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Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking provider comparison

qwen/qwen3-max-thinking

Qwen3-Max-Thinking is the flagship reasoning model in the Qwen3 series, designed for high-stakes cognitive tasks that require deep, multi-step reasoning. By significantly scaling model capacity and reinforcement learning compute, it...

Endpoints:
1
Context:
262.1K
Input:
text
Output:
text
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At a glance

Comparison winners

Based on 1,000 input and 500 output tokens using the latest published median speed data.

Best cost/speed trade-off

$1.82 / 1M tokens

11.99 s estimated response

Visual comparison

Price and performance charts

Compare published endpoint pricing and estimated response time visually.

Effective price by endpoint

USD per 1 million tokens for input and output. Lower is better.

Alibaba Cloud Int. has the lowest estimated cost for 1,000 input and 500 output tokens at $0.00273.

Estimated cost vs. response time

Based on 1,000 input and 500 output tokens. Cost is shown in USD per 1 million tokens. Lower and further left is better; the single best cost/speed trade-off appears at full opacity.

1 provider has complete pricing and speed data. Alibaba Cloud Int. is closest to the ideal combination of lowest cost and fastest response.

Server-rendered comparison

Provider endpoints

Prompt and completion prices are effective USD per token as published by OpenRouter. Missing speed data never removes an endpoint.

Endpoint comparison for Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking
Provider / routeCurrent pricing ↗Speed measurementsEndpoint details
Provider / route
Alibaba Cloud Int.alibaba
CheapestFastestBest cost/speed trade-off
Current pricing
Input price
$0.78 / 1M tokens
Output price
$3.9 / 1M tokens
Sample cost
$0.00273
Discount
35.0%
Speed measurements
500-token response
11.99 s
Response starts
1.12 s
Output speed
46.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Uptime (30 min)
Insufficient recent data
Context
262.1K
Model format
unknown
Max output
32.8K
13 parameters

include_reasoning, logprobs, max_tokens, presence_penalty, reasoning, response_format, seed, structured_outputs, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_logprobs, top_p

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Qwen3 Max Thinking deployment guide

How to choose a Qwen3 Max Thinking inference provider

Qwen3 Max Thinking is indexed here as a text model by Qwen, with 1 provider endpoint from Alibaba Cloud Int.. The comparison preserves each exact OpenRouter routing tag so pricing and performance observations can be connected to the route an application would actually request.

Match the endpoint to the workload

The model publishes a 262.1K-token context window. It accepts text input and returns text output. 13 distinct supported parameters appear across the listed routes. Confirm limits on the specific endpoint rather than assuming every host exposes the same configuration.

Compare the real request economics

Alibaba Cloud Int. currently has the lowest estimated cost for the standard 1,000-input/500-output-token sample at $0.00273. Input-heavy and output-heavy applications can produce a different result, so review both per-million-token prices in the endpoint table.

Balance response start and generation speed

Alibaba Cloud Int. currently has the shortest estimated 500-token response at 11.99 seconds. Alibaba Cloud Int. is the single endpoint closest to the current ideal cost/speed combination. Recent observations can change, so validate finalists with your own prompts.