Best Qwen models

First-party

Alibaba's Qwen family is the broadest model lineup in open AI: frontier flagships, coding specialists, vision models, and tiny MoEs that run on a laptop. These are the best Qwen models in 2026 and what each one is actually for.

The ranking
Updated June 2026
  • 1Qwen
    Qwen3.7 MaxQwenThe flagship: Qwen's strongest reasoning, API only.
    Context262K
    Input$0.8/M
  • 2Qwen
    Qwen3.7 PlusQwenThe everyday workhorse: 1M context at $0.40 per million input tokens.
    Context1M
    Input$0.4/M
  • 3Qwen
    Qwen3 Coder 480B A35BQwenThe open-weight coding specialist: 1M context, free tier on OpenRouter.
    Context1.049M
    Input$0.22/M
  • 4Qwen
    Qwen3 Coder NextQwenThe newer open coding line: efficient agentic edits at $0.11 per million.
    Context262K
    Input$0.11/M
  • 5Qwen
    Qwen3.5-FlashQwen1M context at $0.065 per million, for high-volume and routine steps.
    Context1M
    Input$0.065/M
  • 6Qwen
    Qwen3 Next 80B A3B InstructQwenFast open-weight MoE with a free tier, great for chat and reasoning.
    Context262K
    Input$0.09/M
  • 7Qwen
    Qwen3 VL 235B A22B InstructQwenThe open vision flagship: images and documents at $0.20 per million.
    Context262K
    Input$0.2/M
  • 8Qwen
    Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B InstructQwenThe local pick: a fast MoE coder that fits prosumer hardware.
    Context160K
    Input$0.07/M
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