How does Qwen3 Max rank among AI models?
Qwen3 Max is a superseded version and is not on the current board as of 22 September 2026. Its archive position, where one exists, is shown on the page; the newer version carries the current rank.
Qwen·qwen/qwen3-max
Qwen3 Max is ModelCap archive rank #103 (Measured), from the ModelCap Index as of 22 Sept 2026, 02:49 UTC.
Qwen3 Max listed OpenRouter input price is $0.78 per 1M tokens and listed output price is $3.90 per 1M tokens, from OpenRouter listed prices as of 22 Sept 2026, 02:49 UTC.
Qwen3 Max has a published context limit of 262K tokens in the ModelCap catalogue as of 22 Sept 2026, 02:49 UTC.
Qwen3 Max has 1 published OpenRouter serving endpoint, from OpenRouter as of 22 Sept 2026, 02:49 UTC.
Qwen3 Max weight access is api only, from ModelCap classification of published repository metadata as of 22 Sept 2026, 02:49 UTC.
Snapshot facts · download the public dataset · methodology
ModelCap Index · All-versions archive
62.2#103
Measured · 59% support · score interval 56.9–67.5
Evidence as of 13 Sept 2026, 00:00 UTC
Superseded by Qwen3.8 Max (0902). It no longer holds a current-board position; its all-versions archive rank is #103.
Input
$0.78
per 1M tokens
Output
$3.90
per 1M tokens
Context
262K
tokens
Providers
1
endpoint
Gateway spend
—
latest · Vercel share
Providers
Uptime measured over the last 30 minutesOther versions (4)
ModelCap Index · All-versions archive
Methodology62.2
Measured · 2 public benchmark observations across 2 boards
All-versions archive
#103
- Public rank basis
- Measured (measured)
- Index support
- 59.3% · strong
- Index interval
- 56.9–67.5
- Rank posterior
- Not available
- Top 5 / Top 10 probability
- Not available / Not available
- Posterior as of
- Snapshot timestamp unavailable
- Evidence as of
- 13 Sept 2026, 00:00 UTC
- Identity binding
- Exact catalogue product · qwen/qwen/qwen3-max · aggregates disclosed benchmark configurations · endpoint configuration not claimed
- Index observations used
- 2
- Qualified Index evidence point
- 62.2
Bayesian Evidence Score · measured evidence input only
BES normalizes admitted public benchmark evidence for measured Index rows. Its legacy score and observables prior do not define the public language rank.
- Observed capability
- 62.2
- Evidence status
- confirmed · 76% mass
- General preference
- 62.5
- Coding
- 60.1
- Agents & tools
- —
- Reasoning
- —
- Evidence breadth
- 92%
- Evidence coverage
- 59%
Market and catalogue signals · secondary, never the language Index rank
- Usage (OpenRouter popularity)
- 8.0
- Liquidity (providers × uptime)
- 97.4
- Open reach (HF downloads)
- —
- Surface (context / tools / modalities)
- 75.3
- Freshness
- 25.1
- · OpenRouter popularity #203
- · 1 live provider
- · Catalogue: context 262144, reasoning, tools
- · First seen 2025-09-23
These adoption and deployment observations remain context only. They do not change this model's ModelCap Index score or rank.
BES evidence selected · measured input only
- Arena Overall62.5
- Arena Coding60.1
The bounded 0–100 capability score blends each source’s competitive placement with its published achievement, then combines capability families. Evidence breadth adds a modest uncertainty adjustment; price and popularity are not part of benchmark-led rank.
Deployment readiness
Metadata index40.2
limited · 56% metadata coverage
- Artifact reproducibility
- 0.0
- Access & legal clarity
- 30.3
- Deployability
- 80.0
- Evaluation provenance
- 50.9
Missing: artifactReproducibility.revision-sha, artifactReproducibility.architecture-and-model-type, artifactReproducibility.parameter-count, artifactReproducibility.serialized-weight-format, artifactReproducibility.base-lineage, accessLegalClarity.declared-license, accessLegalClarity.resolvable-license-terms, evaluationProvenance.evaluation-dataset-revisions.
A metadata completeness and deployability index—not a safety certification, quality grade, or production-readiness claim.
Market activity
Venue coverage- Market Gravity
- 37.5
- OpenRouter weekly popularity
- #203 of 322
Market Gravity uses OpenRouter’s full-catalogue popularity order. Sparse Vercel top-ten observations appear only when published and do not affect the score.
Arena preference
- Status
- Ranked
- Source
- LMArena
- Official rank
- #113 of 402
- Rating
- 1423.7
- 95% confidence interval
- 1417–1430
- Votes
- 9K
- Source published at
- 13 Sept 2026, 00:00 UTC
- Category
- overall
- Identity match confidence
- 99%
Market Gravity breakdown
- Usage55%
- 8.0
- Liquidity25%
- 97.4
- Open reach15%
- 50.0
- Freshness5%
- 25.1
OpenRouter weekly popularity across the full model catalogue.
Independent providers versus the model's open or closed cohort, weighted by uptime.
Hugging Face 30-day downloads for open models; neutral for closed models.
Time since first public availability, on a six-month half-life.
Specification
- Context window
- 262K tokens
- Max output
- 66K tokens
- Inputs
- Text
- Outputs
- Text
- Tokenizer
- Qwen3
- Cached input tokens
- $0.156 / 1M
- First seen on OpenRouter
- 23 Sept 2025
- Knowledge cutoff
- 2025-06-30
Capabilities
- Supported: Reasoning
- Supported: Tool use
- Supported: Structured output
- Supported: Response format
- Not supported: Moderated
Benchmark leaderboards featuring Qwen3 Max
All leaderboardsQwen3 Max: common questions
How much does Qwen3 Max cost per 1M tokens?
Qwen3 Max is listed at $0.78 per 1M input tokens and $3.90 per 1M output tokens as of 22 September 2026. Prices come from the OpenRouter catalogue and re-observe on every refresh. For 1,000 requests using 2,000 input and 500 output tokens each, the listed rates imply $3.51 total (2M input + 0.5M output). This excludes caching, batch discounts, prompt-length tiers, tool charges and retries; verify the chosen endpoint's rate and limits before budgeting.
What is the context window of Qwen3 Max?
Qwen3 Max has a published context window of 262K tokens (262,144) and a maximum output of 66K tokens. Individual providers can serve less than the published maximum; the providers table lists each endpoint's own limit.
Is Qwen3 Max open-weight?
API only. No downloadable model weights are linked in the current source data; access is through a hosted API or product.
Which API providers serve Qwen3 Max?
One provider serves Qwen3 Max through OpenRouter as of 22 September 2026: Alibaba. Each provider's price, context limit, quantization and measured uptime are in the providers table above.
Which benchmarks has Qwen3 Max been evaluated on?
Qwen3 Max has published results on 3 public boards tracked by ModelCap as of 22 September 2026: Arena coding 1473 (#108 of 397), AA τ²-Bench Telecom 74.3% (#149 of 436) and AA Humanity's Last Exam 11.9% (#255 of 615). Each board page ranks every tracked model on that benchmark; the ModelCap Index combines them with published uncertainty.
When was Qwen3 Max released?
Qwen3 Max first appeared in the catalogue on 23 Sept 2025, with a published knowledge cutoff of 2025-06-30. It has since been superseded by Qwen3.8 Max (0902). Rank and price movements since then are recorded on the site's changes feed.