Qwen
Alibaba's AI lab, building the Qwen family. The most prolific publisher of open-weight models of any major lab, alongside a proprietary Max and Plus tier sold through Alibaba Cloud. AI Release Tracker has logged 21 Qwen models, from Qwen-7B (Aug 3 2023) through Qwen3.8-Max (Aug 3 2026). Every release below links to a dedicated page with benchmarks, parameters, and context window.
A new Qwen model typically arrives about every 34 days, with the next projected around Sep 6, 2026. Its strongest benchmark results to date include GPQA Diamond (92.4%, on Qwen3.7-Max), SWE-Bench Verified (76.4%, on Qwen3.5), and Terminal-Bench 2.1 (86.6%, on Qwen3.8-Max). 14 of the 21 models tracked here are open-weight or open-source; the rest are proprietary.
Release cadence
Expected next releaseIn 32 days
Sep 6, 2026
Days since last releaseTypically every 34 days
2
Recent intervals
3 Aug 2026 · Qwen3.8-Max
63
1 Jun 2026 · Qwen3.7-Plus
12
20 May 2026 · Qwen3.7-Max
34
16 Apr 2026 · Qwen3.6
14
2 Apr 2026 · Qwen3.6-Plus
45
Best benchmark scores
All releases
21 releases · Aug 3 2023 – Aug 3 20262026
8 releases2025
6 releases2024
5 releases2023
2 releasesQwen — frequently asked questions
- What is the latest Qwen AI model?
- The most recent Qwen model tracked on AI Release Tracker is Qwen3.8-Max, released on Aug 3 2026.
- How many AI models has Qwen released?
- AI Release Tracker tracks 21 Qwen model releases, from Qwen-7B on Aug 3 2023 through Qwen3.8-Max on Aug 3 2026.
- What models has Qwen released?
- Qwen's tracked releases, newest first: Qwen3.8-Max (Aug 3 2026), Qwen3.7-Plus (Jun 1 2026), Qwen3.7-Max (May 20 2026), Qwen3.6 (Apr 16 2026), Qwen3.6-Plus (Apr 2 2026), Qwen3.5 (Feb 16 2026), Qwen3.5-Plus (Feb 16 2026), Qwen3-Coder-Next (Feb 3 2026), Qwen3-Max (Sep 24 2025), Qwen3-Next (Sep 11 2025), Qwen3-Coder (Jul 22 2025), Qwen3 (Apr 29 2025), QwQ-32B (Mar 6 2025), Qwen2.5-Max (Jan 28 2025), QwQ-32B-Preview (Nov 28 2024), Qwen2.5-Coder (Nov 12 2024), Qwen2.5 (Sep 19 2024), Qwen2 (Jun 6 2024), Qwen1.5 (Feb 4 2024), Qwen-72B (Nov 30 2023), Qwen-7B (Aug 3 2023).
- Which benchmarks does Qwen lead?
- Among all models tracked here, Qwen holds the best score on PaperBench (Qwen3.8-Max, 93%), OSWorld-Verified (Qwen3.8-Max, 86.1%), BabyVision (Qwen3.8-Max, 82%) and MMMU (Qwen3.5, 85%).
- Does Qwen release open models?
- Partly. 14 of 21 tracked Qwen releases publish downloadable weights; the remaining 7 are proprietary.
- How often does Qwen release new models?
- Across its 21 tracked releases, Qwen has shipped a new model roughly every 55 days on average — about 6.6 releases per year.