COR Brief
Conversational AI

Qwen 3

Think Deeper, Act Faster.

Updated Dec 16, 2025Open Source (Apache 2.0)v3

Hybrid Thinking Modes: Seamlessly switch between a 'thinking' mode for complex reasoning and a 'non-thinking' mode for fast, general-purpose responses, allowing users to control the 'thinking budget'.

Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) Architecture: Offers both dense and MoE models, providing a range of options for performance and efficiency, with MoE models achieving comparable performance to larger dense models with a fraction of the activated parameters.

Extensive Multilingual Support: Natively supports 119 languages and dialects, enabling strong performance in cross-lingual understanding and generation.

Advanced Agentic Capabilities: Optimized for coding and tool use, with the ability to interact with external tools and APIs to perform complex, multi-step tasks.

Pricing
Open Source (Apache 2.0)
Category
Conversational AI
Company
Alibaba Cloud
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Switch between deep reasoning for complex problems and quick responses for simpler queries, giving users control over the model's 'thinking budget'.
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Communicate and generate content in 119 languages and dialects, making it a truly global AI assistant.
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Integrate with external tools and APIs to automate complex workflows and tasks.
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Process and understand documents with up to 1 million tokens, enabling in-depth analysis of long texts.
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Available under the Apache 2.0 license, allowing for broad use and modification.

Complex Document Analysis

A legal team needs to review a lengthy contract and identify all clauses related to liability.

Multilingual Customer Support

A global e-commerce company wants to provide 24/7 customer support in multiple languages.

Automated Code Generation

A developer needs to create a Python script to automate a data processing task.

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Step 1
Choose the right model size and type (dense or MoE) for your needs.
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Step 2
Set up your environment with the required libraries, such as Transformers or ModelScope.
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Step 3
Load the model and tokenizer from Hugging Face or ModelScope.
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Step 4
Use the apply_chat_template function to format your prompts.
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Step 5
Generate responses and parse the output, handling the 'thinking' and 'non-thinking' modes as needed.
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Pricing
Model: Open Source (Apache 2.0)
Assessment
Strengths
  • State-of-the-art performance on various benchmarks.
  • Flexible hybrid thinking modes for different tasks.
  • Extensive multilingual support.
  • Open-source license allows for wide adoption and customization.
  • Efficient MoE models reduce computational costs.
Limitations
  • Requires significant computational resources for larger models.
  • The complexity of the hybrid model may require some learning for optimal use.
  • As a relatively new model, the community and third-party tool support are still growing.