---
id: "20"
slug: "alibaba-qwen-models-support"
date: "2025-09-11"
title: "New Alibaba Qwen Models: Qwen3 Next, Max, Plus, Flash, Vision"
summary: "Added support for qwen-max, qwen-max-latest, qwen-plus-latest, qwen-flash, qwen-vl-max, qwen-vl-plus and the new Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct and Thinking models."
image:
  src: "/changelog/alibaba-qwen-models-support-09-11.png"
  alt: "Alibaba Qwen models now available on LLM Gateway"
  width: 1768
  height: 677
---

We’ve added support for the latest Alibaba Qwen models through our unified API. These models bring strong reasoning, speed-focused variants, and multimodal (vision) capabilities.

## 🧠 New Qwen3 Next Generation Models

**qwen3-next-80b-a3b-instruct** — next-gen 80B instruct model

- Pricing: Input $0.50 / 1M tokens, Output $2.00 / 1M tokens
- Context: 129,024 tokens, Max output: 32,768 tokens
- Capabilities: Streaming, Tools, JSON output
  [Try in Chat Playground](https://chat.llmgateway.io/?model=alibaba/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-instruct)

**qwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking** — next-gen reasoning model

- Pricing: Input $0.50 / 1M tokens, Output $6.00 / 1M tokens
- Context: 131,072 tokens, Max output: 32,768 tokens
- Capabilities: Streaming, Reasoning, Tools, JSON output
  [Try in Chat Playground](https://chat.llmgateway.io/?model=alibaba/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking)

## 🚀 New Text Models

**qwen-max** — flagship performance

- Pricing: Input $1.60 / 1M tokens, Output $6.40 / 1M tokens
- Context: 131,072 tokens, Max output: 32,000 tokens
- Capabilities: Streaming, Vision, Tools, JSON output
  [Try in Chat Playground](https://chat.llmgateway.io/?model=alibaba/qwen-max)

**qwen-max-latest** — rolling latest for Max:

- Pricing: Input $1.60 / 1M tokens, Output $6.40 / 1M tokens
- Context: 131,072 tokens, Max output: 32,000 tokens
- Capabilities: Streaming, Vision, Tools, JSON output
  [Try in Chat Playground](https://chat.llmgateway.io/?model=alibaba/qwen-max-latest)

**qwen-plus-latest** — balanced performance and cost

- Pricing: Input $0.40 / 1M tokens, Output $1.20 / 1M tokens
- Context: 1,000,000 tokens, Max output: 32,000 tokens
- Capabilities: Streaming, Tools, JSON output
  [Try in Chat Playground](https://chat.llmgateway.io/?model=alibaba/qwen-plus-latest)

**qwen-flash** — fast, cost‑efficient responses

- Pricing: Input $0.05 / 1M tokens, Output $0.40 / 1M tokens
- Context: 1,000,000 tokens, Max output: 32,000 tokens
- Capabilities: Streaming, Tools, JSON output
  [Try in Chat Playground](https://chat.llmgateway.io/?model=alibaba/qwen-flash)

## 👀 New Vision Models

**qwen-vl-max** — high‑end multimodal (vision + text)

- Pricing: Input $0.80 / 1M tokens, Output $3.20 / 1M tokens
- Context: 131,072 tokens, Max output: 32,000 tokens
- Capabilities: Streaming, Vision, JSON output
  [Try in Chat Playground](https://chat.llmgateway.io/?model=alibaba/qwen-vl-max)

**qwen-vl-plus** — balanced multimodal

- Pricing: Input $0.21 / 1M tokens, Output $0.64 / 1M tokens
- Context: 131,072 tokens, Max output: 32,000 tokens
- Capabilities: Streaming, Vision, JSON output
  [Try in Chat Playground](https://chat.llmgateway.io/?model=alibaba/qwen-vl-plus)

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Use these models immediately via our OpenAI‑compatible endpoint — no extra setup required. Explore pricing and capabilities on the [Models page](/models).
