Head-to-Head Model Comparison

QwQ Plus vs Qwen Max

Benchmarks, API Token Pricing, Context Window & Speed Comparison

Verificato dal team di ricerca di GetInfoUsUltima verifica: October 2026Politica editoriale

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Alibaba

QwQ Plus

Motore di Ragionamento Profondo

QwQ Plus di Alibaba è un modello di IA progettato per il ragionamento logico profondo, la matematica avanzata e l’analisi scientifica, con finestra di contesto da 131K, velocità di 70 token/s, indice di intelligenza di 84/100 e tariffa di $

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

Modello di Generazione Classica

Qwen Max di Alibaba è un modello di IA progettato per gli assistenti conversazionali, la sintesi documentale e i flussi di lavoro aziendali, con finestra di contesto da 33K, velocità di 65 token/s, indice di intelligenza di 78/100 e tariffa

Intelligence Index78 / 100

Input Token:

$1.60 / 1M

Output Token:

$6.40 / 1M

Context Window:

32.8K tokens

SWE-bench Verified:

32.5%

Differenze Chiave a Colpo d’Occhio

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

Chi vince in ogni categoria?

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

Punteggi Benchmark Verificati

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

Latenza e Tempo di Risposta

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

Simulatore Interattivo dei Costi Token

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

Finestra di contesto da 131K con capacità massima di output fino a 16K token (SWE-bench Verified 45% · GPQA Diamond 65.2%)
Throughput elevato di 70 token/secondo con latenza al primo token (TTFT) di soli 850 ms
Economia API competitiva ($0.4/$1.6 per 1M di token) con supporto per prompt caching, tool calling e output JSON strutturati

Considerations & Trade-offs

Modello cloud proprietario chiuso; non consente il download locale dei pesi per l’esecuzione offline
Nelle dimostrazioni scientifiche più estreme, i modelli di ragionamento pesante dedicati offrono maggiore profondità

Qwen Max · Strengths & Key Advantages

Finestra di contesto da 33K con capacità massima di output fino a 8K token (SWE-bench Verified 32.5% · GPQA Diamond 48%)
Throughput elevato di 65 token/secondo con latenza al primo token (TTFT) di soli 580 ms
Economia API competitiva ($1.6/$6.4 per 1M di token) con supporto per prompt caching, tool calling e output JSON strutturati

Considerations & Trade-offs

Modello cloud proprietario chiuso; non consente il download locale dei pesi per l’esecuzione offline
Nelle dimostrazioni scientifiche più estreme, i modelli di ragionamento pesante dedicati offrono maggiore profondità

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

Specifiche Tecniche

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: Risposte Rapide (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.

Verdetto

Sia QwQ Plus (Ideale per il ragionamento logico profondo, la matematica avanzata e l’analisi scientifica, sistemi RAG aziendali e integrazioni API scalabili.) sia Qwen Max (Ideale per gli assistenti conversazionali, la sintesi documentale e i flussi di lavoro aziendali, sistemi RAG aziendali e integrazioni API scalabili.) eccellono in produzione: QwQ Plus guida nei benchmark di ragionamento e programmazione, QwQ Plus garantisce una generazione più rapida e QwQ Plus offre il miglior rapporto qualità-prezzo per carichi API elevati.

Domande Frequenti (FAQ)

Quale modello è migliore per coding e ragionamento, QwQ Plus o Qwen Max?+

Nell’indice di intelligenza composito e nei benchmark di programmazione prevale QwQ Plus. Consulta i punteggi SWE-bench e GPQA qui sopra per tutti i dettagli.

Qual è la differenza di prezzo API tra QwQ Plus e Qwen Max?+

QwQ Plus costa $0.40 / $1.60 per milione di token di input/output, mentre Qwen Max costa $1.60 / $6.40. Nel costo combinato, QwQ Plus risulta più economico.

Quale modello ha la finestra di contesto più ampia e la velocità maggiore?+

QwQ Plus supporta 131.1K token di contesto contro 32.8K token di Qwen Max, mentre QwQ Plus offre una velocità di generazione superiore.

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QwQ Plus vs Qwen Max

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QwQ Plus

Qwen Max

Chi vince in ogni categoria?

Punteggi Benchmark Verificati

Latenza e Tempo di Risposta

Simulatore Interattivo dei Costi Token

QwQ Plus · Strengths & Key Advantages

Considerations & Trade-offs

Qwen Max · Strengths & Key Advantages

Considerations & Trade-offs

Token Use & Task Economics

Specifiche Tecniche

QwQ Plus vs Qwen Max: Risposte Rapide (FAQ)

Verdetto

Domande Frequenti (FAQ)

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