Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
o3 offers 29.7K more tokens in context window than Qwen3-Max. Qwen3-Max is $48.00 cheaper per million tokens. o3 supports multimodal inputs. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
OpenAI
OpenAI o3, released by OpenAI in April 2025, is a large reasoning model that applies extended chain-of-thought processing to deliver improved performance on complex math, science, and coding tasks. It features a 200K token context window and native image understanding, with demonstrated strong results on mathematics and software engineering benchmarks. o3 targets demanding analytical and engineering tasks where deliberate, multi-step reasoning produces significantly better outcomes than direct generation.
Alibaba / Qwen
Qwen3-Max, released by Alibaba in September 2025 as an API preview, is a large language model exceeding one trillion parameters built for complex reasoning and long-context tasks. It features a 262K token context window, hybrid thinking modes that allow switching between direct generation and extended chain-of-thought, and is available as a proprietary cloud API via Alibaba Cloud and Qwen Chat. Qwen3-Max targets demanding reasoning, multilingual analysis, and applications requiring frontier-level performance from the Qwen3 generation.
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o3
OpenAI
2025-04-16
Qwen3-Max
Alibaba / Qwen
2025-09-05
Cost per million tokens (USD)
o3
Qwen3-Max
Context window and performance specifications
Available providers and their performance metrics
o3
OpenAI
Qwen3-Max
o3
Qwen3-Max
o3
Qwen3-Max
OpenRouter