Qwen3.5-Max-Preview - Alibaba Tongyi's New Generation Flagship Model

What is Qwen3.5-Max-Preview

Qwen3.5-Max-Preview is the flagship large model preview version launched by Alibaba's Tongyi Qianwen team. The model ranks among the global top five and first in China on the LMArena evaluation platform with a score of 1464, and ranks sixth globally in basic capability evaluations. Compared with the previous generation, the model has significantly improved in creative writing, mathematical reasoning, text understanding, and other capabilities, with its mathematical ability entering the global top five. The model is most likely still a closed-source flagship product, continuing theQwen3.5series' technical roadmap, marking that Alibaba continues to maintain leading competitiveness in the large model race.

Main Features of Qwen3.5-Max-Preview

• Mathematical Reasoning: Mathematical ability enters the global top five, improving by 49 points compared with the previous generation, and can handle complex mathematical calculations and logical deduction tasks.
• Creative Writing: Creative writing ability improves by 57 points, and it can generate high-quality literary, marketing, and creative copy content.
• Text Understanding: Overall text understanding ability improves by 45 points, and it can accurately grasp long-text semantics and contextual associations.
• Expert-Level Text Processing: Ranked in the top ten on the Arena Expert leaderboard, capable of in-depth text analysis and generation in professional fields.
• Programming Ability: Performs excellently in Coding evaluations, supporting code generation, debugging, and technical documentation writing.
• Long-Text Processing: Supports Longer Query tasks and can handle complex queries with ultra-long context windows.
• Instruction Following: Instruction Following ability is significantly enhanced, and it can accurately understand and execute users' complex instructions.
• Multi-Turn Dialogue: Multi-Turn ability supports smooth multi-turn interaction and maintains contextual coherence.

Key Information and Usage Requirements of Qwen3.5-Max-Preview

• Release Date: March 20, 2026
• Model Positioning: Alibaba Tongyi Qianwen's latest flagship preview version, and the first original large model launched by Alibaba after the departure of core technical staff member Lin Junyang
• Evaluation Results: Scored 1464 on the LMArena platform, making Alibaba Qianwen rank among the global top five large model labs and first in China; scored 1470 in basic capability evaluations (without style control), ranking sixth globally and first in China
• Architecture Speculation: May adopt a MoE (Mixture of Experts) architecture, referencing the design of the same series' Qwen3.5-Plus with 397 billion total parameters and 17 billion activated parameters
• Current Status: The model is currently in the preview stage (Preview), and the official version has not yet been released

Core Advantages of Qwen3.5-Max-Preview

• Leading in China: First in China in LMArena evaluations, making Alibaba Qianwen rank among the global top five large model labs.
• Capability Leap: Creative writing improves by 57 points, mathematical reasoning by 49 points, and overall text ability by 45 points, with comprehensive enhancement across multiple dimensions.
• Outstanding Mathematics: Mathematical ability enters the global top five, with notable complex logical deduction and calculation capabilities.
• Expert-Level Performance: Ranked in the top ten on the Arena Expert leaderboard, surpassingGPT-5.2、Claude Sonnet 4.5and other mainstream models.
• Balanced and Versatile: It performs excellently in more than ten subdivided scenarios, including programming, long-text processing, instruction following, and multi-turn dialogue.

How to use Qwen3.5-Max-Preview