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o3 Pro vs Qwen3 Max
Side by side · benchmarks, pricing, and signals you can act on.
Winner summary
o3 Pro wins on 1/2 benchmarks
o3 Pro wins 1 of 2 shared benchmarks. Leads in knowledge.
Category leads
knowledge·o3 Pro
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
o3 Pro
#35 by perf·no signal
Qwen3 Max
#49 by perf·no signal
Best value
Qwen3 Max
20.4x better value than o3 Pro
o3 Pro
1.2 pts/$
$50.00/M
Qwen3 Max
24.9 pts/$
$2.34/M
Vendor risk
Who is behind the model
OpenAI
$840.0B·Tier 1
Alibaba (Qwen)
$293.0B·Tier 1
Head to head
2 benchmarks · 2 models
o3 ProQwen3 Max
Fiction.LiveBench
o3 Pro leads by +30.5
Fiction.LiveBench · a continuously updated benchmark using recently published fiction to test reading comprehension and reasoning, preventing data contamination.
o3 Pro
97.2
Qwen3 Max
66.7
Lech Mazur Writing
Qwen3 Max leads by +0.8
Lech Mazur Writing · evaluates creative writing ability, assessing prose quality, narrative coherence, and stylistic sophistication.
o3 Pro
86.3
Qwen3 Max
87.1
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | o3 Pro | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
Fiction.LiveBench Fiction.LiveBench · a continuously updated benchmark using recently published fiction to test reading comprehension and reasoning, preventing data contamination. | 97.2 | 66.7 |
Lech Mazur Writing Lech Mazur Writing · evaluates creative writing ability, assessing prose quality, narrative coherence, and stylistic sophistication. | 86.3 | 87.1 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens