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Qwen

by Alibaba Tongyi · part of Qwen · Text · open weights

Alibaba's open-weight Qwen language models, released as generations in many sizes from under 1B dense up to trillion-scale MoE.

Latest version

Qwen 3.812 Aug 2026 · 77 days ago

Versions

8since Qwen in August 2023

Typical gap

118 daysmedian between versions, last 12 months

All versions

VersionReleasedAfter previousStatusComes asSource
Qwen3.812 Aug 2026118 daysLatest27B2.4T-A95BFlash-Nextgithub.com
Qwen3.616 Apr 202659 days27B35B-A3Bqwen.ai
Qwen3.516 Feb 2026293 days0.8B2B4B9B27B35B-A3B122B-A10B397B-A17BBaseqwen.ai
Qwen329 Apr 2025222 days0.6B1.7B4B8B14B32B30B-A3B235B-A22BBaseInstructThinkingNextqwenlm.github.io
Qwen2.519 Sep 2024104 days0.5B1.5B3B7B14B32B72BBaseInstruct1MQwQqwenlm.github.io
Qwen27 Jun 2024124 days0.5B1.5B7B57B-A14B72BBaseInstructqwenlm.github.io
Qwen1.54 Feb 2024185 days0.5B1.8B4B7B14B32B72B110B14.3B-A2.7BBaseChatqwenlm.github.io
Qwen3 Aug 2023First1.8B7B14B72BBaseChatgithub.com

Dates from Alibaba Tongyi's own announcements; each row links to its source.

The Qwen family

2023202420252026TodayQwenQwen, 3 Aug 20231Qwen1.5, 4 Feb 20241.5Qwen2, 7 Jun 20242Qwen2.5, 19 Sep 20242.5Qwen3, 29 Apr 20253Qwen3.5, 16 Feb 2026Qwen3.6, 16 Apr 20263.6Qwen3.8, 12 Aug 20263.8MaxQwen2.5-Max, 28 Jan 20252.5Qwen3-Max, 24 Sep 20253Qwen3.6-Max-Preview, 18 Apr 2026, previewQwen3.7-Max, 20 May 20263.7Qwen3.8-Max, 3 Aug 20263.8PlusQwen-Plus 2.5 (qwen-plus), 19 Sep 20242.5Qwen-Plus 3 (qwen-plus), 29 Apr 20253Qwen3.5-Plus, 15 Feb 2026Qwen3.6-Plus, 1 Apr 20263.6Qwen3.7-Plus, 1 Jun 20263.7FlashQwen-Turbo 2.5 (qwen-turbo), 19 Sep 20242.5Qwen-Flash (qwen-flash), 1 Aug 20253Qwen3.5-Flash, 23 Feb 2026Qwen3.6-Flash, 17 Apr 20263.6Qwen3.7-Flash, 21 Jul 2026Qwen3.8-Flash, 26 Aug 20263.8

VersionPreviewLatest version

Questions

What is the latest version of Qwen?

Qwen3.8, released on 12 Aug 2026.

When was Qwen3.6 released?

Qwen3.6 came out on 16 Apr 2026.

When was Qwen3.5 released?

Qwen3.5 came out on 16 Feb 2026.

When was Qwen3 released?

Qwen3 came out on 29 Apr 2025.

How often is there a new Qwen?

Over the last 12 months a new version came about every 118 days (the median gap). 8 versions have come out since Qwen in August 2023.