Qwen Max
QwenQwen's most powerful model. Strong reasoning and coding capabilities.
Qwen Max Pricing
| Token Type | Price per Million |
|---|---|
| Input tokens | $1.60 |
| Output tokens | $6.40 |
Estimated Cost by Project Size
Realistic cost estimates for common coding scenarios. Assumes 30% cache hit rate where caching is available.
| Scenario | Token Usage | Estimated Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Small Script (1K lines) | 50K input / 30K output | $0.25 |
| Medium Feature (10K lines) | 500K input / 200K output | $1.84 |
| Large Project (50K lines) | 2,500K input / 1,000K output | $9.20 |
| Code Review (5K lines) | 250K input / 25K output | $0.44 |
Benchmark Performance — Qwen Max
Third-party benchmark scores normalized to 0-100 scale. Higher is better. Aggregated scores from published third-party benchmarks. SWE-bench measures real GitHub issue resolution. LiveCodeBench measures competitive programming ability. HumanEval measures basic code generation. BigCodeBench measures practical, multi-step coding tasks. All scores normalized to 0-100 scale.
Sources: SWE-bench Verified, LiveCodeBench, HumanEval, BigCodeBench
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How Does Qwen Max Compare?
| Model | Input ($/M) | Medium Feature Cost | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen Max | $1.60 | $1.84 | selected |
| Grok Code | $1.50 | $2.02 | Compare |
| Gemini 2.5 Pro | $1.25 | $2.44 | Compare |
| Gemini 1.5 Pro | $1.25 | $1.44 | Compare |
| Mistral Large 2 | $2.00 | $1.90 | Compare |
| GPT-4.1 | $2.00 | $2.30 | Compare |
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