Model comparison

Qwen Turbo vs Qwen3 Max

Qwen3 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.7 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index. Qwen Turbo costs 27× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3 Max's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 3 shared benchmarks.

Qwen Turbo

Alibaba (Qwen)

27.1

Rank #335 Reported

Qwen3 Max

Alibaba (Qwen)

43.7

Rank #87 Confirmed

Summary

They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen Turbo scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3 Max in 2 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3 Max leads 48.1 to 22.2.
The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 6.1% for Qwen Turbo and 73.3% for Qwen3 Max.
Qwen Turbo is cheaper at $0.05 / $0.20 per million input/output tokens, against $1.20 / $6 for Qwen3 Max.
Qwen Turbo accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 262K.

Side by side

Qwen Turbo and Qwen3 Max specifications
	Qwen Turbo	Qwen3 Max
Provider	Alibaba (Qwen)	Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index	27.1	43.7
Released	2024-11-01	2025-09-23
Weights	Proprietary	Proprietary
Context window	1M	262K
Max output	16K	66K
Input $ / M tokens	$0.05	$1.20
Output $ / M tokens	$0.20	$6
Results tracked	3	33

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Qwen Turbo: —, Qwen3 Max: 43.0 (#93)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen Turbo	Qwen3 Max
LMArena Coding	—	1456
ALE-Bench	—	370.45

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Qwen Turbo: —, Qwen3 Max: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen Turbo	Qwen3 Max
Vending-Bench 2	—	71.56

Reasoning Not comparable

Qwen Turbo: —, Qwen3 Max: 22.6 (#190)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen Turbo	Qwen3 Max
Kagi LLM Benchmark	—	72.5%
NYT Connections (extended)	—	30.1%
Chess Puzzles	—	4%
LMArena Hard Prompts	—	1448
Mystery Game Puzzles	—	5%
DTBench	—	82.1%
LMCA	—	28.3%
Epoch Capabilities Index	—	142.38

Math Qwen3 Max leads

Qwen Turbo: 15.3 (#297), Qwen3 Max: 38.7 (#131)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen Turbo	Qwen3 Max
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	6.1%	73.3%
MATH Level 5	56.2%	97.1%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)	—	18.9%
LMArena Math	—	1446

Knowledge Qwen3 Max leads

Qwen Turbo: 22.2 (#272), Qwen3 Max: 48.1 (#78)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen Turbo	Qwen3 Max
GPQA Diamond	41.8%	72.6%
SimpleQA Verified	—	48.7%
LMArena Expert	—	1455

Multilingual Not comparable

Qwen Turbo: —, Qwen3 Max: 53.7 (#62)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen Turbo	Qwen3 Max
LMArena Non-English	—	1429
LMArena Chinese	—	1478
LMArena French	—	1449
LMArena German	—	1463
LMArena Japanese	—	1397
LMArena Korean	—	1399
LMArena Russian	—	1428
LMArena Spanish	—	1462

Instruction Following Not comparable

Qwen Turbo: —, Qwen3 Max: 74.8 (#87)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen Turbo	Qwen3 Max
LMArena Instruction Following	—	1419

Long Context Not comparable

Qwen Turbo: —, Qwen3 Max: 41.6 (#134)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen Turbo	Qwen3 Max
Fiction.LiveBench	—	66.7%
CL-bench	—	14.5%
LMArena Longer Query	—	1438

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Qwen Turbo: —, Qwen3 Max: 62.4 (#76)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen Turbo	Qwen3 Max
LMArena Text	—	1439
LMArena Creative Writing	—	1402
LMArena Multi-Turn	—	1446

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen Turbo better than Qwen3 Max?

Which is cheaper, Qwen Turbo or Qwen3 Max?

Qwen Turbo is cheaper. It lists at $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.20 per million output tokens; Qwen3 Max lists at $1.20 and $6.

Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen Turbo does, with 1M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do Qwen Turbo and Qwen3 Max share?

3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen Turbo has 3 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Max has 33.