Head-to-Head Model Comparison

QwQ Plus vs Qwen Max

Benchmarks, API Token Pricing, Context Window & Speed Comparison

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Alibaba

QwQ Plus

Deep-Reasoning-Engine

QwQ Plus von Alibaba ist ein KI-Modell für tiefgehendes logisches Denken, komplexe Mathematik und wissenschaftliche Analysen mit 131K Kontextfenster, 70 Token/s Durchsatz, einem Intelligenz-Index von 84/100 und $0.4/$1.6 pro 1M Token.

Intelligence Index84 / 100

Input Token:

$0.40 / 1M

Output Token:

$1.60 / 1M

Context Window:

131.1K tokens

SWE-bench Verified:

45%

Alibaba

Qwen Max

Klassische Modellgeneration

Qwen Max von Alibaba ist ein KI-Modell für zuverlässige Dialogsysteme, Textzusammenfassungen und klassische Enterprise-Aufgaben mit 33K Kontextfenster, 65 Token/s Durchsatz, einem Intelligenz-Index von 78/100 und $1.6/$6.4 pro 1M Token.

Intelligence Index78 / 100

Input Token:

$1.60 / 1M

Output Token:

$6.40 / 1M

Context Window:

32.8K tokens

SWE-bench Verified:

32.5%

Wichtigste Unterschiede auf einen Blick

QwQ Plus is 4.0x cheaper for API usage (input + output tokens combined).
QwQ Plus has a larger context window (131K vs 33K tokens).
QwQ Plus is faster at 70 tok/s vs 65 tok/s.
QwQ Plus leads on SWE-bench coding (45.0% vs 32.5%).

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Feature	QwQ Plus	Qwen Max
Intelligence Index Composite reasoning & knowledge score (0-100)	84	78
Provider	Alibaba	Alibaba
Input Price Cost per million input tokens	$0.40 / 1M	$1.60 / 1M
Output Price Cost per million output tokens	$1.60 / 1M	$6.40 / 1M
Blended Price Weighted 7:2:1 cache:input:output per 1M	$0.27 / 1M	$1.07 / 1M
Context Window Maximum input + output tokens	131.1K tokens~197 A4 pages of text	32.8K tokens~49 A4 pages of text
Max Output Tokens Per single request	16K	8K
Throughput Speed Tokens generated per second	70 tok/s	65 tok/s
SWE-bench Verified Real-world software engineering	45%	32.5%
GPQA Diamond Graduate-level reasoning	65.2%	48%
Cached Input Price Prompt caching discount per 1M tokens	$0.04 / 1M	$0.16 / 1M

Wer gewinnt in welcher Disziplin?

At-a-glance decision framework

Coding

QwQ Plus

+12.5% SWE-bench lead

Cost

QwQ Plus

4.0x cheaper monthly runtime

Speed

QwQ Plus

+8% faster generation

Context

QwQ Plus

131.1K tokens window

Geprüfte Benchmark-Ergebnisse im Vergleich

Official evaluation metrics verified by independent third-party research labs.

QwQ PlusQwen Max

SWE-bench Verified (Autonomous Coding)

Industry benchmark evaluating real-world GitHub issue resolution and multi-file debugging.

45%vs32.5%

GPQA Diamond (Doctorate-Level Science & Math)

Challenging questions created by domain experts to test complex PhD-level reasoning.

65.2%vs48%

MMLU-Pro (Multi-task Language Understanding)

Hardened reasoning and academic knowledge benchmark with reduced lucky-guess probability.

82%vs78.2%

LMSYS Chatbot Arena Elo

Crowdsourced human preference evaluation based on blind, head-to-head model battles.

1335ptsvs1285pts

LiveCodeBench (Competitive Coding)

Contamination-free competitive programming problems collected continuously over time.

62%vsN/A

AIME (Advanced Math Competition)

American Invitational Mathematics Examination — multi-step Olympiad-level reasoning.

80%vsN/A

Generation Speed (Throughput)

Tokens emitted per second during active generation streaming.

70 tok/s vs65 tok/s

Latenz & Antwortzeit

Time to first token (TTFT) and estimated end-to-end response time for a typical 500-token response.

Time to First Token (TTFT)Lower is better

QwQ Plus0.85s

Qwen Max0.58s

Est. End-to-End Response (500 tokens)TTFT + generation time

QwQ Plus7.99s

Qwen Max8.27s

Interaktiver Token-Kosten-Simulator

Adjust sliders to calculate projected monthly cloud API spending with prompt caching discounts.

Daily Input Tokens100K / day

10K500K1M

Daily Output Tokens30K / day

5K150K300K

Prompt Cache Hit Ratio50% cached

0% (Cold)50%90% (Warm)

QwQ Plus Monthly API Bill

$2.10 / month

$0.4/1M in · $1.6/1M out

Qwen Max Monthly API Bill

$8.40 / month

$1.6/1M in · $6.4/1M out

QwQ Plus saves approximately $6.30 / month (75%) under this workload.4.0x Savings

QwQ Plus · Strengths & Key Advantages

131K Kontextfenster und bis zu 16K maximale Output-Token (SWE-bench Verified 45% · GPQA Diamond 65.2%)
Hohe Generierungsgeschwindigkeit von 70 Token/Sekunde bei nur 850 ms Erstlatenz (TTFT)
Effiziente API-Struktur ($0.4/$1.6 pro 1M Token) inklusive Prompt-Caching, Tool-Calling und strikter JSON-Ausgabe

Considerations & Trade-offs

Proprietäres Cloud-Modell ohne Möglichkeit zum lokalen Download der Modellgewichte
Bei extrem komplexen mehrstufigen Forschungsfragen bieten schwere Reasoning-Spezialmodelle noch tiefere Analysen

Qwen Max · Strengths & Key Advantages

33K Kontextfenster und bis zu 8K maximale Output-Token (SWE-bench Verified 32.5% · GPQA Diamond 48%)
Hohe Generierungsgeschwindigkeit von 65 Token/Sekunde bei nur 580 ms Erstlatenz (TTFT)
Effiziente API-Struktur ($1.6/$6.4 pro 1M Token) inklusive Prompt-Caching, Tool-Calling und strikter JSON-Ausgabe

Considerations & Trade-offs

Proprietäres Cloud-Modell ohne Möglichkeit zum lokalen Download der Modellgewichte
Bei extrem komplexen mehrstufigen Forschungsfragen bieten schwere Reasoning-Spezialmodelle noch tiefere Analysen

Token Use & Task Economics

Estimated cost and token consumption to complete one representative agentic task.

Metric	QwQ Plus	Qwen Max
Cost per Task Estimated USD to finish one task	$0.12	$0.18
Output Tokens / Task Tokens generated per task	24K	18K
Reasoning Tokens / Task Thinking tokens burned per task	14K	6K

Technische Spezifikationen

Architecture, release timeline, capabilities, and modalities.

Feature	QwQ Plus	Qwen Max
Official API Model ID (SDK)	qwq-plus-instruct	qwen-max-instruct
API Protocol	Alibaba REST API (OpenAI-Compatible)	Alibaba REST API (OpenAI-Compatible)
Release Date	2025-03	2024-04
Knowledge Cutoff	January 2025	September 2023
Architecture	Deep Reasoning Chain-of-Thought Transformer	Dense Autoregressive Transformer with Multi-Head Attention
Parameters	32B (Distilled Reasoning Engine)	Confidential
Enterprise Rate Limits (RPM / TPM)	5,000 – 15,000 RPM (Production Tier) · 800,000 – 2,000,000 TPM	5,000 – 15,000 RPM (Production Tier) · 800,000 – 2,000,000 TPM
Long-Context Tier (>128K/200K)	Flat rate ($0.4/1M in) across full 131K window	Flat rate ($1.6/1M in) across full 33K window
Prompt Cache Policy & TTL	Cached input at $0.04/1M tokens	Cached input at $0.16/1M tokens
Computer Use / GUI Agent	API / CLI Tool-Use & DOM Agent ready (no raw pixel desktop click loop)	API / CLI Tool-Use & DOM Agent ready (no raw pixel desktop click loop)
MCP & Parallel Tool Calling	Native MCP Client/Server ready · Parallel function calling · 100% Strict JSON Schema	Native MCP Client/Server ready · Parallel function calling · 100% Strict JSON Schema
Web Search Grounding & Sandbox	Supported via external Tavily/Exa Search & E2B/Docker Sandbox tools	Supported via external Tavily/Exa Search & E2B/Docker Sandbox tools
Official Fine-Tuning Support	API Prompt Engineering & RAG Distillation	API Prompt Engineering & RAG Distillation
Multimodal Token Billing	Text BPE (~4 chars/token)	Text BPE (~4 chars/token)
Quantization & Min GPU VRAM	Cloud-Hosted Proprietary (FP8 / BF16 Tensor Core Cluster) · Zero Local VRAM Required (100% Serverless Cloud API)	Cloud-Hosted Proprietary (FP8 / BF16 Tensor Core Cluster) · Zero Local VRAM Required (100% Serverless Cloud API)
Safety & Frontier Classification	Alibaba Production Safety & Alignment Verified	Alibaba Production Safety & Alignment Verified
Enterprise Compliance (ZDR/HIPAA/SOC2)	SOC2 Type II · GDPR · Zero Data Retention (ZDR) & HIPAA BAA Available on Enterprise Tier	SOC2 Type II · GDPR · Zero Data Retention (ZDR) & HIPAA BAA Available on Enterprise Tier
Input Modalities	text	text
Output Modalities	text	text

QwQ Plus vs Qwen Max: Schnelle Antworten (FAQ)

Which is more intelligent, QwQ Plus or Qwen Max?

QwQ Plus is more intelligent. It scores 84 compared with 78 on the composite Intelligence Index.

Which model is faster?

QwQ Plus is faster, generating 70 tokens per second compared with 65 tokens per second.

Which model is cheaper to run?

QwQ Plus is cheaper at $0.27 per 1M tokens blended, compared with $1.07 (7:2:1 cache:input:output ratio).

Which model has lower latency?

Qwen Max has lower latency, with a time to first token of 0.58s compared with 0.85s.

Which model has a larger context window?

QwQ Plus has a larger context window, supporting 131.1K tokens compared with 32.8K tokens.

Fazit

Sowohl QwQ Plus (Optimal für tiefgehendes logisches Denken, komplexe Mathematik und wissenschaftliche Analysen, Enterprise-RAG-Systeme und skalierbare API-Pipelines.) als auch Qwen Max (Optimal für zuverlässige Dialogsysteme, Textzusammenfassungen und klassische Enterprise-Aufgaben, Enterprise-RAG-Systeme und skalierbare API-Pipelines.) überzeugen im Produktionseinsatz: QwQ Plus führt bei komplexem Reasoning und Coding, QwQ Plus liefert den höheren Token-Durchsatz und QwQ Plus ist die kosteneffizienteste Wahl für große API-Workloads.

Häufig gestellte Fragen (FAQ)

Welches Modell ist besser für Coding und Reasoning – QwQ Plus oder Qwen Max?+

Im Gesamt-Intelligenzindex und bei Software-Benchmarks liegt QwQ Plus vorn. Prüfen Sie oben die SWE-bench- und GPQA-Werte für Ihren Anwendungsfall.

Wie unterscheiden sich die API-Preise von QwQ Plus und Qwen Max?+

QwQ Plus kostet $0.40 / $1.60 pro 1M Input-/Output-Tokens, Qwen Max liegt bei $1.60 / $6.40. Beim gewichteten Gesamtpreis ist QwQ Plus günstiger.

Welches Modell hat das größere Kontextfenster und die höhere Geschwindigkeit?+

QwQ Plus bietet 131.1K Tokens Kontext gegenüber 32.8K Tokens bei Qwen Max. Bei der Generierungsgeschwindigkeit liegt QwQ Plus vorn.

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QwQ Plus · Strengths & Key Advantages

Considerations & Trade-offs

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Considerations & Trade-offs

Token Use & Task Economics

Technische Spezifikationen

QwQ Plus vs Qwen Max: Schnelle Antworten (FAQ)

Fazit

Häufig gestellte Fragen (FAQ)

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