Qwen: Qwen-Max
QWEN Developer Architecture Profile
Intelligence (ELO)1220Chatbot Arena Verified
Max Context32,768Tokens
API Cost / 1M$5.20Blended Prompt + Completion
Model Capabilities
Qwen-Max, based on Qwen2.5, provides the best inference performance among [Qwen models](/qwen), especially for complex multi-step tasks. It's a large-scale MoE model that has been pretrained on over 20 trillion tokens and further post-trained with curated Supervised Fine-Tuning (SFT) and Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF) methodologies. The parameter count is unknown.
Granular Pricing Matrix
Input Tokens (Prompt)$1.04 / 1M
Output Tokens (Completion)$4.16 / 1M
Pricing data via OpenRouter. Sync: 3/16/2026
Evaluate Competitors
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