Alibaba: qwen-turbo-latest API

Qwen-turbo-latest is the flagship efficiency model of the Qwen family, serving as the "speed demon" optimized for high-volume, low-latency production environments. Based on the Qwen2.5/Qwen3 architecture (depending on the latest snapshot), it extends the context window to a massive 1 million tokens, equivalent to about 1.5 million Chinese characters. In 2026, the "latest" version introduces a "Thinking Mode" (moderate reasoning), allowing it to handle complex instructions and structured data (JSON) with precision while maintaining 10x lower costs than the Max series. It features exceptional long-tail knowledge across 100+ languages and is increasingly being integrated with "Flash" distillation for near-instant responses.

• Context window: 1,000,000 tokens
• Max output: 16,384 tokens
• Input: text
• Output: text
• Knowledge cutoff: 2025-10-31