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Is Qwen3 Max Thinking out? Yes, since February 9, 2026

Yes. Qwen3 Max Thinking has been available since February 9, 2026, when it was first listed in the OpenRouter catalogue.

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Alibaba
Family
Qwen
Release date
Source
OpenRouter catalogue

What changed

  • context 262k tokens · Context window of Qwen3 Max Thinking. Qwen3 Max is the previous model of the same tier, but the gap is beyond what a percentage explains.
  • price $0.780 / MTok · Prompt price of Qwen3 Max Thinking. Qwen3 Max is the previous model of the same tier, but the gap is beyond what a percentage explains.

About 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...

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Questions

When was Qwen3 Max Thinking released?
Qwen3 Max Thinking has been available since February 9, 2026, when it was first listed in the OpenRouter catalogue.
Who makes Qwen3 Max Thinking?
Qwen3 Max Thinking is made by Alibaba.
What comes after Qwen3 Max Thinking?
Qwen3.5 397B A17B, released on February 16, 2026.