Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking vs Qwen: Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15
Compare Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking and Qwen: Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15, both from Qwen, context windows of 262K vs 1.0M, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking
Qwen: Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15
No community votes yet. On paper, these are closely matched - try both with your actual task to see which fits your workflow.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking
Input
$1.20
Output
$6.00
Qwen: Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15
Input
$0.40
3.0× cheaper
Output
$2.40
2.5× cheaper
Qwen: Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15 is cheaper on both — 3.0× input, 2.5× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
44%
Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking uses 13.7x more emoji
Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking
Qwen: Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15
61%Vocabulary54%
15wSentence Length18w
0.23Hedging0.51
5.2Bold5.3
3.9Lists2.9
1.37Emoji0.10
1.22Headings0.75
0.04Transitions0.09
Based on 13 + 23 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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