# QVQ Max

> QVQ Max is a proprietary language model from Alibaba (Qwen), released on 25 Mar 2025. It accepts text and images and generates text, with a 131K-token context window and up to 8K output tokens per response. As of 4 Oct 2026, the lowest listed API price is $1.20 per million input tokens and $4.80 per million output tokens (Alibaba Cloud Model Studio), across 1 provider we track.

Source page: https://www.aimodel.directory/models/qvq-max
Last verified: 4 Oct 2026

## Specifications

- **Developer:** Alibaba (Qwen)
- **Release date:** 25 Mar 2025 (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/alibaba/models/qvq-max.toml)
- **Status:** Generally available (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/alibaba/models/qvq-max.toml)
- **Weights:** Proprietary (API only) (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/alibaba/models/qvq-max.toml)
- **Context window:** 131K (131,072 tokens) (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/alibaba/models/qvq-max.toml)
- **Max output:** 8K tokens (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/alibaba/models/qvq-max.toml)
- **Knowledge cutoff:** Apr 2024 (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/alibaba/models/qvq-max.toml)
- **Input:** Text and images (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/alibaba/models/qvq-max.toml)
- **Output:** Text (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/alibaba/models/qvq-max.toml)
- **Reasoning mode:** Yes (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/alibaba/models/qvq-max.toml)
- **Tool calling:** Yes (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/alibaba/models/qvq-max.toml)

## API pricing (USD per 1M tokens)

| Provider | Input | Output | Cached input | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alibaba Cloud Model Studio | $1.20 | $4.80 | – | 131K |

## FAQ

### What is the context window of QVQ Max?

QVQ Max has a context window of 131,072 tokens (131K) and can generate up to 8,192 tokens in a single response, according to models.dev.

### How much does the QVQ Max API cost?

Through Alibaba Cloud Model Studio, QVQ Max costs $1.20 per million input tokens and $4.80 per million output tokens. Prices last verified 4 Oct 2026.

### Is QVQ Max open source?

No. QVQ Max is a proprietary model; Alibaba (Qwen) has not released its weights. It is available through APIs including Alibaba Cloud Model Studio.

### When was QVQ Max released?

Alibaba (Qwen) released QVQ Max on 25 Mar 2025, according to models.dev.

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