Alibaba
Alibaba Cloud's Qwen team ships the broadest open-weights line-up (Qwen3, Qwen3.5, coder and VL variants) plus hosted Qwen Max models.
- Provider rank
- #6
- by best model
- Best index
- 63.9
- Qwen3 8 (max)
- Ranked models
- 44
- 44 open weights
- Cheapest ranked
- $0.030/M
- qwen3-4b-instruct-2507
Release timeline
Each model’s best configuration by release date. The top eight are labelled; hover any point for its name.
Next release
Over the last two years Alibaba shipped 51 distinct models, one every 6 days on median. The latest arrived on 26 Aug 2026.
If the cadence holds, the next one lands between 29 Aug 2026 and 3 Sept 2026.
An estimate from past release dates only. It knows nothing about roadmaps or announcements.
Fastest ranked model: Qwen3.5 Omni Flash at 235 tok/s.
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Every Alibaba model with a result, one row per model; switch to all configurations to see each reasoning effort.
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| 1 | Qwen3 8maxAlibaba | 63.9±3 | $2.67 | 39 | 53 s | 1M | 2026-08-02 | 2026-09-08 |
| 2 | Qwen3 6maxAlibaba | 62.0±3 | $2.92 | 58 | 38 s | 256k | 2026-04-20 | – |
| 3 | Qwen3.7 PlusAlibaba | 59.7±7 | $1.13 | 56 | 38 s | 1M | 2026-06-02 | 2026-09-08 |
| 4 | Qwen3.8-Flash-NextAlibabaopen ↗ | 59.3±7 | $0.230 | 64 | 34 s | 256k | 2026-08-26 | 2026-09-08 |
| 5 | Qwen3.6 PlusAlibabaopen | 59.0±4 | $1.13 | 56 | 101 s | 1M | 2026-03-31 | 2026-09-08 |
| 6 | Qwen3 7maxAlibaba | 58.9±4 | $3.75 | 199 | 14 s | 1M | 2026-05-19 | 2026-09-08 |
| 7 | Qwen3.5 397B-A17BAlibabaopen ↗ | 58.6±4 | $0.387 | 81 | 41 s | 262k | 2026-02-13 | 2026-09-08 |
| 8 | Qwen3.5 PlusthinkingAlibaba | 57.2±1 | $1.29 | 48 | 1.07 s | 1M | 2026-02-16 | 2026-09-01 |
| 9 | Qwen 3.8 27BAlibabaopen ↗ | 57.1±5 | $1.13 | 46 | 47 s | 262k | 2026-08-14 | 2026-09-08 |
| 10 | Qwen3.5 122B-A10BAlibabaopen ↗ | 56.0±5 | $1.10 | 129 | 18 s | 262k | 2026-02-24 | 2026-09-08 |
| 11 | Qwen3.5 27BAlibabaopen ↗ | 55.4±5 | $0.825 | 76 | 32 s | 262k | 2026-02-24 | 2026-09-08 |
| 12 | Qwen3 MaxthinkingAlibaba | 55.0±7 | $2.40 | 58 | 38 s | 262k | 2025-09-05 | – |
| 13 | Qwen3.5 35B-A3BAlibabaopen ↗ | 53.4±5 | $0.688 | 145 | 16 s | 262k | 2026-02-24 | 2026-09-08 |
| 14 | Qwen3.5 Omni PlusAlibaba | 53.3±2 | $1.50 | 86 | 2.14 s | 256k | 2026-03-30 | – |
| 15 | Qwen3.6 27BAlibabaopen ↗ | 53.2±8 | $1.35 | 56 | 105 s | 262k | 2026-04-22 | 2026-09-01 |
| 16 | Qwen3.6 35B-A3BAlibabaopen ↗ | 53.2±6 | $0.557 | 126 | 45 s | 262k | 2026-04-14 | 2026-04-14 |
| 17 | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22BthinkingAlibabaopen ↗ | 52.1±4 | $1.30 | 56 | 39 s | 131k | 2025-10-04 | 2026-09-02 |
| 18 | Qwen3.5 FlashAlibaba | 51.8±6 | $0.559 | 41 | 0.56 s | 1M | 2026-02-25 | 2026-09-08 |
| 19 | Qwen3 235B A22BthinkingAlibabaopen ↗ | 51.7±4 | $0.975 | 60 | 37 s | 256k | 2025-04-28 | 2026-09-02 |
| 20 | Qwen3-Next 80B A3BthinkingAlibabaopen ↗ | 51.0±5 | $0.466 | 190 | 13 s | 131k | 2025-09 | 2026-09-02 |
| 21 | Qwen3 Coder 480BAlibabaopen ↗ | 48.5±4 | $1.51 | 53 | 2.97 s | 262k | 2025-07-22 | 2026-09-08 |
| 22 | Qwen PlusAlibaba | 48.4±7 | $0.158 | 37 | 0.50 s | 1M | 2025-01-25 | 2026-09-02 |
| 23 | Qwen3 Vl 32BthinkingAlibabaopen ↗ | 48.2±6 | $0.838 | 90 | 25 s | 131k | 2025-10-21 | – |
| 24 | Qwen3.5-9Bno reasoningAlibabaopen ↗ | 47.7±5 | $0.190 | 89 | 0.74 s | 262k | 2026-02-24 | 2026-02-24 · stale |
| 25 | Qwen3.5-4BAlibaba | 47.1±7 | $0.060 | 27 | 74 s | 262k | 2026-02-24 | – |
| 26 | Qwen3 32BAlibabaopen ↗ | 45.9±6 | $0.502 | 105 | 2.53 s | 131k | 2025-04 | 2026-09-02 |
| 27 | QwQ-32BAlibabaopen ↗ | 45.7±4 | $0.431 | – | – | 131k | 2024-12 | 2026-09-02 |
| 28 | Qwen3.5 Omni FlashAlibaba | 45.6±5 | $0.275 | 235 | 1.83 s | 256k | 2026-03-30 | – |
| 29 | Qwen3 30B A3BAlibabaopen ↗ | 45.4±5 | $0.215 | 108 | 2.26 s | 131k | 2025-04-29 | 2026-09-02 |
| 30 | Qwen3-VL 30B-A3BthinkingAlibabaopen ↗ | 44.8±4 | $0.750 | 111 | 20 s | 262k | 2025-10-05 | – |
| 31 | Qwen3.6 FlashAlibaba | 44.6±11 | $0.422 | 100 | 0.38 s | 1M | 2026-04-27 | 2026-04-27 |
| 32 | Qwen3-Coder 30B-A3B InstructAlibabaopen ↗ | 44.4±3 | $0.377 | 86 | 2.62 s | 262k | 2025-08-01 | – |
| 33 | qwen3-coder-nextAlibabaopen ↗ | 44.1±4 | $0.450 | 113 | 1.32 s | 262k | 2026-02-02 | 2026-02-02 · stale |
| 34 | Qwen3 Vl 8BthinkingAlibabaopen ↗ | 43.4±2 | $0.660 | 111 | 20 s | 256k | 2025-10-15 | – |
| 35 | Qwen2.5-Coder 32B InstructAlibabaopen ↗ | 42.2±9 | $0.431 | 27 | 2.07 s | 131k | 2024-11-12 | 2026-09-02 |
| 36 | Qwen2.5 72BAlibabaopen ↗ | 42.1±5 | $0.861 | 10 | 7.92 s | 131k | 2024-09 | 2026-09-02 |
| 37 | qwen3-4b-instruct-2507Alibabaopen | 41.7±4 | $0.030 | – | – | 128k | 2025-08-06 | 2025-08-06 · stale |
| 38 | Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B InstructthinkingAlibabaopen ↗ | 41.6±6 | $0.430 | 100 | 22 s | 66k | 2025-09-24 | – |
| 39 | Qwen3 14BthinkingAlibabaopen ↗ | 41.5±6 | $1.31 | 59 | 37 s | 33k | 2025-04-29 | – |
| 40 | Qwen2-72BAlibaba | 41.3±5 | – | – | – | 131k | 2024-06-07 | 2026-09-02 |
| 41 | Qwen3.5 2BAlibabaopen ↗ | 39.7±3 | – | – | – | 262k | – | – |
| 42 | Qwen3 8BthinkingAlibabaopen ↗ | 39.5±4 | $0.660 | 38 | 56 s | 131k | 2025-04-28 | – |
| 43 | Qwen3-1.7BthinkingAlibaba | 37.8±4 | – | – | – | 32k | 2025-04-29 | – |
| 44 | Qwen3.5 0.8BAlibabaopen ↗ | 35.9±8 | – | – | – | 262k | – | – |
| 45 | Qwen TurboAlibaba | – | $0.055 | 105 | 2.17 s | 1M | 2024-11-01 | 2024-11-01 · stale |
| 46 | Qwen1 5 110BAlibaba | – | – | – | – | 32k | – | 2026-09-02 |
| 47 | Qwen1.5-32BAlibaba | – | – | – | – | – | 2024-04-03 | 2026-09-02 |
| 48 | Qwen1.5-72BAlibaba | – | – | – | – | – | 2024-02-04 | 2026-09-02 |
| 49 | Qwen2.5 32B InstructAlibabaopen ↗ | – | $0.431 | – | – | 131k | 2024-09-17 | 2024-09-17 · stale |
| 50 | Qwen2.5-MaxmaxAlibaba | – | – | – | – | 32k | – | 2026-09-02 |
| 51 | Qwen-14BAlibaba | – | – | – | – | – | 2023-09-24 | 2026-09-02 |
| 52 | Qwen1 5 14BAlibaba | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2026-09-02 |
| 53 | Qwen1 5 4BAlibaba | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2026-09-02 |
| 54 | Qwen1 5 7BAlibaba | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2026-09-02 |
| 55 | Qwen2 5 PlusAlibaba | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2026-09-02 |
| 56 | Qwen2 Vl 72BAlibaba | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2026-08-27 |
| 57 | Qwen2.5-VL 72B InstructAlibabaopen ↗ | – | $3.44 | 3 | 0.69 s | 131k | 2025-03-25 | 2026-08-27 |
| 58 | Qwen3 235B A22b NothinkingAlibaba | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2026-09-02 |
| 59 | Qwen3 5Alibaba | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2026-09-02 |
| 60 | Qwen3.7 Flashno reasoningAlibaba | – | $0.052 | 45 | 0.63 s | 1M | 2026-07-27 | 2026-07-27 |
| 61 | Qwen3.8 2.4T A95BAlibabaopen ↗ | – | $3.00 | 41 | 52 s | 984k | 2026-08-12 | – |
| 62 | Qwen Qwen2 5 72B TurboAlibaba | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2026-09-01 |
| 63 | Qwen Qwen3 235B A22bAlibabaopen | – | $0.385 | – | – | 262k | 2025-09-18 | 2025-11-13 · stale |
| 64 | Qwen VlmaxAlibaba | – | $0.316 | – | – | 131k | 2024-04-08 | 2026-08-27 |
| 65 | Qwen2.5 7B InstructAlibabaopen ↗ | – | $0.090 | 51 | 0.26 s | 131k | 2024-09-19 | 2024-09-19 · stale |
| 66 | Parasail Qwen3 235B A22bAlibaba | – | – | – | – | – | 2025-07-25 | 2025-09-01 · stale |
| 67 | Qwen Qwen2 5 7B TurboAlibaba | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2026-09-01 |
| 68 | Qwen-VL PlusAlibaba | – | $0.158 | – | – | 131k | 2024-01-25 | 2023-12-15 · stale |
| 69 | Qwen2 5 Vl 32BAlibaba | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2026-08-27 |
| 70 | Qwen2 Vl 7BAlibaba | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2026-08-27 |
| 71 | Qwen2.5-Coder 7B InstructAlibabaopen ↗ | – | $0.180 | – | – | 131k | 2024-11 | – |
| 72 | Qwen2.5-VL 7B InstructAlibabaopen ↗ | – | $0.394 | – | – | 131k | 2024-09 | 2025-02-19 · stale |
| 73 | Qwen3 32B FastthinkingAlibaba | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 74 | Qwen3 5 397BAlibaba | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 75 | Qwq 32B Plus Qwen 2.5 CoderAlibaba | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2025-03-07 · stale |
| 76 | QwQ PlusAlibaba | – | $0.316 | – | – | 131k | 2025-04-08 | 2025-04-08 · stale |
| 77 | Qwen Deep ResearchAlibaba | – | $11.65 | – | – | 1M | 2024-01 | – |
| 78 | Qwen Doc TurboAlibaba | – | $0.101 | – | – | 131k | 2024-01 | – |
| 79 | Qwen FlashAlibaba | – | $0.071 | – | – | 1M | 2025-07-28 | – |
| 80 | Qwen LongAlibaba | – | $0.126 | – | – | 10M | 2025-01-25 | – |
| 81 | Qwen Math PlusAlibaba | – | $0.861 | – | – | 4k | 2024-08-16 | – |
| 82 | Qwen Math TurboAlibaba | – | $0.431 | – | – | 4k | 2024-09-19 | – |
| 83 | Qwen Plus CharacterAlibaba | – | $0.158 | – | – | 33k | 2024-01 | – |
| 84 | Qwen Plus Character (Japanese)Alibaba | – | $0.725 | – | – | 8k | 2024-01 | – |
| 85 | Qwen-1_8BAlibaba | – | – | – | – | – | 2023-11-30 | – |
| 86 | Qwen-7BAlibaba | – | – | – | – | – | 2023-09-28 | – |
| 87 | Qwen-MT PlusAlibabaopen | – | $0.388 | – | – | 16k | 2025-09-03 | – |
| 88 | Qwen-MT TurboAlibaba | – | $0.146 | – | – | 16k | 2025-01 | – |
| 89 | Qwen-Omni TurboAlibaba | – | $0.101 | – | – | 33k | 2025-01-19 | – |
| 90 | Qwen-VL OCRAlibaba | – | $0.717 | – | – | 34k | 2024-10-28 | – |
| 91 | Qwen2 5 CoderAlibaba | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 92 | Qwen2.5 14B InstructAlibabaopen ↗ | – | $0.216 | – | – | 131k | 2024-09 | – |
| 93 | Qwen2.5-Coder-0.5BAlibaba | – | – | – | – | – | 2024-09-18 | – |
| 94 | Qwen2.5-Coder-14BAlibaba | – | – | – | – | – | 2024-09-18 | – |
| 95 | Qwen2.5-Coder-3BAlibaba | – | – | – | – | – | 2024-09-18 | – |
| 96 | Qwen2.5-Math 72B InstructAlibabaopen ↗ | – | $0.861 | – | – | 4k | 2024-09 | – |
| 97 | Qwen2.5-Math 7B InstructAlibabaopen ↗ | – | $0.180 | – | – | 4k | 2024-09 | – |
| 98 | Qwen2.5-Omni 7BAlibabaopen ↗ | – | $0.152 | – | – | 33k | 2024-12 | – |
| 99 | Qwen3 Coder FlashAlibaba | – | $0.251 | 35 | 1.14 s | 1M | 2025-07-28 | – |
| 100 | Qwen3 Coder PlusAlibabaopen | – | $2.00 | 38 | 1.29 s | 1.0M | 2025-07-23 | – |
Latest news
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