How much does Qwen3 Max Thinking cost per token?

Qwen3 Max Thinking is priced at $0.78 per million input tokens and $3.90 per million output tokens, per OpenRouter as of Jul 8, 2026.

What is Qwen3 Max Thinking's context window?

Qwen3 Max Thinking supports a context window of up to 262.1K tokens, per Alibaba (Qwen).

What are the alternatives to Qwen3 Max Thinking?

By OpenRouter usage, comparable models include Hy3, DeepSeek V4 Flash, and MiniMax M3. Side-by-side comparisons are linked in the alternatives table.

ModelsAlibaba (Qwen)

Qwen3 Max Thinking

Name: Qwen3 Max Thinking
Author: Alibaba (Qwen)

openrouter

Context

262.1K

tokens

Released

Feb 9, 2026

on OpenRouter

Pricing

Price per million tokens

Input $/MTok

$0.78

OpenRouter · Jul 8, 2026

Output $/MTok

$3.90

OpenRouter · Jul 8, 2026

Current Qwen3 Max Thinking prices per million tokens across tracked sources.
Source	Tracked slug	In $/MTok	Out $/MTok	Cache read	Cache write	Context	Effective	Last Δ (in)
OpenRouter	qwen/qwen3-max-thinking	$0.78	$3.90	—	—	262.1K	Jul 8, 2026	—
models.dev	openrouter/qwen/qwen3-max-thinking	$0.78	$3.90	—	—	262.1K	Jul 8, 2026	35%

latest tracked price per source · Δ = most recent input-price move within that source

2 sources tracking

Input $/MTok

Output $/MTok

per-source step lines · $/MTok

history since Jul 8, 2026

Specs

Context & availability

Qwen3 Max Thinking specifications.
Provider	Alibaba (Qwen)
Context window	262.1K tokens
Listed on OpenRouter	Feb 9, 2026
Tracked price sources	OpenRouter · models.dev
OpenRouter slugs	qwen/qwen3-max-thinking · qwen/qwen3-max-thinking-20260123

source: OpenRouter model catalog + tracked price feeds

id: qwen3-max-thinking

Usage

Share of OpenRouter tokens

90-day daily

usage share pending — this model isn't in the tracked OpenRouter model rankings yet

Benchmarks

Benchmark results

Benchmark scores for Qwen3 Max Thinking.
Benchmark	Configuration	Score	Date	Source
no benchmark results attributed to Qwen3 Max Thinking yet

scores as published by each benchmark; configurations differ — compare within a row's benchmark only

Alternatives

Similar models

Alternatives to Qwen3 Max Thinking by OpenRouter usage-rank proximity.
#	Model	Tokens/day	7d Δ	Head-to-head
1	Hy3Tencent	857.5B	—	vs Qwen3 Max Thinking
2	DeepSeek V4 FlashDeepSeek	806.2B	6.6%	vs Qwen3 Max Thinking
3	MiniMax M3MiniMax	665.9B	9.8%	vs Qwen3 Max Thinking
5	DeepSeek V4 ProDeepSeek	530.6B	50.5%	vs Qwen3 Max Thinking

ranked by OpenRouter usage-rank proximity

snapshot Jul 7, 2026

FAQ

Qwen3 Max Thinking FAQ

How much does Qwen3 Max Thinking cost per token?: Qwen3 Max Thinking is priced at $0.78 per million input tokens and $3.90 per million output tokens, per OpenRouter as of Jul 8, 2026.
What is Qwen3 Max Thinking's context window?: Qwen3 Max Thinking supports a context window of up to 262.1K tokens, per Alibaba (Qwen).
What are the alternatives to Qwen3 Max Thinking?: By OpenRouter usage, comparable models include Hy3, DeepSeek V4 Flash, and MiniMax M3. Side-by-side comparisons are linked in the alternatives table.

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