3.90 | — | Imported from OpenRouter | openrouter.ai |