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Qwen3-Max

Qwen3-Max is a Qwen model with 262K context, Not verified in / Not verified out per million tokens, last verified October 25, 2026. Open weights: no. Status: Retired since October 10, 2026; the current pick is Qwen 3.7 Max. Public-board scores are linked to the publisher; vendor-only figures stay in the watch-out, not on the board.

Historical Qwen3-Max reference, retaining the original launch and later January-snapshot qualifications after the announced QwenCloud endpoint retirement.

Recorded profile verification October 25, 2026Individual provider fields may changeAccess: retired — QwenCloud announced this endpoint's retirement for October 10, 2026 (UTC+8, subject to actual rollout timing). That date has passed; the old marketplace card now returns HTTP404 and the current price list omits the ID. This records the published QwenCloud retirement, not an all-host shutdown or a live invocation test.

AI model specification details
SpecificationQwen3-Max
ProviderQwen
TierFrontier
Context window262K
Max output66K
Input / 1M tokensNot verifiedUnverified
Output / 1M tokensNot verifiedUnverified
WeightsClosed
ParametersOriginal launch: >1T (historical proprietary figure); exact January-snapshot count not verified
Reasoning levelsNot verifiedUnverified
Modalitiestext
ReleasedSeptember 23, 2025

Pricing tiers: No current first-party API tariff is verified after the announced QwenCloud retirement. The former endpoint and historical January-snapshot limits are retained as an archive; prices or 1M limits shown for its recommended replacement are not Qwen3-Max quotes. Other providers and pinned snapshots require their own current access/pricing evidence.

Best for

  • Agentic coding
  • Text knowledge work
  • Long-context via API

Watch out

Historical January-snapshot context/output/mode limits are retained from the October 2 source check; the former dedicated documentation now redirects and the marketplace card is HTTP404. These are not verified current service limits. The retirement notice's adjacent 1M context and $2.50/$7.50 figures describe the replacement qwen3.7-max, not this model. Original launch parameters and scores do not prove every later alias version or other-host access.

History

Qwen3-Max timeline

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Source receipts

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Common questions

Qwen3-Max

Answered from the verified figures on this page rather than general guidance.

What is Qwen3-Max's context window?
Qwen3-Max accepts about 262K tokens of context. That only matters if you routinely send very long documents, large codebases, or multi-turn histories that approach that limit.
What is Qwen3-Max best for?
Qwen3-Max is a frontier tier from Qwen. It suits agentic coding, text knowledge work, long-context via api. Historical January-snapshot context/output/mode limits are retained from the October 2 source check; the former dedicated documentation now redirects and the marketplace card is HTTP404. These are not verified current service limits. The retirement notice's adjacent 1M context and $2.50/$7.50 figures describe the replacement qwen3.7-max, not this model. Original launch parameters and scores do not prove every later alias version or other-host access.
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