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How much energy does Qwen3-Max use?

Alibaba · released 2025-09-24

Complex prompt
17.1 Wh
≈ 32 m of driving
Everyday chat
0.735 Wh
Capability
72.6
Energy rank
103 of 134

What this figure is

Day-one estimate  Calculated from an estimated parameter count — the maker hasn't published one. Every model on this site is calculated the same way, so the comparison holds even where the absolute value carries uncertainty. Our figures are good to roughly a factor of two to three, which is why we only ever state a difference of 5× or more.

Is there a better choice?

A lighter model that does the job
Alibaba · capability 84.8. It is more capable than Qwen3-Max and uses about 49× less energy per answer: 0.351 Wh against 17.1 Wh.

What Alibaba publishes

Energy cannot be worked out without knowing how big a model is. Of the 33 models from Alibaba that we track, 21 can be assessed at all — the rest publish too little for anyone outside the company to calculate anything.

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Figure calculated 2026-09-01 · how these numbers are made · the full comparison of 134 models