Qwen-Image-2.1
Image generation
Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.1
Price not published
Qwen-Image-3.0 (Pro)
Text-to-image and image editing aimed at “useful” production graphics: infographics, posters, dense text layouts.
Model idqwen-image-3.0-pro
Price$0.04 per image
Checked29 September 2026
Where it stands
13newer image generation models since its release
- GPT Image 2.6 Flare4 Nov 2026
- GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst4 Nov 2026
- MOSS-Image16 Oct 2026
- FLUX 3 Image Klein15 Oct 2026
- Krea 3 (Fast / High / Ultra modes)15 Oct 2026
The 5 newest are listed. All image generation models
- After it from Alibaba
- Qwen-Image-2.120 Sep 2026
- Weights
- Closed weights; access is hosted only.
How to call it
4 ways to use Qwen-Image-3.0 (Pro), with the model id each provider expects.
| Provider | Model id | Endpoint | Docs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alibaba Cloud Model Studio | qwen-image-3.0-pro |
alibabacloud.com | |
| Alibaba Cloud Model Studio | qwen-image-3.0 |
alibabacloud.com | |
| Hugging Face (open sibling Qwen-Image-2.1, research license) | huggingface.co | ||
| Web app | chat.qwen.ai |
Pricing
| Per image | $0.04 |
|---|
As published: “qwen-image-3.0-pro, per output image at 1K (2K: 0.075; image input 0.003/image), Singapore/International. qwen-image-3.0: 0.03/image at 1K or 2K”.
Source: alibabacloud.com, checked 29 September 2026.
Specs
- Input
- Text and images
- Output
- Images
- Context window
- Not published
- Max output
- Not published
- Open weights
- No
- Licence
- Proprietary
- Released
- 21 July 2026
- Status
- Current
- Type
- Image generation
What stands out
What its maker marketed at launch, and what people found later, each with its source.
Dense single-pass layouts
Prompts up to ~4.5K tokens; generates newspapers, storyboards, menus, exam papers and images-within-images in one pass.
Tiny, multilingual text rendering
Legible text down to ~10px, native rendering of 12 languages and multiple fonts, realistic UI simulation (web pages, games, livestreams).
Closed release (break from open Qwen-Image)
Found after launch
Shipped without weights, benchmarks or model card, unlike earlier open Qwen-Image releases.
Notes
Released 2026-07-21 (invite-only for two weeks, opened to Qwen app users 2026-08-05, per press). Open-weight alternative: Qwen-Image-2.1 (7B DiT, released 2026-09-20 per its GitHub README, qwen-research license; see qwen-image-2-1).
Sources: https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/model-studio/qwen-image-3-0-pro · https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/model-studio/model-pricing · https://www.unite.ai/alibaba-launches-qwen-image-3-0-without-benchmarks-or-weights/
Not yet checked against an official source: API endpoint path not verified here - see docs.