Qwen3 Max vs R1 1776

Alibaba vs Perplexity — benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities side by side.

•R1 1776 has the higher intelligence index (95.4 vs 79.5)
•R1 1776 is cheaper ($0.00 vs $0.78 per 1M input)

	Qwen3 Max	R1 1776
Intelligence index	79.5	95.4
Developer	Alibaba	Perplexity
Type	LLM	LLM
Access	API only	—
Context window	262,144 tokens	—
Input price	$0.78 / 1M	$0.00 / 1M
Output price	$3.90 / 1M	$0.00 / 1M
Speed	45 tok/s	—
Released	September 23, 2025	February 18, 2025
Parameters	—	—
Input modalities	Text	—
Output modalities	Text	—

Qwen3 Max details R1 1776 details