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Qwen Max

by Alibaba Tongyi · part of Qwen · Text

Alibaba's largest hosted Qwen model on Model Studio, for agentic coding, long-horizon tasks and hard reasoning.

Latest version

Max 3.83 Aug 2026 · 86 days ago

Versions

5since Qwen2.5-Max in January 2025

Typical gap

75 daysmedian between versions, last 12 months

All versions

VersionReleasedAfter previousStatusComes asSource
Qwen3.8-Max3 Aug 202675 daysLatestqwen.ai
Qwen3.7-Max20 May 202632 daysqwen.ai
Qwen3.6-Max-Preview18 Apr 2026206 daysRetiredqwen.ai
Qwen3-Max24 Sep 2025239 daysRetiredThinkingqwen.ai
Qwen2.5-Max28 Jan 2025FirstRetiredqwenlm.github.io

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 Max?

Qwen3.8-Max, released on 3 Aug 2026.

When was Qwen3.7-Max released?

Qwen3.7-Max came out on 20 May 2026.

When was Qwen3.6-Max-Preview released?

Qwen3.6-Max-Preview came out on 18 Apr 2026 as a preview.

When was Qwen3-Max released?

Qwen3-Max came out on 24 Sep 2025.

How often is there a new Qwen Max?

Over the last 12 months a new version came about every 75 days (the median gap). 5 versions have come out since Qwen2.5-Max in January 2025.