Qwen

Alibaba's model family, huge open-weight range, closed flagship

qwen.ai alibabacloud.com/help/en/model-studio

Overall in llm apis

5of 18 · score 67.4

Data coverage

93%

25 of 27 fields sourced

Best for

•Finding an open-weight model at a specific size or modality
•Fine-tuning where a permissive licence and a model-size ladder both matter
•Asia-Pacific deployments already on Alibaba Cloud

Strong on

+Trains on your data Partial 2/18
+MCP support Partial 3/18
+Max output 131,072 tokens 3/10

Weak on

−$/M input $2.5/M tok 9/13
Better: Groq: $0.05/M tok
−Open weights Partial 12/18
Better: Meta Llama: Yes

vs Google Gemini

•Ahead on Max output: 131,072 tokens vs 65,536 tokens
•Ahead on $/M output: $7.5/M tok vs $12/M tok
•Behind on Computer use: No vs Partial
•Behind on Schema output: Partial vs Yes

How Qwen scores among 18 llm apis25 of 27 fields known

Capability7

Flagship model

Qwen3.7-Max (qwen3.7-max)

alibabacloud.com · 2026-07-30

Context window1st

1,000,000 tokens

1/14

alibabacloud.com · 2026-07-30

Max output3rd

131,072 tokens

3/10

Leader: xAI · Unlimited

help.aliyun.com · 2026-11-07

Image input

Partial

10/18

Leader: Anthropic · Yes

· 2026-01-15

Audio in/out1st

Partial

1/18

· 2026-01-15

Open weights

Partial

12/18

Leader: Meta Llama · Yes

github.com · 2026-01-15

OpenAI-compat API1st

Yes

1/18

alibabacloud.com · 2026-07-30

Performance2

TTFT p50

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Output tok/s

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Pricing4

$/M input

$2.5/M tok

9/13

Leader: Groq · $0.05/M tok

alibabacloud.com · 2026-11-06

$/M output

$7.5/M tok

8/13

Leader: Fireworks AI · $0.05/M tok

alibabacloud.com · 2026-11-06

$/M cache read

$0.25/M tok

6/12

Leader: DeepSeek · $0.0028/M tok

alibabacloud.com · 2026-07-30

Batch discount1st

50%

1/14

alibabacloud.com · 2026-07-30

Agentic6

Tool use1st

Yes

1/18

alibabacloud.com · 2026-07-30

Schema output

Partial

11/18

Leader: Anthropic · Yes

· 2026-01-15

Effort control

Partial

5/18

Leader: Anthropic · Yes

· 2026-01-15

Computer use

5/18

Leader: Anthropic · Yes

· 2026-01-15

MCP support3rd

Partial

3/18

Leader: Anthropic · Yes

· 2026-01-15

Cache TTL

Explicit cache 5 min (extends on hit); implicit cache no fixed TTL

alibabacloud.com · 2026-07-30

Governance & continuity6

Continuity policy

Model Studio exposes dated snapshot IDs alongside rolling aliases, so pinning is possible if you use the dated form. Deprecation notices appear in the console rather than as a public policy page, and the cadence of new Qwen releases means aliases move quickly. Open-weight tiers remove the problem entirely.

· 2026-01-15

Notice period

90 days

4/7

Leader: Anthropic · 180 days

alibabacloud.com · 2026-11-07

Pinnable versions1st

Yes

1/18

· 2026-01-15

Zero retention

Partial