Cogito v2.1 671B vs Qwen3 Max Thinking

Cogito v2.1 671B at $1.44 in and $1.44 out and Qwen3 Max Thinking at $0.897 in and $4.49 out — per million tokens, from the same wallet.

Cogito v2.1 671B

Deep Cogito

0.83¢

for a client proposal

$1.44 in · $1.44 out / 1M

128K context · released November 2025

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Qwen3 Max Thinking

Qwen

0.81¢

for a client proposal

$0.897 in · $4.49 out / 1M

262K context · released 6 months ago

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Asking all both at once — identical prompt, identical context — costs about 1.6¢ for a typical client proposal.

At a glance

Cheapest input: Qwen3 Max Thinking at $0.897 per million tokens.
Cheapest output: Cogito v2.1 671B at $1.44 per million tokens.
Largest context: Qwen3 Max Thinking at 262K tokens — about 370 pages.

Cost per task

Estimated totals at the rates above. Solid bar is input, lighter bar is output.

Quick code fix

2K in · 500 out

Cogito v2.1 671B

0.36¢

Qwen3 Max Thinking

0.4¢

Draft a client proposal from notes

5K in · 800 out

Cogito v2.1 671B

0.83¢

Qwen3 Max Thinking

0.81¢

Context-heavy session (Alyph workspace)

155K in · 4K out

Cogito v2.1 671B

needs 155K ctx

Qwen3 Max Thinking

$0.39

Long-context rate applied at this input size.

Analyze a 50-page legal contract

35K in · 1K out

Cogito v2.1 671B

$0.05

Qwen3 Max Thinking

$0.07

Long-context rate applied at this input size.

Large architecture refactor

250K in · 3K out

Cogito v2.1 671B

needs 250K ctx

Qwen3 Max Thinking

$0.59

Long-context rate applied at this input size.

Solid part of each bar is input tokens, the lighter part is output. Models that don’t fit a task are marked instead of priced.

Cost vs Token Amount

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Cogito v2.1 671B

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Pricing

Cogito v2.1 671B

Qwen3 Max Thinking

Input / 1M tokens

$1.44

$0.897

Output / 1M tokens

$1.44

$4.49

Specs

Cogito v2.1 671B

Qwen3 Max Thinking

Provider

Deep Cogito

Qwen

Released

November 2025

6 months ago

Context window

128K

262K

Max output

—

66K

Input

Text

Output

Text

Reasoning

Shows its thinking

Knowledge cutoff

—

Try it with real numbers

2K tokens in · 500 tokens out.

Cogito v2.1 671B

Deep Cogito

0.36¢

for this task

80% input · 20% output

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Qwen3 Max Thinking

Qwen

0.4¢

for this task

44% input · 56% output

Full pricing →

All 2, same prompt and context: 0.76¢. That is the entire cost of the comparison.

Your $5 welcome credit covers about 655 of these.

Which should you pick?

For long documents, Qwen3 Max Thinking has the largest context window here — 262K tokens.

On price, Qwen3 Max Thinking is the cheapest of the two on a typical task, at about 0.81¢.

Or don’t pick. Send the identical prompt to all both, read the answers side by side, and keep the winner. How to run a fair bake-off →

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Questions, answered

Which is cheaper, Cogito v2.1 671B or Qwen3 Max Thinking?

On a typical client proposal (5K tokens in, 800 out): Qwen3 Max Thinking at 0.81¢; Cogito v2.1 671B at 0.83¢. Long prompts can change the order when long-context rates apply.

Which has the largest context window?

Qwen3 Max Thinking — 262K tokens, about 370 pages.

Can I run Cogito v2.1 671B and Qwen3 Max Thinking side by side on Alyph?

Yes — that is what Alyph is built for: the identical prompt with identical context to all 2, answers rendered side by side, billed from one wallet. This exact combination costs about 1.6¢ for a typical task.

Ask both at once

Identical prompt, identical context, answers side by side — about 1.6¢ for a typical client proposal. Free to start, with $5 of credit.