WizardLM-2 8x22B is Microsoft AI's most advanced Wizard model. It demonstrates highly competitive performance compared to leading proprietary models, and it consistently outperforms all existing state-of-the-art opensource models. It is an…
Model details →WizardLM-2 8x22B vs Qwen: Qwen-Max
WizardLM-2 8x22B wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
Qwen-Max, based on Qwen2.5, provides the best inference performance among [Qwen models](/qwen), especially for complex multi-step tasks. It's a large-scale MoE model that has been pretrained on over 20 trillion tokens and further post-train…
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | WizardLM-2 8x22B | Qwen: Qwen-Max | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 66K | 33K | 🏆 WizardLM-2 8x22B |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $0.62 | $1.04 | 🏆 WizardLM-2 8x22B |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $0.62 | $4.16 | 🏆 WizardLM-2 8x22B |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | — | Yes | 🏆 Qwen: Qwen-Max |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | — | — | Tie |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | — | — | Tie |
Frequently asked questions
Is WizardLM-2 8x22B better than Qwen: Qwen-Max?
WizardLM-2 8x22B wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between WizardLM-2 8x22B and Qwen: Qwen-Max?
Input: $0.62 vs $1.04 per 1M tokens. Output: $0.62 vs $4.16 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do WizardLM-2 8x22B and Qwen: Qwen-Max support?
WizardLM-2 8x22B supports up to 66K tokens. Qwen: Qwen-Max supports up to 33K tokens.
Do both WizardLM-2 8x22B and Qwen: Qwen-Max support tool calling?
WizardLM-2 8x22B: not advertised. Qwen: Qwen-Max: yes.