Sep 25, 2025
Qwen 3 Max Evaluated
We evaluated Qwen 3 Max and found the following:
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Qwen 3 Max breaks the top 20 on 5 benchmarks, with leading open source scores on LiveCodeBench, MMLU Pro, and GPQA Diamond.
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Overall scores are similar to Qwen 3 Max Preview, with gains on just three benchmarks: FAB (+15%), IOI v1 (+8%), and AIME (+17.2%). However, Qwen 3 Max Preview far outperformed Max on LegalBench (78.9% vs. 38.1%).
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Our results were lower than Alibaba’s reported AIME25 score by 11.6%, though LiveCodeBench results aligned closely.
Overall, Qwen 3 Max is a solid, middle-of-the-pack model. It shows incremental gains over Qwen 3 Max Preview on FAB, IOI v1, and AIME, while underperforming on LegalBench.