# Qwen3 Max

> Alibaba's flagship Qwen3 tier: 262K context, tool calling and structured output for general agentic tasks.

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- **name:** Qwen3 Max
- **vendor:** Alibaba
- **model_id:** qwen3-max
- **context_window:** 262K
- **max_output:** 64K
- **input_per_mtok:** $1.20
- **output_per_mtok:** $6.00
- **strengths:** Alibaba's flagship Qwen3 tier: 262K context, tool calling and structured output for general agentic tasks.
- **provider:** Alibaba
- **family:** Qwen3
- **release_date:** 2025-09-23 (source: https://models.dev/models/alibaba/qwen3-max/)
- **last_updated:** 2026-06-15
- **open_weights:** false (source: https://models.dev/models/alibaba/qwen3-max/)
- **license:** proprietary (source: https://models.dev/models/alibaba/qwen3-max/)
- **params_total:** — (verify-against-primary-at-build)
- **params_active:** — (verify-against-primary-at-build)
- **tool_call:** true (source: https://models.dev/models/alibaba/qwen3-max/)
- **reasoning:** none (source: https://models.dev/models/alibaba/qwen3-max/)
- **structured_output:** true (source: https://models.dev/models/alibaba/qwen3-max/)
- **attachment:** — (verify-against-primary-at-build)
- **temperature:** true (source: https://models.dev/models/alibaba/qwen3-max/)
- **knowledge_cutoff:** 2025-04 (source: https://models.dev/models/alibaba/qwen3-max/)
- **context_advertised:** 262K (source: https://models.dev/models/alibaba/qwen3-max/)
- **context_effective:** — (verify-against-primary-at-build)
- **price_input:** $1.20 (source: https://models.dev/models/alibaba/qwen3-max/)
- **price_output:** $6.00 (source: https://models.dev/models/alibaba/qwen3-max/)
- **price_cache_read:** — (verify-against-primary-at-build)
- **price_cache_write:** — (verify-against-primary-at-build)
- **cost_per_full_window:** — (verify-against-primary-at-build)
- **cost_per_agent_task:** — (verify-against-primary-at-build)
- **modalities:** text-in,text-out (source: https://models.dev/models/alibaba/qwen3-max/)
- **gpqa_diamond:** — (verify-against-primary-at-build)
- **swe_bench_verified:** — (verify-against-primary-at-build)
- **terminal_bench:** — (verify-against-primary-at-build)
- **tau2_bench:** — (verify-against-primary-at-build)
- **bfcl_tool_use:** — (verify-against-primary-at-build)
- **aa_index:** — (verify-against-primary-at-build)
- **lmarena_elo:** — (verify-against-primary-at-build)
- **tokens_per_sec:** — (verify-against-primary-at-build)
- **ttft:** — (verify-against-primary-at-build)
- **hallucination_rate:** — (verify-against-primary-at-build)
- **agent_readiness_score:** — (verify-against-primary-at-build)
- **score_confidence:** partial
- **source_url:** https://models.dev/models/alibaba/qwen3-max/
- **source_type:** models.dev
- **last_verified:** 2026-06-15
- **_provenance_note:** context_advertised 262,144 / max_output 65,536 rendered as 262K / 64K to match dataset K-convention.