Alibaba has launched its new generation of Large Language Models, Qwen 3, on April 29, 2025, aiming to outperform competitors like OpenAI and Google. The Qwen models are already some of the best open weight models.
The Qwen 3 family includes models in various sizes: 32B, 14B, 8B, 4B, 1.7B, and 0.6B models. The models 4B and up have 131,072 token context windows. Qwen 3 supports 119 languages and dialects and was trained on 36 trillion tokens.
The flagship model, Qwen3-235B-A22B, shows promising results in coding, math, and general capabilities. Alibaba's AI assistant, Quark, is powered by Qwen 3. As of March 2025, Quark has become the most popular AI app in China, surpassing ByteDance's Doubao, with nearly 150 million monthly active users globally.