Qwen3 Max vs Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking: side-by-side summary

Qwen3 Max and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking are available through the OpenRouter API, so switching between them takes a model slug change rather than a new integration.

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.

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking, from Qwen, has a 131,072-token context window and is priced at $0.40/M tokens input, $4/M tokens output on OpenRouter.

Context window

• Qwen3 Max: 262,144 tokens
• Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking: 131,072 tokens

Price

• Qwen3 Max: $0.78/M tokens input, $3.90/M tokens output
• Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking: $0.40/M tokens input, $4/M tokens output

Provided by

• Qwen3 Max: Qwen
• Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking: Qwen

• Qwen3 Max model details, providers and pricing
• Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking model details, providers and pricing