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Qwen3 Max Preview

AI model Released

Context window
262,144 tokens
Maximum output
32,768 tokens
Open weights
No

Capability & preference

Human preference · Arena

Overall text preferences from head-to-head votes. Not factual accuracy or a task-success rate.

Qwen3 Max Preview 1438.9 Qwen3-Max-Preview · 95% interval 1434.4–1443.4 · 27,368 votes · 2026-10-28

Recorded results

Only the same benchmark, version, workload, scenario and unit share a row. Missing results are not zero. System results include the full submitted hardware and software configuration.

Arena text preference / chinesehuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Qwen3 Max Preview

1,478.41 rating

Confidence interval: 1,465.33 – 1,491.49

2093 votes

Category
chinese
Evaluated configuration
Qwen3-Max-Preview
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / codinghuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Qwen3 Max Preview

1,455.63 rating

Confidence interval: 1,447.31 – 1,463.95

5363 votes

Category
coding
Evaluated configuration
Qwen3-Max-Preview
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / creative_writinghuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Qwen3 Max Preview

1,401.07 rating

Confidence interval: 1,391.17 – 1,410.96

3733 votes

Category
creative_writing
Evaluated configuration
Qwen3-Max-Preview
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / englishhuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Qwen3 Max Preview

1,442.04 rating

Confidence interval: 1,435.94 – 1,448.14

11492 votes

Category
english
Evaluated configuration
Qwen3-Max-Preview
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / exclude_tieshuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Qwen3 Max Preview

1,435.80 rating

Confidence interval: 1,429.52 – 1,442.08

19405 votes

Category
exclude_ties
Evaluated configuration
Qwen3-Max-Preview
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / experthuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Qwen3 Max Preview

1,455.44 rating

Confidence interval: 1,439.31 – 1,471.57

1349 votes

Category
expert
Evaluated configuration
Qwen3-Max-Preview
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / frenchhuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Qwen3 Max Preview

1,449.89 rating

Confidence interval: 1,421.38 – 1,478.40

438 votes

Category
french
Evaluated configuration
Qwen3-Max-Preview
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / germanhuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Qwen3 Max Preview

1,462.64 rating

Confidence interval: 1,437.83 – 1,487.46

597 votes

Category
german
Evaluated configuration
Qwen3-Max-Preview
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / hard_promptshuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Qwen3 Max Preview

1,448.05 rating

Confidence interval: 1,442.23 – 1,453.88

13554 votes

Category
hard_prompts
Evaluated configuration
Qwen3-Max-Preview
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / hard_prompts_englishhuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Qwen3 Max Preview

1,448.08 rating

Confidence interval: 1,440.11 – 1,456.05

5830 votes

Category
hard_prompts_english
Evaluated configuration
Qwen3-Max-Preview
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / industry_business_and_management_and_financial_operationshuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Qwen3 Max Preview

1,436.32 rating

Confidence interval: 1,427.79 – 1,444.85

5137 votes

Category
industry_business_and_management_and_financial_operations
Evaluated configuration
Qwen3-Max-Preview
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / industry_entertainment_and_sports_and_mediahuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Qwen3 Max Preview

1,404.11 rating

Confidence interval: 1,395.51 – 1,412.71

4963 votes

Category
industry_entertainment_and_sports_and_media
Evaluated configuration
Qwen3-Max-Preview
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / industry_legal_and_governmenthuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Qwen3 Max Preview

1,434.69 rating

Confidence interval: 1,420.45 – 1,448.94

1695 votes

Category
industry_legal_and_government
Evaluated configuration
Qwen3-Max-Preview
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / industry_life_and_physical_and_social_sciencehuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Qwen3 Max Preview

1,457.45 rating

Confidence interval: 1,448.09 – 1,466.81

4212 votes

Category
industry_life_and_physical_and_social_science
Evaluated configuration
Qwen3-Max-Preview
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / industry_mathematicalhuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Qwen3 Max Preview

1,445.36 rating

Confidence interval: 1,429.76 – 1,460.95

1338 votes

Category
industry_mathematical
Evaluated configuration
Qwen3-Max-Preview
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / industry_medicine_and_healthcarehuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Qwen3 Max Preview

1,467.52 rating

Confidence interval: 1,451.72 – 1,483.33

1466 votes

Category
industry_medicine_and_healthcare
Evaluated configuration
Qwen3-Max-Preview
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / industry_software_and_it_serviceshuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Qwen3 Max Preview

1,458.32 rating

Confidence interval: 1,451.67 – 1,464.97

9334 votes

Category
industry_software_and_it_services
Evaluated configuration
Qwen3-Max-Preview
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / industry_writing_and_literature_and_languagehuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Qwen3 Max Preview

1,406.95 rating

Confidence interval: 1,399.15 – 1,414.76

6190 votes

Category
industry_writing_and_literature_and_language
Evaluated configuration
Qwen3-Max-Preview
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / instruction_followinghuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Qwen3 Max Preview

1,419.48 rating

Confidence interval: 1,412.17 – 1,426.78

7316 votes

Category
instruction_following
Evaluated configuration
Qwen3-Max-Preview
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / japanesehuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Qwen3 Max Preview

1,397.54 rating

Confidence interval: 1,369.24 – 1,425.85

438 votes

Category
japanese
Evaluated configuration
Qwen3-Max-Preview
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / koreanhuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Qwen3 Max Preview

1,398.12 rating

Confidence interval: 1,374.92 – 1,421.31

716 votes

Category
korean
Evaluated configuration
Qwen3-Max-Preview
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / longer_queryhuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Qwen3 Max Preview

1,438.05 rating

Confidence interval: 1,430.16 – 1,445.95

6157 votes

Category
longer_query
Evaluated configuration
Qwen3-Max-Preview
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / mathhuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Qwen3 Max Preview

1,446.68 rating

Confidence interval: 1,431.76 – 1,461.61

1496 votes

Category
math
Evaluated configuration
Qwen3-Max-Preview
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / multi_turnhuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Qwen3 Max Preview

1,446.11 rating

Confidence interval: 1,437.06 – 1,455.16

4525 votes

Category
multi_turn
Evaluated configuration
Qwen3-Max-Preview
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / non_englishhuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Qwen3 Max Preview

1,429.10 rating

Confidence interval: 1,423.55 – 1,434.66

15795 votes

Category
non_english
Evaluated configuration
Qwen3-Max-Preview
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / overallhuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Qwen3 Max Preview

1,438.89 rating

Confidence interval: 1,434.39 – 1,443.40

27368 votes

Category
overall
Evaluated configuration
Qwen3-Max-Preview
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / polishhuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Qwen3 Max Preview

1,439.92 rating

Confidence interval: 1,424.05 – 1,455.78

1453 votes

Category
polish
Evaluated configuration
Qwen3-Max-Preview
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / russianhuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Qwen3 Max Preview

1,427.38 rating

Confidence interval: 1,413.97 – 1,440.78

1865 votes

Category
russian
Evaluated configuration
Qwen3-Max-Preview
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / spanishhuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Qwen3 Max Preview

1,462.09 rating

Confidence interval: 1,441.42 – 1,482.77

845 votes

Category
spanish
Evaluated configuration
Qwen3-Max-Preview
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / chinesehuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Qwen3 Max Preview

1,478.24 rating

Confidence interval: 1,465.16 – 1,491.32

2091 votes

Category
chinese
Evaluated configuration
qwen3-max-preview
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / codinghuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Qwen3 Max Preview

1,455.72 rating

Confidence interval: 1,447.40 – 1,464.03

5369 votes

Category
coding
Evaluated configuration
qwen3-max-preview
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / creative_writinghuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Qwen3 Max Preview

1,401.10 rating

Confidence interval: 1,391.20 – 1,410.99

3730 votes

Category
creative_writing
Evaluated configuration
qwen3-max-preview
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / englishhuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Qwen3 Max Preview

1,442.14 rating

Confidence interval: 1,436.04 – 1,448.24

11497 votes

Category
english
Evaluated configuration
qwen3-max-preview
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / exclude_tieshuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Qwen3 Max Preview

1,435.74 rating

Confidence interval: 1,429.46 – 1,442.02

19405 votes

Category
exclude_ties
Evaluated configuration
qwen3-max-preview
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / experthuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Qwen3 Max Preview

1,455.01 rating

Confidence interval: 1,438.87 – 1,471.14

1347 votes

Category
expert
Evaluated configuration
qwen3-max-preview
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / frenchhuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Qwen3 Max Preview

1,449.36 rating

Confidence interval: 1,420.84 – 1,477.88

438 votes

Category
french
Evaluated configuration
qwen3-max-preview
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / germanhuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Qwen3 Max Preview

1,462.62 rating

Confidence interval: 1,437.81 – 1,487.44

597 votes

Category
german
Evaluated configuration
qwen3-max-preview
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / hard_promptshuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Qwen3 Max Preview

1,447.98 rating

Confidence interval: 1,442.16 – 1,453.80

13554 votes

Category
hard_prompts
Evaluated configuration
qwen3-max-preview
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / hard_prompts_englishhuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Qwen3 Max Preview

1,448.18 rating

Confidence interval: 1,440.21 – 1,456.15

5832 votes

Category
hard_prompts_english
Evaluated configuration
qwen3-max-preview
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / industry_business_and_management_and_financial_operationshuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Qwen3 Max Preview

1,436.57 rating

Confidence interval: 1,428.04 – 1,445.09

5138 votes

Category
industry_business_and_management_and_financial_operations
Evaluated configuration
qwen3-max-preview
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / industry_entertainment_and_sports_and_mediahuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Qwen3 Max Preview

1,403.98 rating

Confidence interval: 1,395.38 – 1,412.58

4961 votes

Category
industry_entertainment_and_sports_and_media
Evaluated configuration
qwen3-max-preview
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / industry_legal_and_governmenthuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Qwen3 Max Preview

1,434.48 rating

Confidence interval: 1,420.24 – 1,448.71

1696 votes

Category
industry_legal_and_government
Evaluated configuration
qwen3-max-preview
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / industry_life_and_physical_and_social_sciencehuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Qwen3 Max Preview

1,457.45 rating

Confidence interval: 1,448.09 – 1,466.81

4209 votes

Category
industry_life_and_physical_and_social_science
Evaluated configuration
qwen3-max-preview
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / industry_mathematicalhuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Qwen3 Max Preview

1,445.38 rating

Confidence interval: 1,429.79 – 1,460.98

1338 votes

Category
industry_mathematical
Evaluated configuration
qwen3-max-preview
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / industry_medicine_and_healthcarehuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Qwen3 Max Preview

1,467.60 rating

Confidence interval: 1,451.79 – 1,483.41

1466 votes

Category
industry_medicine_and_healthcare
Evaluated configuration
qwen3-max-preview
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / industry_software_and_it_serviceshuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Qwen3 Max Preview

1,458.41 rating

Confidence interval: 1,451.76 – 1,465.06

9341 votes

Category
industry_software_and_it_services
Evaluated configuration
qwen3-max-preview
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / industry_writing_and_literature_and_languagehuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Qwen3 Max Preview

1,406.92 rating

Confidence interval: 1,399.11 – 1,414.73

6184 votes

Category
industry_writing_and_literature_and_language
Evaluated configuration
qwen3-max-preview
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / instruction_followinghuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Qwen3 Max Preview

1,419.52 rating

Confidence interval: 1,412.22 – 1,426.83

7315 votes

Category
instruction_following
Evaluated configuration
qwen3-max-preview
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / japanesehuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Qwen3 Max Preview

1,398.19 rating

Confidence interval: 1,369.86 – 1,426.52

437 votes

Category
japanese
Evaluated configuration
qwen3-max-preview
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / koreanhuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Qwen3 Max Preview

1,398.55 rating

Confidence interval: 1,375.33 – 1,421.77

714 votes

Category
korean
Evaluated configuration
qwen3-max-preview
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / longer_queryhuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Qwen3 Max Preview

1,438.03 rating

Confidence interval: 1,430.13 – 1,445.93

6158 votes

Category
longer_query
Evaluated configuration
qwen3-max-preview
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / mathhuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Qwen3 Max Preview

1,445.97 rating

Confidence interval: 1,431.05 – 1,460.89

1495 votes

Category
math
Evaluated configuration
qwen3-max-preview
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / multi_turnhuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Qwen3 Max Preview

1,446.32 rating

Confidence interval: 1,437.27 – 1,455.37

4528 votes

Category
multi_turn
Evaluated configuration
qwen3-max-preview
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / non_englishhuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Qwen3 Max Preview

1,428.98 rating

Confidence interval: 1,423.42 – 1,434.53

15792 votes

Category
non_english
Evaluated configuration
qwen3-max-preview
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / overallhuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Qwen3 Max Preview

1,438.82 rating

Confidence interval: 1,434.32 – 1,443.33

27370 votes

Category
overall
Evaluated configuration
qwen3-max-preview
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / polishhuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Qwen3 Max Preview

1,439.95 rating

Confidence interval: 1,424.09 – 1,455.81

1453 votes

Category
polish
Evaluated configuration
qwen3-max-preview
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / russianhuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Qwen3 Max Preview

1,427.46 rating

Confidence interval: 1,414.05 – 1,440.87

1866 votes

Category
russian
Evaluated configuration
qwen3-max-preview
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / spanishhuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Qwen3 Max Preview

1,462.00 rating

Confidence interval: 1,441.31 – 1,482.68

845 votes

Category
spanish
Evaluated configuration
qwen3-max-preview
Evaluation type
human preference

Run it locally

Inference · memory estimate

Qwen3 Max Preview

Closed weights. No supported local deployment or GPU requirement is published.

API cost

USD / month

Standard text-token estimate. Excludes taxes, caching, batch discounts, reasoning and multimodal surcharges. Provider limits and regional availability may differ.

Qwen3 Max Preview

Capabilities

Context window
262,144 tokens
Maximum output
32,768 tokens
Reasoning
No
Tool calling
Yes
Open weights
No
Knowledge cutoff
2025-04
Model license
Proprietary

Input modalities

  • text

Output modalities

  • text