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Qwen 4 Max
Tracked as: Qwen 4 Max / Qwen 4
Estimated release
Oct 30, 2026
Late Oct 2026
Details
- Status
- Announced at Apsara (Sept 22) as in training and coming 'very soon'; no date
- Current model
- Qwen3.8 Max (0902), 45.4 on the Intelligence Index, released Sep 2, 2026 ()
- Projected score
- About 49.4 (+4)
- Typical cycle
- About 25 days between releases
Why this date
- At Apsara on Sept 22, Qwen lead Liu Dayiheng said Qwen 4 is in training and will ship 'very soon', in four tiers: Max, Flash, Plus and 27B
- Qwen Max has updated every 1 to 3 months (3.7 Max May 19, 3.8 Max Aug 3, 3.8 Max 0902 Sept 2)
- Uses the hybrid attention design previewed in Qwen3.8-Flash-Next (Aug 26)
- Qwen 4.5 and Qwen 5 are on the roadmap at 5 to 10 trillion parameters
Source: Alibaba Apsara Conference (Sept 22, 2026) & Artificial Analysis release history
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