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Qwen3.5-122B-A10B vs Qwen3 Max Thinking

Qwen3.5-122B-A10B (Qwen) and Qwen3 Max Thinking (Qwen) compared on the ModelCap Index, API price, context window, provider availability, weight access and every public benchmark board they share. Figures are the same ones shown on the live rankings; nothing here is a hidden score.

Snapshot as of 17 August 2026

As of 17 August 2026, Qwen3.5-122B-A10B holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#41 vs #56); Qwen3.5-122B-A10B is 1.6× cheaper per output token ($2.40/1M vs $3.90/1M); and Qwen3.5-122B-A10B ships open weights.

Which should you choose?

Choose Qwen3.5-122B-A10B if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #41 against #56 (53.6 vs 44.5 points).
  • API cost matters — $2.40/1M output tokens against $3.90/1M, about 1.6× cheaper.
  • your workload is prompt-heavy — input tokens cost $0.29/1M against $0.78/1M.
  • you want to self-host: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B ships open weights while Qwen3 Max Thinking is api only.
  • you want provider choice — 5 listed API providers against 1.
  • Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index is your yardstick — 32.8 against 32.5.
  • you want the more recently listed model — Qwen3.5-122B-A10B was listed 25 February 2026, Qwen3 Max Thinking 9 February 2026.

Choose Qwen3 Max Thinking if…

  • ModelCap publishes no field on which Qwen3 Max Thinking leads Qwen3.5-122B-A10B for this pair.

Qwen3.5-122B-A10B vs Qwen3 Max Thinking: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Qwen3.5-122B-A10B and Qwen3 Max Thinking
FieldQwen3.5-122B-A10BQwenQwen3 Max ThinkingQwen
ModelCap Index position#41#56
Index score53.644.5
EvidenceMeasuredMeasured
Input price / 1M tokens$0.29$0.78
Output price / 1M tokens$2.40$3.90
Context window262K tokens262K tokens
Max output tokens82K66K
API providers listed51
Weight accessOpen weightsAPI only
Input modalitiesText, Image, VideoText
First listed25 February 20269 February 2026
PublisherQwenQwen

Evidence: 3 public benchmark observations across 3 boards · 1 public benchmark observation across 1 board. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B vs Qwen3 Max Thinking

Public benchmark boards where Qwen3.5-122B-A10B or Qwen3 Max Thinking has a published result
BoardQwen3.5-122B-A10BQwen3 Max ThinkingLeads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)14591452–1466—Only one result
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexArtificial Analysis32.8intelligence-index32.5intelligence-indexQwen3.5-122B-A10B

Scores are the sources' own published figures for each model's best evaluated configuration; ModelCap never re-runs a benchmark.

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Qwen3.5-122B-A10B vs Qwen3 Max Thinking: common questions

Is Qwen3.5-122B-A10B better than Qwen3 Max Thinking?

Qwen3.5-122B-A10B ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 17 August 2026: #41 against #56. That is a capability ranking built from public benchmark evidence with published uncertainty; whether it is "better" for you also depends on price, context and where you can run it.

Is Qwen3.5-122B-A10B cheaper than Qwen3 Max Thinking?

Qwen3.5-122B-A10B is cheaper on output tokens: $2.40/1M against $3.90/1M. Input tokens are $0.29/1M for Qwen3.5-122B-A10B and $0.78/1M for Qwen3 Max Thinking. Prices are the lowest listed API offer ModelCap observed, in USD per million tokens.

Which has the bigger context window, Qwen3.5-122B-A10B or Qwen3 Max Thinking?

Both publish a 262K-token context window.

Which is better for coding, Qwen3.5-122B-A10B or Qwen3 Max Thinking?

The two models do not share a coding benchmark board on ModelCap yet, so no head-to-head coding score is published; the ModelCap Index position is the closest overall signal.

Are Qwen3.5-122B-A10B and Qwen3 Max Thinking open-weight models?

Qwen3.5-122B-A10B: Open weights. Qwen3 Max Thinking: API only. Open weights mean the checkpoint can be downloaded and self-hosted under its licence; API-only models are available solely through hosted endpoints.

Where can I run Qwen3.5-122B-A10B and Qwen3 Max Thinking?

ModelCap currently lists 5 API providers for Qwen3.5-122B-A10B and 1 for Qwen3 Max Thinking, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this Qwen3.5-122B-A10B vs Qwen3 Max Thinking comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 17 August 2026; the page re-renders within a minute of each data refresh, and the ModelCap Index positions are the same ones shown on the live rankings.

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