Qwen: QVQ Max
QVQ Max is a reasoning model from Qwen released on Mar 25, 2025. It reads text and images and writes text, with a 131K token context window and up to 8K tokens per reply.
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It costs $1.20 per million input tokens and $4.80 per million output tokens.
It supports tool calling, and its weights are open, so you can host it yourself.
3 providers serve it, including Alibaba (China) and NanoGPT. The lowest input price is $1.15 per million tokens at Alibaba (China).
- Modalities
- In / out price
- $1.20 / $4.80 per 1M
- Context
- 131K
- Max output
- 8K
- Released
- Mar 25, 2025
- Knowledge cutoff
- Apr 2024
- Tool calling
- Structured output
- Reasoning
- Prompt caching
- Open weights
- Free to use
QVQ Max pricing
USD, as listed on Oct 15, 2026. Most bills are input heavy, so the cached input rate matters as much as the headline price.
| Input | $1.20 / 1M tokens | |
|---|---|---|
| Output | $4.80 / 1M tokens |
QVQ Max providers
3 providers serve it, including Alibaba (China) and NanoGPT. The lowest input price is $1.15 per million tokens at Alibaba (China). Each host sets its own price and limits, so the cheapest one is not always the one with the longest context.
| Provider | Input /M | Output /M | Cache read /M | Context | Max output |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alibaba First party | $1.20 | $4.80 | – | 131K | 8K |
| Alibaba (China) | $1.15 | $4.59 | – | 131K | 8K |
| NanoGPT | $1.20 | $4.80 | $0.60 | 128K | 8K |
What QVQ Max costs per month
Pick a workload close to yours or type your own volumes.
Supported request parameters
What you can set when you call QVQ Max through an OpenAI compatible API.
- Tools
tools - Reasoning
reasoning - Temperature
temperature
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QVQ Max questions
How much does the QVQ Max API cost?
$1.20 per million input tokens and $4.80 per million output tokens. The estimator on this page turns that into a monthly bill for your own workload.
What is the context window of QVQ Max?
131,072 tokens of input, and it can write up to 8,192 tokens in one reply. As a rough guide, a million tokens is around 750,000 English words.
Which providers serve QVQ Max?
3 providers serve it, including Alibaba (China) and NanoGPT. The lowest input price is $1.15 per million tokens at Alibaba (China). Prices differ by host, so the Providers table on this page lists each one with its input and output price.
Does QVQ Max support tool calling?
Yes. It accepts tool definitions, which is what an agent needs to call your APIs.
Is QVQ Max open source?
Its weights are published, so you can run it on your own hardware or a cloud of your choice. Read the license before commercial use.
When was QVQ Max released?
Mar 25, 2025, with training data up to Apr 2024.
Catalog data from models.dev (MIT licensed), refreshed daily, last on Oct 15, 2026. The summary is written from these facts.
Building on QVQ Max?
I test your real tasks on it and the two closest alternatives, then ship the agent on whichever wins on cost and accuracy.
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