E5-Base-v2 vs Qwen3 Max: side-by-side summary

E5-Base-v2 and Qwen3 Max are available through the OpenRouter API, so switching between them takes a model slug change rather than a new integration.

E5-Base-v2, from intfloat, has a 512-token context window and is priced at $0.005/M tokens on OpenRouter.

Qwen3 Max, from Qwen, has a 262,144-token context window and is priced at $0.78/M tokens input, $3.90/M tokens output on OpenRouter.

Context window

• E5-Base-v2: 512 tokens
• Qwen3 Max: 262,144 tokens

Price

• E5-Base-v2: $0.005/M tokens
• Qwen3 Max: $0.78/M tokens input, $3.90/M tokens output

Provided by

• E5-Base-v2: intfloat
• Qwen3 Max: Qwen

• E5-Base-v2 model details, providers and pricing
• Qwen3 Max model details, providers and pricing