Qwen3-Max Turbo on Arena Elo: score, rank and what it means
Qwen3-Max Turbo scores 1456.9 on Arena Elo, placing it #59 of 600 models in the index. The benchmark average is 1349.9 and the leader is Claude Opus 4.5 Max at 1501.9.
Score distribution
The chart shows the top 10 models on Arena Elo, with Qwen3-Max Turbo highlighted. Longer bars mean higher scores.
Top 10 leaderboard
| # | Model | Provider | Context | Input / 1M | Avg score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claude Opus 4.5 Max | Anthropic | 1000000 | $20.90 | 87.8 |
| 2 | GPT-5.2 Reasoning | OpenAI | 1000000 | $20.98 | 87.5 |
| 3 | GPT-5.2 Turbo | OpenAI | 1000000 | $20.73 | 87.4 |
| 4 | Claude Opus 4.5 Reasoning | Anthropic | 2000000 | $20.91 | 88.2 |
| 5 | GPT-5.2 Max | OpenAI | 1000000 | $21.39 | 89.2 |
| 6 | Gemini 3 Pro Turbo | Google DeepMind | 400000 | $19.62 | 86.4 |
| 7 | Grok 4 Max | xAI | 2000000 | $19.70 | 86.6 |
| 8 | Claude Opus 4.5 | Anthropic | 400000 | $19.42 | 87.7 |
| 9 | GPT-5.1 Pro | OpenAI | 200000 | $19.77 | 87.8 |
| 10 | Grok 4 Reasoning | xAI | 2000000 | $19.67 | 87.8 |
What this score means
On Arena Elo, Qwen3-Max Turbo sits at #59 of 600. The leader, Claude Opus 4.5 Max, scores 1501.9, so the gap to the top is 45.0 points. The median model in this index scores 1373.8, which puts Qwen3-Max Turbo above the midpoint.
Alibaba Cloud models average 1370.9 on this benchmark. Qwen3-Max Turbo is 86.0 points above that provider line, so it is a stronger result than the average Alibaba Cloud model.
Among frontier models, the average is 1469.8. Qwen3-Max Turbo is 12.9 points below that group. This is the more useful comparison if you are shortlisting within the same tier rather than across the whole index.
Read a 1456.9 as a relative signal, not an absolute guarantee. Benchmark scores depend on prompt format, evaluation harness and contamination controls. Use this page to narrow the shortlist, then test the model on your own data.
Price context
At $17.70 per million input tokens, Qwen3-Max Turbo is above the median input price of $4.00 across the 600 models scored on Arena Elo. The models immediately around it in the ranking are shown below so you can compare score and price together.
| Model | Provider | Context | Input / 1M | Avg score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kimi K2 Instruct | Moonshot AI | 1000000 | $5.80 | 82.3 |
| Kimi K2 | Moonshot AI | 128000 | $5.85 | 83.0 |
| Gemini 3 Pro Vision | Google DeepMind | 200000 | $17.59 | 85.5 |
| Grok 4 | xAI | 200000 | $17.90 | 86.5 |
| Qwen3-Max Turbo | Alibaba Cloud | 1000000 | $17.70 | 84.7 |
| o3 Reasoning | OpenAI | 200000 | $18.07 | 85.3 |
| o3 Turbo | OpenAI | 200000 | $16.63 | 83.4 |
Other benchmarks for Qwen3-Max Turbo
| Benchmark | Score | Rank | Percentile | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 86.8 | 41 | 93th | |
| GPQA Diamond | 78.3 | 79 | 87th | |
| SWE-bench Verified | 75.9 | 31 | 95th | |
| HumanEval | 92.5 | 15 | 98th | |
| MATH-500 | 91.9 | 24 | 96th | |
| AIME 2025 | 81.2 | 71 | 88th | |
| LiveCodeBench | 76.8 | 72 | 88th | |
| IFEval | 92.1 | 38 | 94th | |
| TruthfulQA | 86.3 | 46 | 92th | |
| HellaSwag | 90.8 | 67 | 89th | |
| MMMU | 78.8 | 79 | 87th |
FAQ
What score does Qwen3-Max Turbo get on Arena Elo?
Qwen3-Max Turbo scores 1456.9 on Arena Elo in this index. The benchmark average is 1349.9 and the top score is 1501.9.
How does Qwen3-Max Turbo rank on Arena Elo?
It ranks #59 of 600 models, in the 90th percentile. The leader is Claude Opus 4.5 Max at 1501.9.
Is Qwen3-Max Turbo good at Arena Elo?
Yes, relative to the index: it is above the median and inside the top half of scores. The result should be read alongside its price and context window.
How is the Arena Elo score calculated?
Arena Elo is a preference benchmark. Scores in this index are modelled estimates on a 0–100 scale (or Elo for Arena), derived from capability tier and benchmark difficulty. They are not official leaderboard results.
What does Qwen3-Max Turbo cost?
Qwen3-Max Turbo costs $17.70 per million input tokens and $63.95 per million output tokens.