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Qwen 3 Max vs All Models

Detailed head-to-head fact sheets comparing Qwen 3 Max (Alibaba) against every indexable model in the benchmark catalog.

Elo Rating1,518
SWE-bench67.8%
Out $/1M$3.9
Context Window262k
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Qwen 3 MaxvsClaude Opus 5Anthropic
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Anthropic current default flagship. Official API $5/$25 per 1M tokens and a 1M context window (Anthropic, Jul 24 2026).

Elo:Claude Opus 5+106SWE:Claude Opus 5+11.4%
Qwen 3 MaxvsClaude Fable 5Anthropic
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Anthropic top-tier X-High reasoning model engineered for heavy multi-step tasks. Official API $10/$50 per 1M tokens (Claude Platform pricing, Aug 2026).

Elo:Claude Fable 5+98SWE:Claude Fable 5+12.2%
Qwen 3 MaxvsGPT-5.6 SolOpenAI
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OpenAI 5.6 flagship tier. Official API $5/$30 per 1M tokens (OpenAI pricing, Jul 30 2026 update left Sol unchanged).

Elo:GPT-5.6 Sol+90SWE:GPT-5.6 Sol+9.8%
Qwen 3 MaxvsClaude Opus 4.8Anthropic
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Prior Opus generation still billed at $5/$25. Kept as a compare baseline against Opus 5.

Elo:Claude Opus 4.8+80SWE:Claude Opus 4.8+10.6%
Qwen 3 MaxvsGrok 4.6xAI
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xAI Aug 12 2026 post-training refresh of Grok 4.5. Same $2/$6 API price, 500k context, stronger agentic traces.

Elo:Grok 4.6+74SWE:Grok 4.6+1.3%
Qwen 3 MaxvsClaude Opus 4.6Anthropic
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Follow-on Opus release. Slightly behind 4.5 on official SWE-bench bash-only in the last published sweep; stronger multi-step autonomous agent reasoning.

Elo:Claude Opus 4.6+56SWE:Claude Opus 4.6+8.1%
Qwen 3 MaxvsGemini 3.6 ProGoogle
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Current Google Pro-class multimodal model. Long context, strong coding, billed like the 3.x Pro tier.

Elo:Gemini 3.6 Pro+52SWE:Gemini 3.6 Pro+6.8%
Qwen 3 MaxvsClaude Opus 4.5Anthropic
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Anthropic frontier coding and computer-use model. SWE-bench leader on the official mini-SWE-agent harness in the Feb 2026 refresh.

Elo:Claude Opus 4.5+50SWE:Claude Opus 4.5+9%
Qwen 3 MaxvsOpenAI: o3 MiniOpenAI
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Auto-discovered from OpenRouter (openai/o3-mini). Preview until a second source matches.

Elo:OpenAI: o3 Mini+42SWE:OpenAI: o3 Mini+10.7%
Qwen 3 MaxvsGPT-5OpenAI
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OpenAI flagship reasoning model for 2025–26. Strong general preference Elo and multimodal coverage.

Elo:GPT-5+40SWE:GPT-5+0.6%
Qwen 3 MaxvsGLM-5.3Zhipu
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Z.ai Aug 14 2026 post-train of the GLM-5.2 744B base. Coding-plan live; open weights promised after a two-week safety review (z.ai/blog/glm-5.3).

Elo:GLM-5.3+40SWE:GLM-5.3+8.6%
Qwen 3 MaxvsClaude Sonnet 5Anthropic
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Anthropic workhorse. Official $2/$10 per 1M tokens made permanent on Aug 10 2026.

Elo:Claude Sonnet 5+38SWE:Claude Sonnet 5+6%
Qwen 3 MaxvsGemini 3 ProGoogle
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Google frontier multimodal model with a multi-million-token context window.

Elo:Gemini 3 Pro+34SWE:Gemini 3 Pro+4.6%
Qwen 3 MaxvsGPT-5.6 TerraOpenAI
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OpenAI 5.6 mid tier. Official API $2/$12 per 1M after the Jul 30 2026 price cut.

Elo:GPT-5.6 Terra+30SWE:GPT-5.6 Terra+2.6%
Qwen 3 MaxvsGPT-4.5 OrionOpenAI
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OpenAI largest dense non-reasoning model with expansive world knowledge and reduced hallucinations.

Elo:GPT-4.5 Orion+22SWE:GPT-4.5 Orion+3.2%
Qwen 3 MaxvsDeepSeek V4 ProDeepSeek
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Open-weight-adjacent DeepSeek flagship. High reasoning density per dollar.

Elo:DeepSeek V4 Pro+18SWE:DeepSeek V4 Pro+3.8%
Qwen 3 MaxvsGemini 3.7 FlashGoogle
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Google Aug 13 2026 workhorse. Official intro price $0.75/$3.75 per 1M through Dec 31 2026; 1,048,576-token context (Google blog).

Elo:Gemini 3.7 Flash+12SWE:Gemini 3.7 Flash+4.6%
Qwen 3 MaxvsKimi K3Moonshot
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Moonshot AI frontier flagship reasoning and agent swarm model with 256k context and top-tier SWE-bench coding capability.

Elo:Kimi K3+10SWE:Kimi K3+6%
Qwen 3 MaxvsClaude Sonnet 4.5Anthropic
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Workhorse Anthropic model: most of Opus coding quality at a mid-tier price.

Elo:Claude Sonnet 4.5+6SWE:Claude Sonnet 4.5+2.3%
Qwen 3 MaxvsMoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5Moonshot
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Auto-discovered from OpenRouter (moonshotai/kimi-k2.5). Preview until a second source matches.

Elo:Qwen 3 Max+3SWE:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+3.5%
Qwen 3 MaxvsOpenAI: o1OpenAI
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Auto-discovered from OpenRouter (openai/o1). Preview until a second source matches.

Elo:Qwen 3 Max+6SWE:Qwen 3 Max+18.9%
Qwen 3 MaxvsGemini 3.6 FlashGoogle
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Google Jul 21 workhorse. Now shares the 3.7 Flash introductory $0.75/$3.75 rate through Dec 31 2026.

Elo:Qwen 3 Max+12SWE:Gemini 3.6 Flash+3%
Qwen 3 MaxvsGemini 3 FlashGoogle
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Fast Google frontier-adjacent model. Near-top official SWE-bench at a fraction of Opus price.

Elo:Qwen 3 Max+23SWE:Gemini 3 Flash+8%
Qwen 3 MaxvsQwen QwQ 32BAlibaba
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Alibaba specialized open reasoning model competing with frontier closed reasoning models.

Elo:Qwen 3 Max+23SWE:Qwen 3 Max+0.3%
Qwen 3 MaxvsGLM-5.2Zhipu
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Zhipu flagship. Strong Chinese/English coding and agents.

Elo:Qwen 3 Max+26SWE:GLM-5.2+1.5%
Qwen 3 MaxvsGemini 2.0 Flash ThinkingGoogle
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Google experimental reasoning model that visualizes thoughts in real-time.

Elo:Qwen 3 Max+28SWE:Qwen 3 Max+1%
Qwen 3 MaxvsDeepSeek V4 FlashDeepSeek
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DeepSeek Jul 31 2026 price-performance SKU. Public listings put it near $0.14/$0.28 per 1M tokens.

Elo:Qwen 3 Max+28SWE:DeepSeek V4 Flash+3.4%
Qwen 3 MaxvsClaude Opus 4Anthropic
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First Claude 4 Opus generation. Baseline for opus 4 vs opus 5.

Elo:Qwen 3 Max+28SWE:Claude Opus 4+4.7%
Qwen 3 MaxvsGrok 4xAI
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Previous xAI flagship.

Elo:Qwen 3 Max+30SWE:Qwen 3 Max+9.2%
Qwen 3 MaxvsMiniMax M2.5MiniMax
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MiniMax coding model. Tied near the top of official SWE-bench bash-only in Feb 2026.

Elo:Qwen 3 Max+40SWE:MiniMax M2.5+8%
Qwen 3 MaxvsYi-Lightning01.AI
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01.AI ultra-fast reasoning model delivering top LiveBench efficiency.

Elo:Qwen 3 Max+43SWE:Qwen 3 Max+4.4%
Qwen 3 MaxvsZ.ai: GLM 5V TurboZhipu
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Auto-discovered from OpenRouter (z-ai/glm-5v-turbo). Preview until a second source matches.

Elo:Qwen 3 Max+43SWE:Qwen 3 Max+2.6%
Qwen 3 MaxvsSeed 2.1 TurboByteDance
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ByteDance Seed 2.1 Turbo, listed on public model timelines as an Aug 10 2026 API drop.

Elo:Qwen 3 Max+46SWE:Qwen 3 Max+4.6%
Qwen 3 MaxvsDoubao Pro 1.5ByteDance
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ByteDance flagship enterprise model with ultra-low token cost and 128k context.

Elo:Qwen 3 Max+48SWE:Qwen 3 Max+5.7%
Qwen 3 MaxvsLlama 4 MaverickMeta
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Meta natively multimodal open-weight flagship.

Elo:Qwen 3 Max+50SWE:Qwen 3 Max+10.7%
Qwen 3 MaxvsGPT-5.6 LunaOpenAI
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OpenAI 5.6 fast/cheap tier. Official API $0.20/$1.20 per 1M after the Jul 30 80% Luna cut.

Elo:Qwen 3 Max+52SWE:Qwen 3 Max+6%
Qwen 3 MaxvsMoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711Moonshot
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Auto-discovered from OpenRouter (moonshotai/kimi-k2). Preview until a second source matches.

Elo:Qwen 3 Max+53SWE:Qwen 3 Max+2%
Qwen 3 MaxvsMistral Large 3Mistral
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Mistral European flagship with strong function calling.

Elo:Qwen 3 Max+62SWE:Qwen 3 Max+12.4%
Qwen 3 MaxvsClaude Sonnet 4Anthropic
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First Sonnet 4 generation. Bridge between 3.5/3.7 and Sonnet 5.

Elo:Qwen 3 Max+63SWE:Qwen 3 Max+5%
Qwen 3 MaxvsErnie 4.5 TurboBaidu
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Baidu current multimodal enterprise foundation model with broad Chinese knowledge.

Elo:Qwen 3 Max+68SWE:Qwen 3 Max+10.8%
Qwen 3 MaxvsQwen 2.5 PlusAlibaba
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Alibaba balanced flagship API model with high-throughput general reasoning.

Elo:Qwen 3 Max+73SWE:Qwen 3 Max+8.6%
Qwen 3 MaxvsOpenAI o1-miniOpenAI
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OpenAI high-speed, cost-effective reasoning model optimized for STEM, math, and code generation.

Elo:Qwen 3 Max+73SWE:Qwen 3 Max+11.4%
Qwen 3 MaxvsQwen3 235BAlibaba
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Open-weight Qwen3 mixture-of-experts.

Elo:Qwen 3 Max+78SWE:Qwen 3 Max+8.4%
Qwen 3 MaxvsClaude Haiku 4.5Anthropic
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Anthropic cheap/fast Claude SKU. Official Claude Platform list price $1/$5 per 1M tokens (Anthropic Haiku page).

Elo:Qwen 3 Max+80SWE:Qwen 3 Max+9.6%
Qwen 3 MaxvsYi-Large01.AI
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01.AI full-scale dense model for complex instruction following.

Elo:Qwen 3 Max+88SWE:Qwen 3 Max+14%
Qwen 3 MaxvsQwen 2.5 Coder 32BAlibaba
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Alibaba dedicated open-weight code generation model with near-frontier SWE-bench Verified coding capability.

Elo:Qwen 3 Max+93SWE:Qwen 3 Max+2.6%
Qwen 3 MaxvsQwen2.5 Coder 32B InstructAlibaba
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Auto-discovered from OpenRouter (qwen/qwen-2.5-coder-32b-instruct). Preview until a second source matches.

Elo:Qwen 3 Max+93SWE:Qwen 3 Max+2.6%
Qwen 3 MaxvsKimi Chat 1.5Moonshot
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Moonshot ultra-long context model supporting up to 2 million tokens per request.

Elo:Qwen 3 Max+98SWE:Qwen 3 Max+16.8%
Qwen 3 MaxvsLlama 4 ScoutMeta
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Meta open-weight Llama 4 long-context sibling of Maverick. Common public API lists sit near $0.08–$0.30 / $0.30–$0.70 per 1M; we store a conservative hosted list until OpenRouter overwrites.

Elo:Qwen 3 Max+106SWE:Qwen 3 Max+15.4%
Qwen 3 MaxvsGPT-5 miniOpenAI
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Cost-efficient GPT-5 distill for high-volume agents.

Elo:Qwen 3 Max+108SWE:Qwen 3 Max+15.4%
Qwen 3 MaxvsGrok 3xAI
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Previous xAI generation before Grok 4. Kept for grok 3 vs grok 4.

Elo:Qwen 3 Max+113SWE:Qwen 3 Max+16.4%
Qwen 3 MaxvsQwen3.8 27BAlibaba
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Alibaba open-weight 27B drop dated Aug 14 2026. Dense enough to self-host; not a frontier MoE.

Elo:Qwen 3 Max+120SWE:Qwen 3 Max+9%
Qwen 3 MaxvsLlama 3.1 405BMeta
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Meta flagship open-weight 405B dense foundation model with 128k context window.

Elo:Qwen 3 Max+148SWE:Qwen 3 Max+9.4%
Qwen 3 MaxvsDeepSeek Coder V2DeepSeek
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DeepSeek open-weight Mixture-of-Experts coding model supporting 338 programming languages and 128k context.

Elo:Qwen 3 Max+153SWE:Qwen 3 Max+7.3%
Qwen 3 MaxvsClaude 3.7 SonnetAnthropic
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Hybrid-reasoning Sonnet from 2025. Kept for historical compare pages.

Elo:Qwen 3 Max+156SWE:Claude 3.7 Sonnet+2.5%
Qwen 3 MaxvsDoubao Lite 1.5ByteDance
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ByteDance high-speed lightweight model priced at sub-cent levels.

Elo:Qwen 3 Max+158SWE:Qwen 3 Max+21.8%
Qwen 3 MaxvsDeepSeek R1DeepSeek
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Open-weights reasoning model trained with large-scale RL.

Elo:Qwen 3 Max+160SWE:Qwen 3 Max+2.6%
Qwen 3 MaxvsGemini 2.5 ProGoogle
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Previous Google long-context flagship.

Elo:Qwen 3 Max+168SWE:Qwen 3 Max+4%
Qwen 3 MaxvsCommand ACohere
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Cohere enterprise RAG and tool-use model.

Elo:Qwen 3 Max+174SWE:Qwen 3 Max+25.2%
Qwen 3 MaxvsGPT-4oOpenAI
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Previous OpenAI flagship. Still a common compare baseline on legacy pages.

Elo:Qwen 3 Max+183SWE:Qwen 3 Max+13%
Qwen 3 MaxvsCodestral 25.01Mistral
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Mistral code-specialist model.

Elo:Qwen 3 Max+198SWE:Qwen 3 Max+16%
Qwen 3 MaxvsDeepSeek V3DeepSeek
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Prior DeepSeek flagship. Baseline for v3 vs v4.

Elo:Qwen 3 Max+208SWE:Qwen 3 Max+19.2%
Qwen 3 MaxvsGemini 2.5 FlashGoogle
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Previous Google speed workhorse.

Elo:Qwen 3 Max+223SWE:Qwen 3 Max+19.8%
Qwen 3 MaxvsLlama 3.3 70BMeta
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Previous Meta 70B open-weight workhorse.

Elo:Qwen 3 Max+233SWE:Qwen 3 Max+22.7%
Qwen 3 MaxvsClaude 3.5 SonnetAnthropic
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2024 workhorse. Still a high-intent compare against GPT-4o.

Elo:Qwen 3 Max+238SWE:Qwen 3 Max+18.8%
Qwen 3 MaxvsGPT-4o miniOpenAI
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Legacy small OpenAI model. Useful as a cheap baseline.

Elo:Qwen 3 Max+246SWE:Qwen 3 Max+26.6%
Qwen 3 MaxvsGemini 1.5 ProGoogle
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First million-token Gemini Pro. Baseline for 1.5 vs 2.5 vs 3.x Pro.

Elo:Qwen 3 Max+258SWE:Qwen 3 Max+29.8%
Qwen 3 MaxvsGPT-4 TurboOpenAI
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GPT-4 Turbo 128k. Historical flagship for gpt-4 turbo vs gpt-4o / gpt-5.

Elo:Qwen 3 Max+263SWE:Qwen 3 Max+34.6%
Qwen 3 MaxvsClaude 3 OpusAnthropic
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Original Claude 3 flagship. Kept so opus 3 vs later Opus and vs GPT-4o still resolve.

Elo:Qwen 3 Max+270SWE:Qwen 3 Max+29.4%
Qwen 3 MaxvsLlama 3.1 70BMeta
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Llama 3.1 70B instruct. Predecessor to 3.3 70B and Llama 4.

Elo:Qwen 3 Max+278SWE:Qwen 3 Max+27.6%
Qwen 3 MaxvsClaude 3.5 HaikuAnthropic
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Previous cheap Claude. Haiku 4.5 is the current $1/$5 SKU.

Elo:Qwen 3 Max+294SWE:Qwen 3 Max+31.6%
Qwen 3 MaxvsGPT Image 2 (High)OpenAI
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OpenAI flagship diffusion-transformer image synthesis model with supreme prompt adherence, realistic textures, and complex text composition.

Qwen 3 MaxvsGPT Image 2 (Low / Fast)OpenAI
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Fast distilled tier of GPT Image 2 designed for high-throughput interactive creative workflows at 70% lower price.

Qwen 3 MaxvsGPT Image 1.5OpenAI
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Previous OpenAI image generation flagship. High fidelity with proven enterprise reliability.

Qwen 3 MaxvsDALL-E 3OpenAI
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Legacy OpenAI image model benchmark baseline. Retained for historical comparisons.

Qwen 3 MaxvsReve 2.1Reve
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State-of-the-art cinematic image synthesis foundation model known for photorealistic lighting and aesthetic composition.

Qwen 3 MaxvsNano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)Google
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Google DeepMind frontier multimodal image generation flagship with Deep Research and complex multi-object spatial reasoning.

Qwen 3 MaxvsNano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image)Google
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Google high-speed multimodal generative model delivering top Elo performance at half the latency and cost of Pro.

Qwen 3 MaxvsNano Banana 2 LiteGoogle
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Sub-1.5 second ultra-low latency tier for real-time applications and mobile game asset pipelines.

Qwen 3 MaxvsFLUX.2 [max]Black Forest Labs
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Black Forest Labs maximum-capacity flow-matching model with photoreal anatomy and leading typography fidelity.

Qwen 3 MaxvsFLUX.2 [flex]Black Forest Labs
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Flexible step-distilled variant of FLUX.2 offering 99% of Max quality with 45% faster generation speeds.

Qwen 3 MaxvsFLUX.1.1 [pro]Black Forest Labs
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First-generation professional API model from Black Forest Labs, renowned for 6x faster generation than original FLUX.1 Pro.

Qwen 3 MaxvsFLUX.1 [dev]Black Forest Labs
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Open-weights non-commercial base model with 12B parameters, serving as the foundation for the open-source fine-tuning ecosystem.

Qwen 3 MaxvsFLUX.1 [schnell]Black Forest Labs
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Apache 2.0 4-step distilled open weights model optimized for local inference and instant preview generation.

Qwen 3 MaxvsIdeogram 4.0 (Quality)Ideogram
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Industry-leading typography, graphic design, and in-image text layout model with precise kerning and complex banner generation.

Qwen 3 MaxvsIdeogram 4.0 Open WeightsIdeogram
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Open-weight release of Ideogram 4.0, bringing world-class text rendering to self-hosted enterprise infrastructure.

Qwen 3 MaxvsRecraft V4.1 Utility ProRecraft
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Specialized generative model for vector art, icon sets, illustrations, and commercial design assets with native brand color matching.

Qwen 3 MaxvsRecraft V4.1 UtilityRecraft
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High-speed utility tier of Recraft V4.1 tailored for rapid asset production at $0.035/image.

Qwen 3 MaxvsKrea 2 LargeKrea
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High-resolution real-time generation model tuned for artistic composition and dynamic concept art.

Qwen 3 MaxvsKrea 2 Medium TurboKrea
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Sub-2 second interactive generation engine delivering ultra-affordable $15/1k image generation.

Qwen 3 MaxvsQwen Image 2.0 ProAlibaba
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Alibaba multimodal image synthesis foundation model with strong bilingual Chinese/English typography and cultural asset fidelity.

Qwen 3 MaxvsWan2.6 Text to ImageAlibaba
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Alibaba high-efficiency open video/image unified transformer backbone.

Qwen 3 MaxvsSeedream 5.0 ProByteDance
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ByteDance flagship image generation model with high photorealism and fine facial structure rendering.

Qwen 3 MaxvsSeedream 4.0ByteDance
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High-value ByteDance image foundation model at $30/1k images.

Qwen 3 MaxvsMidjourney v7Midjourney
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Midjourney v7 premier creative image generation model with unparalleled stylistic nuances, coherent hands/anatomy, and cinematic grading.

Qwen 3 MaxvsMidjourney v6.1Midjourney
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Previous standard in aesthetic digital art generation, retained as a historical compare baseline.

Qwen 3 MaxvsMAI-Image-2.5Microsoft AI
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Microsoft AI proprietary foundation image model for Copilot Studio and enterprise creative workflows.

Qwen 3 MaxvsMAI-Image-2.5-FlashMicrosoft AI
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Cost-optimized Microsoft AI image model delivering sub-2 second responses at $20/1k images.

Qwen 3 MaxvsHiDream-O1-Image-1.5HiDream
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HiDream high-definition visual generator optimized for photorealism and accurate complex lighting.

Qwen 3 MaxvsLuma UNI 1 MaxLuma Labs
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Luma Labs universal 3D-aware image synthesis engine with spatial geometry consistency.