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Qwen3.5-122B-A10B vs Qwen3-Max
Which is cheaper, which is more capable, and which does better at each kind of work, from 16 results on 3 sources that measured both models.
Of the 16 results both models have, the better value on each. Results whose reported ranges overlap are too close to call.
Results as of 9 October 2026 (catalogue release 2026-10-09-dd620e778ac5).
Qwen3.5-122B-A10B or Qwen3-Max? The short answer
Pick Qwen3.5-122B-A10B: it scores higher (Intelligence Index 17.7 against 15.6) and costs less.
- Qwen3.5-122B-A10B is cheaper: $0.72 against $1.56 per million tokens, 2.2 times less.
- Qwen3.5-122B-A10B scores higher on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 17.7 against 15.6.
- Qwen3.5-122B-A10B is newer: released 24 Feb 2026, against 24 Sep 2025 for Qwen3-Max.
- On third-party benchmarks, on the results both models have: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B does better for reasoning and knowledge and writing.
Head to head
Every fact side by side
| Qwen3.5-122B-A10B | Qwen3-Max | |
|---|---|---|
| Price per million tokens | $0.26 in · $2.08 out | $0.78 in · $3.90 out |
| Blended (3 in : 1 out) | $0.72 | $1.56 |
| Cheapest host, blended | $0.72 (Alibaba) | – |
| Intelligence Index | 17.7 | 15.6 |
| Spring Prompt overall | – | – |
| Output speed, tokens a second | 147 | – |
| Context window | 262,144 tokens | 262,144 tokens |
| Released | 24 Feb 2026 (newer) | 24 Sep 2025 |
| Weights | Open | Closed |
| Developer based in | China | China |
Prices are the developer's list price where we have read it, otherwise the typical host on OpenRouter; see every model's price. Intelligence and speed from Artificial Analysis.
Which is better for what
Each model's rank among the models on sale today, for each kind of work, from our own benchmarks and licensed sources. Further right is better; the better rank is in green.
Every shared result
Each model's best result on every measure both have, grouped by benchmark, with the setting that produced it. Under each measure, every model that benchmark has measured is a grey tick, best to the right, so you can see where the two sit in the field. The headline measures of each benchmark come first; the rest are under "Show all". Green marks the better value; where a source reports ranges that overlap, neither is marked.
| Measure | Qwen3.5-122B-A10B | Qwen3-Max |
|---|---|---|
| Arena (formerly LMArena) reported by Arena (formerly LMArena) · 3 results | ||
| Overall · TextArena rating, higher is better 117 · 108 of 387 measured | 1,416 | 1,423 |
| Business, management and finance · TextArena rating, higher is better 105 · 110 of 380 measured | 1,422 | 1,419 |
| Creative writing · TextArena rating, higher is better 136 · 105 of 385 measured | 1,366 | 1,393 |
| Artificial Analysis reported by Artificial Analysis · 3 results | ||
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence Indexindex score, higher is better 114 · 123 of 243 measured | 17.7no reasoning | 15.6 |
| GPQA Diamond% of questions, higher is better 75 · 132 of 231 measured | 85.7% | 76.4% |
| Humanity's Last Exam% of questions, higher is better 92 · 140 of 242 measured | 25.2% | 11.9% |
| UGI Leaderboard reported by UGI Leaderboard · 3 results | ||
| Writing score · UGIscore out of 100, higher is better 112 · 115 of 230 measured | 39.5no reasoning | 38.6 |
| Requested-length error · UGI% off the requested word count, lower is better 33 · 134 of 230 measured | 9.0%thinking reasoning | 23.0% |
| Style adherence · UGIscore from 0 to 1, higher is better 83 · 155 of 230 measured | 0.36no reasoning | 0.33 |
Show all 16 results (7 more)
| Measure | Qwen3.5-122B-A10B | Qwen3-Max |
|---|---|---|
| Arena (formerly LMArena) reported by Arena (formerly LMArena) · 3 results | ||
| Expert prompts · TextArena rating, higher is better 111 · 137 of 338 measured | 1,442 | 1,417 |
| Instruction following · TextArena rating, higher is better 115 · 106 of 387 measured | 1,406 | 1,413 |
| Writing, literature and language · TextArena rating, higher is better 125 · 101 of 386 measured | 1,387 | 1,405 |
| Artificial Analysis reported by Artificial Analysis · 4 results | ||
| IFBench% of instructions, higher is better 22 · 118 of 195 measured | 75.7% | 44.2% |
| Long-context reasoning (AA-LCR)% of questions, higher is better 72 · 154 of 233 measured | 76.3% | 50.0% |
| Terminal-Bench Hard% of tasks, higher is better 65 · 91 of 190 measured | 31.1% | 20.5% |
| τ²-bench telecom% of tasks, higher is better 30 · 79 of 193 measured | 93.6% | 74.3% |
Quick answers
Is Qwen3.5-122B-A10B better than Qwen3-Max?
Pick Qwen3.5-122B-A10B: it scores higher (Intelligence Index 17.7 against 15.6) and costs less.
Which is cheaper, Qwen3.5-122B-A10B or Qwen3-Max?
Qwen3.5-122B-A10B is cheaper: $0.72 against $1.56 per million tokens, 2.2 times less.
Which is better for agents and tool use, Qwen3.5-122B-A10B or Qwen3-Max?
Qwen3.5-122B-A10B ranks 95 of 164 models on sale for multi-step tasks with tools: support desks, coding agents, function calls, against 154 for Qwen3-Max.
Which is better for reasoning and knowledge, Qwen3.5-122B-A10B or Qwen3-Max?
Qwen3.5-122B-A10B ranks 87 of 198 models on sale for hard questions across science, maths and general knowledge, against 121 for Qwen3-Max.
Which is better for writing, Qwen3.5-122B-A10B or Qwen3-Max?
Qwen3-Max ranks 99 of 188 models on sale for what people prefer in blind comparisons, and judged writing quality, against 102 for Qwen3.5-122B-A10B.
Which is better for sticking to the facts, Qwen3.5-122B-A10B or Qwen3-Max?
Qwen3-Max ranks 50 of 152 models on sale for summarising without inventing things, and factual answers, against 108 for Qwen3.5-122B-A10B.
Run Qwen3.5-122B-A10B and Qwen3-Max on your own prompt
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